Lenor Scheffler
Lenor Scheffler was born and raised on the Lower Sioux Reservation near Morton, Minnesota, and is an enrolled member of the Lower Sioux Dakota Community. In 1988, she graduated from William Mitchell College of Law, becoming the first enrolled member of any Minnesota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe to become a lawyer. She remains active in the Mitchell community as a member of Mitchell’s Board of Trustees, and as a mentor to our Native students.
Lenor is a partner at Best & Flanagan, a mid-sized firm located in downtown Minneapolis]. She is Chair of the firm’s Native American Law Section. Her practice focuses on all areas of federal Indian law and tribal law, including tribal election representation, governance, gaming law, taxation, tribal financing, and business law.
Lenor is extremely active in the Minnesota legal community. From 2001-2006, she served as the chief judge for the Upper Sioux Community Tribal Court. In 2003, she was appointed to the Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection, and she continues to serve on that Commission today. Lenor contributes her time and expertise to the community in multiple ways and recently received the Turtle Award from the Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce for volunteering time, energy and services to support and promote the American Indian business community.
You can contact Lenor at lscheffler@bestlaw.com or 612-349-5687.