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Quarles: Attorneys, Lawyers, Law Firm

Quarles is a multidisciplinary Am Law 200 firm with approximately 520 attorneys practicing at the top of the profession in Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Naples, Phoenix, San Diego, Tampa, Tucson and Washington, D.C.

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Partner at Quarles & Brady LLP

Ben Schneider

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General counsel and head of compliance with two decades of in-house, law firm, and government regulatory experience.

Jon Labukas

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Partner at Quarles & Brady LLP (Franchise & Distribution Litigation)

Karen Awe

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Committed to driving operational excellence and organizational success through effective legal management practices, I am a strategic legal operations leader with a proven track record in managing outside counsel spend and implementing cost-saving measures. My expertise includes negotiating alternative fee arrangements, overseeing global preferred provider network programs, and spearheading cross-functional collaboration, HR initiatives, and project management for efficiency and compliance. Experienced in data governance, internal reporting, and industry benchmarking, I am dedicated to excellence within the Legal Division, focusing on resource planning, budget alignment, and driving global projects to support organizational objectives. With a keen focus on optimizing legal function efficiency, I specialize in financial oversight and enterprise legal matter management to ensure seamless execution of organizational goals.

Victoria Beckman

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Associate General Counsel - Security & Privacy

Samantha Skenandore

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Deep and diverse Indian and tribal law experience... Samantha Skenandore advises tribal and corporate clients on federal Indian law and tribal law. She handles tribal governance, corporate governance, governmental affairs, corporate transactions, real estate, labor issues and litigation. With extensive multijurisdictional experience in tribal law, Samantha represents corporate entities, both tribal and nontribal, in matters involving participation in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program, corporate entity formation, financing, minority- or women-owned certification, labor relations, complex commercial real estate matters and government relations. She knows how to achieve favorable results related to: - State and federal legislation - SBA 8(a) and minority business certifications, appeals and reorganizations - Cultural resources preservation - Real estate transactions, including fee-to-trust conversions, development of tribal commercial districts, zoning disputes and appeals, acquisition of federal surplus property, and intergovernmental agreements and contracts An enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, Samantha previously served as a tribal attorney for the Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Justice, where her responsibilities included chairing the administrative grievance review board. Earlier in her career, she clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Indian Resources Section, and was a judicial clerk for the Colorado Division of Administrative hearings. - Advises corporate clients on developing successful strategies to launch their businesses, seek and secure business certifications, build capacity and prosper. - Provides tailored corporate governance analysis and training to tribal council, tribal elected leadership and management for corporate clean up, reorganization and redirection. - Secures Small Business Administration 8(a) status for new tribally owned entities and mergers and acquisitions of SBA 8(a) entities by tribal clients. - Secures tribal interests and rights throughout the Section 106 federal tribal consultation process, including early consultation, ensuring proper insight in assessing adverse impacts, securing resolutions of the same and related litigation. - Represents clients before members of Congress, congressional committees and agencies through federal lobbying services EDUCATION J.D. 2005, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO B.A. 2001- Behavioral Sciences & Law, Certificate in American Indian Studies, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI