Samantha Kelty

Senior Staff Attorney/Managing Attorney, DC Office at Native American Rights Fund
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(386) 825-5501
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, US

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Credentials

  • Admitted to practice
    The Supreme Court of the United States
    Mar, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Licensed to practice
    State Bar of Texas
    Jan, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Licensed to practice
    United States District Court for the District of Arizona
    Jan, 2007
    - Nov, 2024
  • Licensed to practice
    State Bar of Arizona
    Jan, 2005
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Native American Rights Fund
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Staff Attorney/Managing Attorney, DC Office
      • Jun 2020 - Present

      At NARF, I litigate major victories for Native American voting rights, including securing ballot assistance, ballot receipt extension deadlines, on-reservation polling places, election day registration, compliance with the National Voting Rights Act, and fair redistricting plans. I currently work with tribes across the country to increase political power through redistricting. I represented amicus curiae before the United States Supreme Court to advocate for the use of ballot collection and equal access by Native American voters under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. I am a member of the Native American Voting Rights Coalition, a nationwide alliance of advocates, lawyers, academics, and tribal representatives that addresses Native American voting issues nationwide. In addition to voting rights, I work to promote equitable Indian education. I co-authored an Amici Curiae brief to the Ninth Circuit in a case of first impression regarding the legal obligations of the United States to educate K-12 tribal students. I also currently represent five tribes to compel fulfillment of a constitutional mandate to teach public school students the history and culture of the first peoples of Montana. Show less

  • Hufford, Horstman, Mongini, Parnell & Tucker P.C.
    • United States
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Partner/Shareholder
      • Sep 2008 - Jun 2020

      At Hufford Horstman, I advised and trained employers, P.L. 100-297 Navajo, Hopi and White Mountain Apache grant schools, homeliving entities, and insurers regarding employment matters, local control issues, the applicability of federal and state laws, governing board liability, ethics, OMB Super Circular regulations, financial and budgetary issues, open meeting law requirements, tax-exempt applications and compliance, procurement, and student issues. I also led a legal team in defending public schools in administrative hearings and before tribal, federal and state court. Show less

  • Mangum Wall Stoops & Warden
    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Attorney
      • Nov 2006 - Jul 2008

      At Mangum Wall, I litigated a broad range of cases, including personal injury/insurance defense, employment law, criminal prosecution, municipal law, property issues, minor settlements, interpleaders, and construction. At Mangum Wall, I litigated a broad range of cases, including personal injury/insurance defense, employment law, criminal prosecution, municipal law, property issues, minor settlements, interpleaders, and construction.

  • DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc.
    • United States
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Staff Attorney
      • May 2005 - Nov 2006

      I represented indigent clients in employment, domestic relations, landlord/tenant, social security, consumer law, public housing, individual rights, and other public interest matters at DNA People's Legal Services, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal aid organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income people who otherwise could not afford to hire an attorney. I represented indigent clients in employment, domestic relations, landlord/tenant, social security, consumer law, public housing, individual rights, and other public interest matters at DNA People's Legal Services, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal aid organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income people who otherwise could not afford to hire an attorney.

Education

  • South Texas College of Law
    Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law
    2002 - 2005
  • The University of New Mexico School of Law
    American Indian/Native American Studies
    2004 - 2005
  • Louisiana State University
    B.A., English
    1997 - 2001

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