Choctaw Strategies, LLC delivers professional and technical services to federal, state, local, and tribal clients. Established service lines are delivered under the Okla Risk Advisors brand. The company's Native American owned standing also lets it stand up adjacent capability through teaming and staffing.
These are the company's revenue generating practice areas, led by an Executive General Adjuster with more than 25 years of experience and FEMA certification in mitigation planning for local and tribal communities.
Development and five year update of FEMA approved Tribal Mitigation Plans under 44 CFR 201.7, hazard identification and risk assessment, mitigation strategy and project pipeline development, tribal adoption support, FEMA regional review, and Hazard Mitigation Assistance subapplication support under HMGP, BRIC, and FMA.
Public Assistance support, project worksheet development, preliminary damage assessments, appeals and closeout, and insurance to grant reconciliation for federal, state, local, and tribal recipients and the prime contractors that serve them.
Independent and catastrophe claims adjusting, large loss and commercial claims, desk and field adjusting, building envelope forensics, and NFIP flood claims for insurance carriers, MGAs, TPAs, and self insured entities.
Insurance expert witness testimony, party appointed appraisal and neutral umpire service under the policy appraisal clause, and litigation support on property damage scope, causation, valuation, and claims handling standards.
Procurement and acquisition support, program and management consulting, grant compliance, and staff augmentation. As a Native American owned enterprise, the company can stand up additional professional and technical capability through teaming, staffing, and subcontracting arrangements. Agencies and primes with requirements adjacent to the practice areas above are encouraged to ask.
| NAICS | Description | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 524291 | Claims Adjusting | Primary |
| 541620 | Environmental Consulting Services | Key sub target |
| 541611 | Administrative and General Management Consulting | Secondary |
| 541618 | Other Management Consulting Services | Secondary |
| 541690 | Other Scientific and Technical Consulting | Secondary |
| 541350 | Building Inspection Services | Secondary |
| 541990 | All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical | Secondary |
| 624230 | Emergency and Other Relief Services | Secondary |
| 524210 | Insurance Agencies and Brokerages | Producer |
The training and designations behind the company's work, held by the principal who directs every engagement.
| Course | Title and relevance |
|---|---|
| IS-318.b | Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal CommunitiesThe core FEMA course on developing and updating mitigation plans to 44 CFR 201.6 and 201.7. This is the credential that maps directly to plan development work. |
| IS-393 | Introduction to Hazard MitigationMitigation concepts, the hazard mitigation assistance programs, and how mitigation fits the disaster lifecycle. |
| Course | Title and relevance |
|---|---|
| IS-100 | Introduction to the Incident Command SystemICS structure, terminology, and roles. Standard prerequisite for deployed personnel. |
| IS-200 | Basic Incident Command System for Initial ResponseICS application on single resource and initial action incidents. |
| IS-700 | An Introduction to the National Incident Management SystemNIMS doctrine, resource management, and command and coordination. Frequently a contract requirement for personnel supporting federal response and recovery. |
| IS-800 | National Response Framework, An IntroductionThe framework that governs how federal, state, tribal, and local response is organized and supported. |
| IS-230 | Fundamentals of Emergency ManagementThe integrated emergency management system and the roles of each level of government. |
| IS-235 | Emergency PlanningThe planning process itself, which underpins mitigation, continuity, and emergency operations plans. |
| Course | Title and relevance |
|---|---|
| EGA | Executive General AdjusterThe senior adjusting designation, signifying authority over the largest and most complex property losses. |
| NFIP | National Flood Insurance Program certification, all four authority levelsRCBAP, commercial, homeowners, and mobile home. Required for Write Your Own carrier flood assignments. |
| IICRC | Water Damage Restoration and Applied Structural DryingRestoration industry certifications supporting scope and causation analysis on water losses. |
| Licensure | Multi state property and casualty adjuster licensureTexas as designated home state, plus Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas and others, with nationwide reciprocal deployment. Resident producer license, NPN 5700272. |
| MLS | Master of Legal Studies, Indigenous Peoples Law, University of OklahomaGraduate legal training in federal Indian law and tribal sovereignty. A non attorney degree. |
| OIBA | Oklahoma Indian Bar Association, memberThe Oklahoma bar organization advancing Indian law, open to attorneys, law students, tribal court personnel, and other professionals. |
Certificates of completion, a current license list, and a curriculum vitae are furnished on request. Training listed above is held by the firm's principal, who directs every engagement. Additional FEMA independent study coursework is held beyond the courses listed here.
Contracting officers, prime contractors, tribal leadership, carriers, and counsel can reach the firm through Okla Risk Advisors, where all engagements are delivered.
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.
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. The SBA 8(a) Business Development application is pending and no 8(a) certification is claimed. All representations are subject to verification in SAM.gov.
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