Ms. Martin has extensive experience in the field of federal Indian law and policy, particularly in the areas of gaming, legislation, administrative law and tribal governmental matters. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Martin was a high level political appointee at the Department of the Interior, where she originally served as Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs. She was elevated to Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, and served for over a year as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs before leaving the Department. While at the Department of Interior, Ms. Martin participated in several important decisions affecting tribes, including the approval of the gaming compacts between Arizona tribes and the State of Arizona, issuance of the Departmental concurrence in the Jena Band of Choctaw two-part determination to take lands into trust for gaming purposes and the Schatghticoke Tribal Nation final determination in favor of Federal recognition, among many others.

Before joining the Department of the Interior, she was Senior Counsel to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs chaired by U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO), where she had a key role in developing legislation involving tribes, particularly in the areas of gaming and health care.

Ms. Martin came to the Committee from the position of Director of Congressional and Public Affairs for the federal National Indian Gaming Commission in Washington, D.C.

Aurene began her career as Senior Staff Attorney of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, where she worked for over five years. As in-house counsel to the Tribe, she was responsible for state legislative affairs, contract review, enrollment and gaming matters, and served on the Tribe's compact negotiation team in 1998.

Ms. Martin attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Università di Bologna in Bologna, Italy. She majored in History, Italian and History of Culture and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989. She received her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1993. She is a member of the District of Columbia and Wisconsin State Bar. Aurene has been active in the Wisconsin State Bar Indian law section, having served as an officer of the section.

Ms. Martin has been named by her peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America for Native American Law in 2007. She has also been named by LawDragon magazine in its "500 New Stars, New Worlds" edition, which is features the "freshest faces in American law".