Paul Weiss Can Bill Oklahoma Up to $1.4 Million in Tribal Case

Oklahoma will pay Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison up to $1.4 million for its follow-up work on a landmark 2020 Supreme Court decision on tribal sovereignty.

The state, which had sought to overturn the ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, had initially signed a $700,000 contract with Paul Weiss and its top appellate litigator, Kannon Shanmugam, in July 2021.

Paul Weiss and the state attorney general’s office signed an addendum this week doubling the maximum total for the agreement, according to documents obtained Wednesday by Bloomberg Law under the an open records request with the state.

Shanmugam argued before ...