Jeff came to William Mitchell after teaching special education at Todd County 
High School on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He graduated from William Mitchell summa cum laude in 2012. During law school, Jeff was actively involved in the Indian Law Program. He served as Indian Law chair for the William Mitchell chapter of the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA), participated in National NALSA Moot Court Competitions at Columbia University and the University of Hawaii, attended three FBA National Indian Law Conferences, and published an article with Professor Routel regarding federal agencies’ duty to consult with tribes. Jeff also worked as a law clerk to the Tribal Court of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.
After law school, Jeff served as law clerk for Associate Justice Alan C. Page of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He then served as a law clerk for Judge Myron H. Bright of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Throughout his tenure as a law clerk at the federal, state, and tribal level, Jeff analyzed and provided recommendations on complex legal issues spanning almost every major substantive area of the law, including federal Indian law.
Jeff currently practices at The Jacobson Law Group, a boutique Indian law firm in St. Paul that has represented tribes and tribal interests throughout the United States for over 30 years. Jeff’s Indian law practice is varied. He consults with tribal governments on daily governance issues, utilizes his experience as a law clerk in various litigation-related matters, develops and revises tribal code, and consults with tribal courts, among other things.
Jeff credits the Indian Law Program and its incredible faculty for giving him the skills he’s needed to establish a career practicing Indian law.
Jeff can be reached at jholth@thejacobsonlawgroup.com.