AmyAnn Taylor is an attorney specializing in Federal Indian Law. Her involvement in Indian country grew from her interests at a young age in politics and government affairs and later her experiences gained during various internships in Washington, D.C., including with Congress and the Department of Justice.

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Ms. Taylor is a Certified Fraud Examiner, a former instructor at Falmouth Institute and was recently the Attorney General/General Counsel for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. While serving as Attorney General, Ms. Taylor was a driving force in the Tribe to organize its internal government processes, extend its relationships with all levels of government, while preserving and exerting the Tribe’s inherent sovereignty.  While Ms. Taylor was responsible for all legal affairs at the Tribe and its business entities, highlights of Ms. Taylor’s service include, renegotiation of the Tribe’s Tribal-State Gaming Compact resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in savings to the Tribe and the development of a Tribal-State Joint Jurisdiction Court – only the second in the nation.

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Previous to her role as the Attorney General/General Counsel, Ms. Taylor was an associate at LaPena Law Corporation – a small boutique Indian Law firm in Sacramento, California.  There she worked for tribes across California focusing on developing Tribal codes and ordinances, policies, court systems, constitutional reorganization, enrollment matters, cultural repatriation and monitoring. 

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Ms. Taylor earned dual bachelor’s degrees in political science and Communications: Public Relations from Brigham Young University and a law degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.

Ms. Taylor is admitted to practice in the State of California, specifically with the Eastern District of California and California Supreme Court. She is also a member of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Tribal Court Bar.

She currently resides in Elk Grove, California, and in her free time enjoys her family, serving in her local church congregation, reading, sports of all kinds, and improving on her photography skills.