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Licensed in California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Texas, Washington, the District of Columbia, and before the USPTO.
University of Wisconsin Law School
University of Houston
Attorney Rusco has spoken, published, taught, and practiced extensively in the areas of litigation, appellate advocacy, commercial law, tribal law and federalIndian law. He has published articles on legal writing, tribal sovereignty, and tribal citizenship. He has advised businesses and tribal governments on a variety of high stakes matters including commercial contracts, business structures, construction law, constitutional law, employment law, gaming, taxation, wildlife and natural resources defense, tribal code drafting, U.S. Supreme Court appeals, and collection of tribal court judgments. He is a former University of Wisconsin William H. Hastie Fellow and law professor.
Attorney Rusco has practiced trial and appellate law for more than 12 years. During that time, he served as Senior Tribal Counsel for the Ho-Chunk Nation (“HCN”), Staff Attorney for the HCNJudiciary, an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin, and a business litigator at Adair & Myers, PLLC.
During his time with the Ho-Chunk Nation, Attorney Rusco’s primary area of responsibility was advising the Nation’s Department of Business, the Ho-Chunk office that oversees the Nation’s $1B-plus gaming, retail, and smoke shop enterprises. In that capacity, he provided advice on contract review and enforcement, construction law, employment law, RFPs/RFIs, and taxation.Two of Attorney Rusco’s largest assignments were to provide legal support to the Nation’s multimillion dollar casino renovation project and guidance on a multimillion dollar dispute with an information technology services vendor.
During his tenure with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Attorney Rusco presented oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the WisconsinSupreme Court (State of Wisconsin ex. rel. Hensley v. Endicott, 245 Wis.2d 607, 629 N.W.2d686 (Wis. 2001)). He now lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with his wife Shanna, son Samuel, and daughter Poppy.
Attorney Rusco is licensed to practice in Texas.