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Dec. 2, 2020

Dealing with differences

Lake County Judge Shanda Harry is expert in Native American law.

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Dealing with differences

Shanda Harry


Career Highlights: Elected to the Lake County Superior Court, November, 2018; county counsel, Lake County, 2011-18; deputy district attorney, Lake County, 2007-11; tribal prosecutor, Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, 2007; general counsel, Robinson Rancheria Resort & Casino and Robinson Rancheria pf Pomo Indians of California, city of Nice, Lake County, 2003-07; associate, Christensen, Miller Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro LLP, Los Angeles, 2000-03

Law School: UCLA School of Law
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LAKEPORT — While in law school, Judge Shanda Harry enrolled in an American Indian studies master’s program that would trigger a move hundreds of miles up north to work closely with the Pomo Indians of Lake County.

Specifically, she spent years with the Hopland tribe on everything from Indian Child Welfare Act cases to sovereign nation matters involving the construction of a new casino.

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