Sinclair: Comments on tribe's lawyers were untrue

Personal and professional reasons prompted two attorneys from the Washington law/lobbying firm of Patton Boggs to back off from representing the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe, the tribal chairman said Monday.

John Sinclair took issue with comments made by a dissident faction that appeared in a Saturday story in havredailynews.com.

James Parker Shield said the two quit in frustration with Sinclair's leadership of the tribe.

Heather Sibbison, in a letter to tribal leaders, said she was leaving Patton Boggs for another job, and the Patton Boggs law firm's pro bono committee decided that no other la...