CALIFORNIA
Sacramento Office:
2020 L Street, Suite 250
Sacramento, CA 95811
Phone: 916-441-2700
Fax: 916-441-2067

COLORADO
Louisville Office:
1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville, CO 80027
Phone: 303-673-9600
Fax: 303-673-9155

MICHIGAN
Peshawbestown Office:
2848 Setterbo Road
Peshawbestown, MI 49682
Phone: 231-631-8558

NEBRASKA
Omaha Office:
3610 North 163rd Plaza
Omaha, NE 68116
Phone: 402-333-4053
Fax: 402-333-4761

NORTH DAKOTA
Mandan Office:
3730 29th Avenue
Mandan, ND 58554
Phone: 303-673-9600
Fax: 701-663-5103

SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls Office:
3817 Slaten Park Drive
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
Phone: 605-338-9147
Fax: 605-339-1769

Rapid City Office:
2040 W. Main, Suite 110
Rapid City, SD 57702
Phone: 605-791-1515
Fax: 605-791-1915
 

SHANE THIN ELK –Attorney at Law
Omaha, Nebraska
phone: 402.333.4053
fax: 402.333.4761
email: email me

Mr. Thin Elk joined the firm in 2004.

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Lakota)

PRACTICE AREAS: Federal Indian law; tribal sovereignty & self-determination; economic development; trial & appellate advocacy; gaming law; administrative law

ADMISSIONS: United States District Court for the District of South Dakota; South Dakota Supreme Court; United States District Court for the District of Nebraska; United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; The Court of Federal Claims; Wind River Tribal Court; and the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Court

EDUCATION: University of South Dakota School of Law (J.D., Sterling Honors, 2003); University of South Dakota (B.S., Psychology, 2000)

PRIOR LEGAL EXPERIENCE: Law clerk to Chief Justice David Gilbertson of the South Dakota Supreme Court (2003-2004); Instructor, University of South Dakota, Department of Indian Studies/Political Science (2003)

TEACHING POSITIONS: Instructor, University of South Dakota, Department of Indian Studies/Political Science

 Mr. Thin Elk joined the Omaha office of Monteau & Peebles in September 2004. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Thin Elk clerked for Chief Justice David Gilbertson of the South Dakota Supreme Court. Graduating with Sterling Honors from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2003, he was also honored with the Gavel Award as the outstanding student of his class. While in law school, he was active in the Native American Law Students Association and R.D. Hurd Pro Bono Society, as well as serving as Developmental and Water Law Editor for the Great Plains Natural Resources Journal. During his final semester of law school, Mr. Thin Elk taught an undergraduate course entitled “Indian Law & Justice” for the University of South Dakota.

A strong believer in tribal sovereignty and self-determination, Mr. Thin Elk focuses much of his practice on litigation as well as on economic development issues and tribal code drafting. Since April of 2006, Mr. Thin Elk previously served as the in-house counsel for the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, where he handled a wide-array of legal issues for the Tribe.