Lee K. Shannon
Partner

Mr. Shannon, an enrolled Coast Salish Tribal member (Cowichan Tribe, B.C., Canada), joined the Firm in 2001. He focuses on finance, tax, tribal gaming, business entity formation, and economic development for Indian tribes in Alaska and in the lower 48 states.

Mr. Shannon has considerable experience in both taxable and tax exempt financings by Indian tribes and tribal enterprises and has worked on a variety of economic development and infrastructure financings, such as financings for Tribal casinos, resorts, hotels, convention centers, museums and cultural centers, government administration buildings, sewer, water and other infrastructure development, and motor vehicle purchases. He regularly assists tribal governments and tribal enterprises in negotiating, structuring and documenting bond issues, loans, leases and other financing arrangements.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Shannon was an associate at the law firm of Ater Wynne, where he concentrated on public finance and Indian law. Before joining Ater Wynne, he was a staff attorney and Acting Executive Director of the Native American Program of Oregon Legal Services, where he concentrated on commercial, corporate, gaming, finance and tax issues on behalf of Oregon tribes, tribal enterprises and Indian non-profit corporations.

Mr. Shannon is a former Chair of the Oregon State Bar Indian Law Section and a former Secretary-Treasurer of the Washington State Bar Indian Law Section. He also serves on the board of directors of the Legal Aid Services of Oregon, the Oregon Law Center, and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Economic Development Corporation and on the board of trustees for the AISES Foundation.

Mr. Shannon received his J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Washington. He received his B.S. in Biology from Seattle University. He is a member of the Alaska, Washington and Oregon State bars and the Federal District Court for the District of Oregon.

E-mail: lshannon@hsdwor.com

Phone: (503) 242-1745

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