Disclosures

These disclosures apply to everything on this site and to every engagement with Choctaw Strategies, LLC and its operating brand, Okla Risk Advisors. They are collected here rather than repeated on each page.

Not a law firm

Okla Risk Advisors and Choctaw Strategies, LLC are not a law firm and do not provide legal advice or legal representation. The firm’s principal is not a licensed attorney. The Master of Legal Studies in Indigenous Peoples Law is a non-attorney graduate degree. Nothing on this site creates an attorney-client relationship, and nothing here should be relied on as legal advice. Clients are encouraged to retain their own counsel, and the firm routinely works alongside tribal, corporate, and outside counsel.

Not a public adjusting firm

The firm does not represent policyholders as a public adjuster and does not solicit public adjusting engagements. Claims work is performed for insurance carriers, managing general agents, third-party administrators, program managers, independent adjusting firms, and self-insured entities. Work for governmental and tribal clients is independent consulting and reconciliation, not policyholder advocacy. Adjusting services are provided only where the firm holds the required license or a valid reciprocal or emergency designation.

Expert, appraisal and umpire engagements

Availability is subject to conflict clearance and to any licensure, registration, or appointment requirements of the jurisdiction and the policy at issue. Some states regulate who may serve as an appraiser or umpire. The firm confirms its ability to serve before accepting an engagement. The firm accepts one role per matter and does not serve as both a party-appointed appraiser and a retained testifying expert in the same dispute. No representation is made as to the outcome of any matter.

The firm’s principal co-owns Dry Out Pros, LLC, a water mitigation company. Dry Out Pros is a separate company with separate ownership, operations and records, and it is not part of Okla Risk Advisors or Choctaw Strategies, LLC. The interest is disclosed in conflict checks for expert, appraisal and umpire engagements, and the firm does not accept a role on a matter in which Dry Out Pros has a financial interest.

Careers and independent contractors

Adjusters, inspectors, recovery specialists and planners who join the firm’s roster are engaged as independent contractors under a written agreement, unless a posting states otherwise. Joining the roster does not guarantee assignments, and deployment depends on event activity, client requirements, licensure and availability. Contractors are encouraged to carry their own errors and omissions, general liability and auto coverage, and specific client programs may require it. As a publicly announced employment practice permitted by Section 703(i) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(i)), the firm gives preference to qualified enrolled members of federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages living on or near a reservation, including former reservations in Oklahoma, and it applies Indian preference in employment and subcontracting on contracts covered by 25 U.S.C. 5307(b) and under applicable tribal law. Consistent with Morton v. Mancari, 417 U.S. 535 (1974), the preference is a political classification based on tribal membership, is available to members of any federally recognized tribe, and requires proof of enrollment; the full policy is on the careers page. Except for Indian preference as permitted by law, the firm considers applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Application materials are used only to evaluate candidates and staff engagements.

Not a government agency

The firm is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized to speak for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, the Small Business Administration, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, or any other government or tribal government. Program summaries on this site describe public documents and are provided for reference. Federal program status and eligibility change without notice, and the governing regulation, policy, or notice of funding opportunity controls. The firm does not guarantee that any grant, obligation, appeal, award, or reimbursement will be approved or received.

Socioeconomic status

Choctaw Strategies, LLC is wholly owned by one individual who is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. This is individual Indian ownership. The company is not a tribally owned enterprise, an Alaska Native Corporation, or a Native Hawaiian Organization, and it does not hold the sole-source authorities reserved to those entities. Indian Economic Enterprise and Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise status is self-certified under the Buy Indian Act. Small disadvantaged business status is self-certified in SAM.gov. All representations are subject to verification in SAM.gov.

Entity and registered agent

Okla Risk Advisors is a registered trade name of Choctaw Strategies, LLC. Legal notices and service of process for Choctaw Strategies, LLC go to its registered agent at 12900 Metcalf Ave, Suite 140, Overland Park, Kansas 66213. The registered agent’s mailing address is PO Box 23788, Overland Park, Kansas 66283-3788.

General

Content on this site is provided for general information only and is not a substitute for professional advice on a specific matter. Questions about anything here can go to chrischambers@oklariskadvisors.com.