Jennifer Saeckl is Of Counsel with Mshkawzi Law, LLP. As Ms. Saeckl is licensed to practice in both the State of Michigan and the Province of Ontario, she advises both Indigenous Nations in Canada and Native American Tribes in the United States on domestic concerns as well as cross-border issues. Specifically, Ms. Saeckl works with her clients on many U.S. and Canadian business issues, focusing her practice especially on labor & employment law issues. She has drafted legislation, regulation, policy, and procedure on behalf of Indigenous governmental departments and has participated in both transactional and litigation matters. Among other things, Ms. Saeckl has helped Indigenous nations and tribes, and their businesses, navigate U.S., Canadian, and tribal employment and labor law and helps her clients oversee their hiring and termination practices, as well as day-to-day employment issues.
Ms. Saeckl is licensed to practice in the State of Michigan, the Province of Ontario, and in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. She is a registered Foreign Legal Consultant with the Law Society of Ontario for Michigan Law.
Ms. Saeckl is also licensed to practice in the following tribal courts: the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians; the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians; and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.
Ms. Saeckl provides legal services to Mshkawzi Law, LLP through Jennifer Saeckl Professional Corporation.
Juris Doctor, 2015 | New York University School of Law, New York City, NY
Hon. Bachelor of Arts in Ethics, Society, and Law & Criminology, with distinction, 2007 | University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Certificate in Fundamentals of Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law, Osgoode Hall Law School (2021)
Executive Articles Editor, New York University Annual Survey of American Law (2014-2015)
Admitted to Michigan (2015); Ontario (2020); the U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan (2018); Ontario Foreign Legal Consult for Michigan (2021).
Jennifer Saeckl, Promoting Leadership in Indigenous Organizations, Journal of Aboriginal Management, Issue 34 (Feb. 2024)
Jennifer Saeckl, Building Tribal Employments Laws, Tribal Business News (Feb. 11, 2021)
Tanya Gibbs & Jennifer Saeckl, State Taxation of Tribal Businesses, Michigan Bar Journal (Aug. 23, 2019)
Jennifer Saeckl, Another Threat to Indian Country’s E-commerce Efforts: Thwarting Sovereign Tribal Regulatory Advancement, Tribal Business Journal (Sept. 2016)