Ms Tamera C Shanker

About Ms Tamera C Shanker

<p style="margin-left:.75in; text-align:center">The Shanker Law Firm brings together over 50 years of diverse legal experience.</p> <p style="margin-left:.75in; text-align:justify">Tamera focuses on Children&rsquo;s Advocacy, Adoption Law, Juvenile Law, and Indian Child Welfare Act (&ldquo;ICWA&rdquo;) matters. She has dedicated her entire legal career to championing children&rsquo;s interests in the foster care system, having been the &ldquo;voice&rdquo; for thousands of abused and neglected children. Tamera has legally assisted in creating thousands of &ldquo;forever families&rdquo; through representation of Foster Families, Blended Families, Relatives, Private Couples, Same-Sex Couples, and Birth Mothers<strong>. </strong></p> <p style="margin-left:.75in; text-align:justify">Tamera has served as an Associate Justice for the White Mountain Apache Tribe Court of Appeals (three-year term); served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Maricopa County Superior Court (three years); is a member of the Arizona State Bar, Juvenile Law and Indian Law Sections; the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA); the Native American Bar Association of Arizona (NABA-AZ); National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA); and National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC). Tamera serves as a founding member on the National Adoption Day Planning Committee for Pinal County. Tamera is on the Advisory Council and is Chair-Emeritus for the Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation (AFFCF) after serving as a Director for 20 years, Board Chair for three years, and 18 years as the Scholarship Program Chair for AFFCF. Since its inception in 2012, Tamera has served as a Community Advisor on the Fostering Advocates Arizona (formerly Arizona Youth Opportunities Initiative). She served on the State of Arizona&rsquo;s Foster Care Review Board from 1993-1996. Publications include: <em>A Citizen&rsquo;s Guide to Fact Finding and Action in the Juvenile Justice System</em>, Children&rsquo;s Action Alliance/Juvenile Justice Project, Arizona, contributor, 1995; <em>Financial Services in the European Market of 1992</em>, American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice, 1989 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.; <em>Europe 1992: Obstacles & Opportunities for United States Business</em>, Utah Business Magazine, August 1989. Tamera (Arapaho) was one of the founding directors of the Inter-Tribal, Native American Communications Council, established in 1993. Tamera worked directly with Senator Ted Kennedy on the drafting of the &ldquo;Torture Victims Protection Act.&rdquo;</p> <p style="margin-left:.75in; text-align:justify">Tamera is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (1994) in Washington D.C., where she served as the Senior Editor on the Law Center&rsquo;s Legal Journal: <em>Law & Policy in International Business</em>. She received her Bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Southern California (1984) where she majored in International Relations. Tamera is admitted to practice in state, federal and Tribal courts in Arizona: Hopi, Pascua Yaqui, Gila River Indian Community, and Tohono O&rsquo;odham Tribal Courts; and admitted before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.</p> <p style="margin-left:.75in; text-align:justify"> </p>

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• Law School: Georgetown

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