LANCE G. MORGAN – Partner Winnebago, Nebraska Phone: 402-878-2809 Fax: 402-878-2560 email: email me

Mr. Morgan associated with the firm Of-Counsel in 2003 and became a partner in 2007.

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Member, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

PRACTICE AREAS: Economic development; Indian law; corporate and finance law.

ADMISSIONS: Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

EDUCATION: Harvard Law School (J.D., 1993); University of Nebraska (B.S., 1990).

LEGAL EXPERIENCE: President and CEO, Ho-Chunk, Inc. (1995-Present); Adjunct Professor, Arizona State University Law School and University of Arizona School of Law; Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney (1993-1995); Consultant to the BIA for economic development and policy in Indian Country.

ASSOCIATIONS: (Ho-Chunk, Inc.) 2001 Innovations in Government Award, sponsored by Harvard University and the Ford Foundation; 2000 Honoring Nations Award, sponsored by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, recognizing excellence in tribal governments; 1999 Effective Economic Development Practices, awarded by the National Congress of American Indians; 2002 Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Entrepreneur Award; 2002 Minority Business Magazine, Entrepreneurial Spirit Award; 2003 Distinguished Alumni Speaker, Harvard Law School; Consumer Advisory Board, Federal Reserve; Board of Directors, Dynamic Homes; Board of Directors, Liberty Bank and Liberty Financial Services, Inc.; Lower Sioux Development Corporation; Board of Directors, Forest County Potawatomi Corporation; Board of Directors, Chukchansi, Inc.

Mr. Morgan joined Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP with proven proficiencies and successes in the areas of Indian law, economic development and Indian gaming. As developer of Ho-Chunk, Inc., an economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, he helped lead the company from a start-up in 1995 with no revenues and one employee to what is now a tribal conglomerate exceeding $155 million in revenues with 1,100 employees. Ho-Chunk is involved in developing as many non-gaming aspects of the Winnebago tribal economy as possible. As president and CEO of this firm, he is also responsible for the development, and operational and strategic management, of a number of subsidiaries including HCI Distribution Company, which was started in 1999 to sell Native American tobacco products and Native-blended gasoline products. Other subsidiary projects include developing hotels, retail products, government contracting, modular homes and Indianz.Com, the largest Native news and information Web site.

As an attorney for Fredericks Peebles & Morgan he has helped several tribes evaluate their economies and assisted them in establishing economic diversification plans and tribal corporate legal structures. He has also advised tribes on all aspects of general tribal corporate development from initial planning, board training, investment decision making, government contracting, acquisitions and financing.

As an attorney for the national law firm of Dorsey & Whitney, Mr. Morgan worked in all areas of Indian law including a broad range of gaming and corporate matters. He participated in several tribal-related developments, giving advice on development structure and financing, and lobbied several states on behalf of tribes.