Dan Rey-Bear has over 29 years of experience in advising and representing Indian tribes and Indian enterprises, both as general counsel and on specific matters including litigation, transactions, compliance, and regulatory and intergovernmental issues covering a wide range of substantive matters. Before co-founding Rey-Bear McLaughlin, LLP in 2016, Dan worked for 19 years at Nordhaus Law Firm, LLP, first in Albuquerque, then in Spokane. Before working in private practice, Dan worked as a Staff Attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He has a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Rice University.