Kelly Stoner (Cherokee) graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in December 1988. In October 2011, Ms. Stoner was appointed as a Judge for the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. For the past twenty years, Kelly has taught at the North Dakota School of Law and Oklahoma City University School of law where she taught American Indian/Tribal Law and Domestic Violence related classes. For eight years, Ms. Stoner directed the University of North Dakota Native American Law Project that served clients of the Spirit Lake Reservation. Ms. Stoner’s caseload targeted domestic violence and sexual assault cases arising in Indian Country involving teen and adult victims. From 2001-2013, Kelly directed the Native American Legal Resource Center at Oklahoma City University School of law where she supervised law students prosecuting Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking cases in tribal courts and the Court of Indian Offenses and representing victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in civil matters in state, tribal and CFR Courts. Kelly testified before the U.S. Indian Affairs Committee regarding domestic violence issues affecting Native American women in Indian Country and was invited to the White House to witness the signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act. Kelly is also a frequent lecturer for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic Violence and also lectures for the Office on Violence Against Women’s national technical assistance providers on domestic violence related issues in Indian Country. Stoner was awarded a federal grant to launch Oklahoma’s only tribal coalition against domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking—the Native Alliance Against Violence. In 2011, Kelly supervised a project in partnership with the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma that established a SAFE Unit at a local hospital, recruited SANEs and targeted community education on the topics of domestic violence and sexual assault.