In 1977 Mr. Alexander joined the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where, along with working to maintain to traditional civil rights, he developed and produced the Commission's classic works on Indian Affairs which delineate the difference between Indian rights and 14th Amendment Civil Rights: "Indian Tribes: A Continuing Quest for Survival" (1981) and the "American Indian Civil Rights Handbook" (1980).

In 1981 and 1982 he served as the General Counsel of the Commission. In 1983 he became the Staff Director of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. Under his leadership, the previously unsuccessful seven-year effort to make the Senate Committee permanent finally met success.

Mr. Alexander entered private practice in 1985. He played a significant role in the development and progress of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project and the Self-Governance portion of the Indian Self-Determination Act Amendments of 1995; the Indian Forestry Resources Act; and the model Self-Governance compact and funding agreement. He has negotiated gaming compacts with various states on behalf of the firm's Tribal clients, and served as lead Tribal Attorney for negotiations with both the National Governors Association and the National Attorneys General Association on amending IGRA. He has been extensively involved in the development of Self-Governance, including drafting the Model Compact and Annual Funding Agreements with both the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Services; he was also one of the senior Tribal attorneys for the development of Self-Governance regulations for the Department of the Int! erior. Recently, he was involved in the drafting and passage of the permanent Self-Governance legislation for the Indian Health programs, i.e., Title V of the ISDA and the development of the Indian Health Service Advisory Committee. His work has involved assistance to Tribes in all aspects of their internal organizational development and in their legislative needs.