Allison K. Athens is an associate attorney in the Santa Fe, New Mexico office of Rothstein Donatelli, LLP. Her legal practice primarily consists of working with several Pueblos, Tribes, and tribal organizations on transactional matters such as business contracts and business formation, land leases and purchases, and revising policies and procedures manuals and tribal code provisions. Additionally, she advises clients on trademark protections, comment letters regarding proposed federal agency action, and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act’s Section 105(l) leasing program. She also provides litigation assistance, as necessary. Prior to her post-pandemic move to New Mexico, Allison worked in her hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska in the Office of Public Advocacy as an Assistant Public Advocate, where she represented underserved Alaskans as appointed counsel in civil and criminal matters. Allison graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and while in law school, she provided pro-bono legal services to the Karuk Tribe, interned at the Native American Rights Fund, and clerked in Earthjustice’s Oceans Program. After law school, Allison clerked for the Alaska Court of Appeals, an intermediate appellate court for criminal appeals. Although part of a busy practice, Allison finds time to enjoy her role on the Board of the Indian Law Section of the State Bar of New Mexico, where she works with the other directors to educate the legal community on Indian law and tribal sovereignty, and mentor the next generation of Indian law professionals in New Mexico.