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Jennifer P. Hughes
Partner
Ms. Hughes, a founding partner in the law firm of Ayer &
Hughes, joined the Firm as Of Counsel in May 2002 and became
a partner in 2003. At Ayer & Hughes and previously at
the law firm of Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer & Jozwiak, where
she worked as an associate for four years, she served as a
government relations authority for Indian affairs issues.
In that role, she conducted legal analyses of federal legislative
and executive actions affecting Indian tribes; developed and
implemented strategies for advocating client tribes’
positions on Capitol Hill, in relevant agencies and at the
White House and coordinated with tribal organizations to advance
agendas for tribal governments on appropriations, gaming,
taxation and sovereignty matters. She has also represented
tribes in administrative proceedings on federal recognition
and environmental regulation, and serves as attorney for the
Mni Wiconi Project, one of the largest water projects in the
United States that serves the Pine Ridge, Lower Brule and
Rosebud Reservations as well as non-Indian counties in West
Central South Dakota.
Ms. Hughes served on the successful 2002 reelection campaign
for South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson and worked as a National
Advance Team Member for the 2000 Gore/Lieberman Campaign as
well as the 1996 Clinton/Gore Campaign.
Ms. Hughes began her law career in general practice in her
hometown in Central New York. There, she focused on real estate,
domestic relations and estate planning. During law school
she clerked for the United States Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs and the Seneca Nation of Indians’ Department
of Justice. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Hughes worked
as a Staff Assistant for the United States Senate Committee
on Indian Affairs and for the Paschal Sherman Indian School
on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State.
Ms. Hughes received her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from
Albany Law School of Union University in 1995 and her Bachelor
of Arts from Georgetown University in 1990. She is a member
of the bars of Massachusetts, New York and the District of
Columbia.
E-mail: jhughes@hsdwdc.com
Phone: (202) 822-8282
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