Jaime (“Jr.”) is a Shareholder in Stokes Lawrence’s Business and American Indian Law practice groups. He counsels privately-held companies, multi-generational families, and individuals engaged in agribusiness operations internationally.
Jr. also collaborates with American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and their communities on business development and disputes involving tribal sovereignty, taxing authority, trade, contracts, and issues of Federal Indian law and policy.
Prior to returning to Stokes Lawrence, Jr. served as General Counsel and Chief Business Development Officer for a conglomerate of tribal member-owned Yakama Nation enterprises whose mission is to enhance economic development and opportunities in Indian Country. As General Counsel, Jr. led and assisted on Indigenous rights litigation and policy matters across the country, including spending time in Washington, D.C., working with the Tribal Economic and Tax Reform Advocacy Alliance and the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
As the son of Mexican migrant farmworkers, Jr. is interested in issues that intersect with equity, justice, and how the law can be used to enhance prosperity for all. Jr.’s pro bono practice includes successful representation of clients in asylum matters, voting rights issues, landlord-tenant cases, Indigenous rights litigation, and consumer protection matters.
