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• BIOGRAPHY OF TOM FOLEY Tom Foley is President of the FOLEY LAW GROUP PLC a Minnesota based law firm concentrating on Administrative Law, Indian Law, and Civil and Criminal Litigation; Foley is also a founding member of the St. Paul, MN and Washington D.C. governmental affairs practice of PACE/Minnesota LLC. He is also Vice President of LOWRY STRATEGIES INC. a Washington based government affairs company. Foley has a significant administrative and government practice in addition to his civil and criminal litigation. After twenty-one years in law enforcement, Foley was appointed to the National Indian Gaming Commission (1995-1998) for a three-year term as Commissioner, Vice -Chairman, and Acting Chairman. His national law practice emphasis is on gaming law. He represents tribes and gaming corporations on State and Federal regulatory and administrative issues. Foley was selected to be in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in Gaming Law. He was elected to the International Masters of Gaming Law Association, a worldwide organization of prominent gaming attorneys devoted to the ongoing education and communications within the gaming industry. He is also a member of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys A native of Minnesota, Foley has distinguished himself as a public servant of the state. Foley formerly served as Director of the Washington, D.C. office of Governor Jesse Ventura. In this capacity, he represented the State of Minnesota before the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives and federal agencies. Foley served as a Commissioner on the Metropolitan Airports Commission (1999-2009) and was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Governor's Commission on Congressional and Legislative Redistricting (2000). He also served as Deputy Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (1976-1978) and as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Minnesota (1973-1976). Foley served four terms as Ramsey County Attorney (1978-1995) in St. Paul. As County Attorney, he was the chief prosecutor for this capitol jurisdiction. He was responsible for implementing a number of innovative programs, including victim's rights programs, and one of the first family violence specialized prosecution unit in the United States. In 1991, he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, representing the City of St. Paul in R.A.V. vs. City of St. Paul, one of the first hate crime cases ever decided by the Supreme Court.