Stephanie Sfiridis

Stephanie Sfiridis is Counsel in Dentons' Regulatory, Public Policy and Government Affairs practice and the Native American Law and Policy practice, specialising in Native American Law and Policy (United States). She has extensive experience advising and advocating for Native communities in Tribal, state and federal forums, with a focus on land and realty, gaming and economic development, and federal acknowledgement.

Prior to joining Dentons, Stephanie served as Senior Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the US Department of the Interior, where she helped lead policy and regulatory approaches on high-profile matters in Indian gaming, Tribal land acquisition and federal acknowledgement. She helped draft the Class III Tribal State Gaming Compact Process regulations (25 C.F.R. Part 293), the Land Acquisition regulations (25 C.F.R. Part 151), and updates to the federal acknowledgement process. She also served as Acting Director of the Office of Federal Acknowledgement.

Stephanie holds a J.D. from Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, where she focused on the Indian Legal Program and earned CALI awards for Federal Indian Law I and II. She is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.