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Philip "Phil" Baker-Shenk

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2013.
800 Seventeenth Street N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, District of Columbia 20006
(202) 955-3000
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Phone Number (202) 955-3000
Philip Baker-Shenk is a partner in our firm's Indian Law Practice Group and our Entertainment Law Practice Group. He provides legal and policy representation to dozens of Native American Indian Tribal governments as well as Tribal organizations and companies doing business with Indian Tribes. Mr. Baker-Shenk began working on behalf of Indian Tribes in our Nation's capital in 1976. For half a decade, he served as staff in the U.S. Senate, including two years as Majority General Counsel to Indian Affairs Committee Chairman and U.S. Senator John McCain. He has drafted legislation and regulations, written committee reports, advocated before federal agencies, negotiated agreements with government officials, and actively litigated cases on behalf of clients. Mr. Baker-Shenk has extensive experience in forging practical solutions to client problems and securing goals of benefit to clients, and a personal reputation for effective advocacy.



Mr. Baker-Shenk advises Tribal and other clients on federal relations advocacy, economic development strategies, and self-governance matters. Many of these issues involve complex commercial and political transactions, including the transfer of land into trust or restricted status, and the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over people, land and other resources. He also maintains an entertainment law practice, representing music artist/industry clients.



During Mr. Baker-Shenk's years on Capitol Hill, he assisted in the drafting and enactment of legislation dealing with Indian gaming, housing, economic development, taxation, Tribal status, child welfare, education, self-governance, and many other issues.



Mr. Baker-Shenk works closely with members and staff in the House and Senate, and with officials in the Administration. In early 2001, he was appointed to serve on the President's Transition Advisory Committee for the Department of the Interior. Between 2000 and 2010, Mr. Baker-Shenk served as an active member of, and past Chairman of, the Washington County (MD) Republican Central Committee. He also is an ordained elder in the Shepherdstown (WV) Presbyterian Church and is pursuing his general aviation private pilot's license.



Mr. Baker-Shenk has been involved in a variety of aspects of the development of Federal-Indian law, including litigating in the Federal, State and Tribal courts, crafting Federal and State legislation, providing advice and counsel to Tribal governments and their enterprises, negotiating with federal and state administrative agencies, and resolving problems as general counsel for Tribal clients.





Immediately after graduating from law school, Mr. Baker-Shenk clerked for a Senate-confirmed trial court judge and as a lawyer in a private general practice based in Washington, D.C. Prior to entering law school in 1982, Mr. Baker-Shenk worked as a journalist, an FM radio disc jockey, a refrigeration mechanic, a maintenance repairman, a potato-picker and grader on his Pennsylvania family's farm, and, for one day, as a golf caddy.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Native American Law
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for Philip Baker-Shenk
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Native American Law, Washington, D.C. (2023)
  • Chambers USA – America's Leading Business Lawyers guide, Native American Law, 2011-2014
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Eastern Mennonite University, BS
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Office: (202) 955-3000
800 Seventeenth Street N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, District of Columbia 20006
Washington, District of Columbia 20006
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