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INDIAN NATIONS Tax Godfrey & Kahn has a long history of advising clients in a broad range of tax-related matters, including structuring of business ventures to take advantage of tax laws, disputes with the IRS and state taxation agencies, audit defenses, tax compliance and tax exempt financing. The Indian Nations Law Practice Group combines the firm's deep traditional tax experience with knowledge of the legal principles unique to tribes and tribal corporations to provide tribes and tribal attorneys with reliable tax advice that protects tribal tax immunities and encourages business development. Our experience includes: • Structuring tribal government benefit programs for members under the "general welfare doctrine" to avoid adverse tax consequences for members • Resistance to attempts by state agencies to assert taxation authority inconsistent with established federal Indian law principles protecting tribal sovereignty, including state sales taxes, tobacco taxes, fuel taxes, entertainer taxes etc. • Advice in connection with federal tax incentives for economic development in Indian country and joint ventures with taxable entities to take advantage of them • Internal audits of tribal programs to assure compliance with applicable federal laws • Tax issues relating to trusts established by tribes to protect the interests of minors in per capita distributions • Employment tax issues, including ERISA compliance, unemployment taxes, social security taxes and related issues Indian Nations Law Practice Group team leader Brian Pierson represented the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa Tribe in Lac du Flambeau v. Zeuske, 145 F.Supp.2d 969 (W.D.Wis. 2000). The case resulted in a permanent injunction against efforts by the State Department of Revenue to tax the earnings of a tribal member residing on the reservation with respect to activities off-reservation, but outside state boundaries. 15
Practice Area Business • Indian Nations Milwaukee 780 North Water Street Milwaukee, WI 53202-3590 TEL (414) 287-9456 FAX (414) 273-5198 EMAIL bpierson@gklaw.com BRIAN L. PIERSON Brian Pierson leads the Godfrey & Kahn's Indian Nations Law Team. A 1983 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School (cum laude), Brian clerked for federal district judge Myron L. Gordon before entering private practice. Brian has twenty years experience representing Indian tribes, beginning with his successful representation of Chippewa Indians in federal court litigation to prevent racially-motivated interference with treaty-reserved, off-reservation fishing rights. As leader of the firm's Indian Nations team, Brian's primary objective is to draw on the knowledge and experience of G&K's attorneys to assist tribes in formulating and implementing strategies that strengthen tribal sovereignty, with a particular focus on business development, environmental protection, renewable energy and housing development. Brian also frequently advises tribes on tribal constitutional, ordinance and governance matters. Brian has worked on Indian land title records reform with the National Congress of American Indians and leasing reform with the National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC). A frequent conference speaker and author on Indian law issues, Brian's 2010 articles on Indian country housing development and the Indian Nonintercourse Act were published in the American Bar Association's Affordable Housing Journal and the Federal Lawyer Magazine, respectively. He is the author of the NAIHC's 2010 Indian Country Housing Development Handbook. Brian is founding member, former board member and former chairman of the Wisconsin State Bar's Indian Law Section. He has been named a Wisconsin "Super Lawyer" each year since 2005. Brian currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, where he teaches Indian law. Education Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1983, cum laude Honors ACLU-Wisconsin's Civil Libertarian of the Year award Who's Who in American Law Wisconsin Super Lawyers- (2005 - 2011) News, Publications & Events Publications Client Communications Indian Nations Law Update - February 2012 February 13, 2012 Indian Nations Law Update - January 2012 January 12, 2012 Protecting Tribal Government from Official Misconduct December 20, 2011 16
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