Snell & Wilmer Welcomes Racheal Brinson to the San Diego Office

SAN DIEGO – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Racheal M. Brinson (formerly White Hawk) has joined the San Diego office as counsel in the Litigation, Investigations, and Trials Practice Group.

Brinson represents tribal governments, gaming enterprises, and businesses in complex litigation and other legal matters involving Indian country. Her practice encompasses tribal litigation, gaming, employment, real estate, finance, and commercial matters. She represents clients in tribal, state, and federal courts and in arbitration, with experience involving sovereign immunity, tribal court jurisdiction, construction, tort, insurance, and employment disputes.

Brinson also advises clients on transactions, governance, and regulatory matters involving tribal lands and enterprises. She has led and closed complex commercial real estate transactions involving more than $200 million in tribal leasehold interests and negotiated leases, easements, rights-of-way, gaming vendor contracts, construction agreements, and other commercial agreements. Her experience also includes Tribal-State Gaming Compacts, fee-to-trust applications, land acquisitions, tribal governance, employment matters, and regulatory compliance.

Brinson has been recognized by Best Lawyers as One to Watch in Native American Law (2024-2027). She is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and her B.A. in International Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.