Attorney Profiles

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Steve Titla is a founding partner of Titla & Parsi, PLLC.  Steve is an enrolled member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and he manages the Globe, Arizona office.  Steve has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Arizona State University (1980 – Dean’s List), a Juris Doctorate from Arizona State University Law School (1983), and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Phoenix (2007). A veteran of the United States Marine Corps (Honorable Discharge 1976) and Arizona National Guard (Honorable Discharge, 1980), Steve resides on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.  

Steve has practiced law for over 35 years and has expertise in wide array of disciplines, including specialized expertise in all facets of Federal Indian Law, including Indian Gaming.   Steve has filed amicus briefs on Tribal issues before the U.S. Supreme Court and practiced in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the state courts of Arizona, California, New Jersey, Wisconsin and New Mexico, and Tribal courts of the Navajo Nation, San Carlos Apache Tribe and White Mountain Apache.  Steve has served as a pro-tem judge in the Tohono O’odham Tribal Court, Tohono O’odham Court of Appeals and White Mountain Apache Tribal Court.

Kevin Parsi is a founding partner of Titla & Parsi, PLLC and he manages the Scottsdale, Arizona office.  Kevin received his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University in 1994, his Juris Doctorate from Arizona State University in 1997 and he received his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Arizona State University in 1999. Kevin has represented Tribal Governments and Tribal Enterprises in various capacities for over twenty years. In addition to his expertise in Federal Indian Law, Kevin possesses expertise in a variety of matters including personal injury, bad-faith, employment related matters, corporate/commercial transactions, benefits related matters and real estate matters.

Kevin advises clients on structuring their benefit programs including self-funded health plans, retirement plans, short-term and long-term disability programs and life insurance programs.  Kevin advises clients on employment law matters including preparing and structuring personnel policies and procedures.  Kevin advises entities on regulatory and employment related matters.  Kevin represents corporate clients on entity formation and real estate matters.  Kevin has practiced before the Arizona State Court, New Mexico State Court, United States Federal Courts, US Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.

May Reyhani Hajbandeh is a Senior Associate Attorney in the firm’s Scottsdale, Arizona office. May concentrates her practice in Indian Law and has represented Indian Tribal governments and enterprises for over 10 years.  May has wide-ranging experience advising clients on benefits related matters, including self-funded health plans and retirement plans.  May also advises Tribal Governments regarding state pension systems and represents employer boards administering the benefits of pension systems. She further advises employers on employment law related matters. 

May, a native Texan, attended the University of Houston where she received her Juris Doctorate in 2004 and her undergraduate degree in 2001. 

May is admitted to practice law in the State of Arizona (2008), the State of Texas (2004), and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. May joined Titla & Parsi in 2007 after practicing law in Texas for 2 years. 

With more than 20 years of experience in Federal Indian Law, Vince Lujan provides advice and
counsel to Indian Tribes and tribal organizations – with a particular focus on construction law,
real estate development on tribal and allotted lands, employment law, business organizations,
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and the Native American Housing
and Self-Determination Act. As an Indian law attorney, Vince has assisted tribal councils, tribal
government departments and agencies, tribal enterprises, and tribal organizations in
transactions, corporate matters, board and operations issues, and employment investigations.
Vince, an enrolled member of Taos Pueblo, holds undergraduate degrees from the University of
New Mexico and graduate degrees from Arizona State University. He is admitted to practice
law in Arizona, New Mexico, and in the federal district courts of these states.

Before joining Titla & Parsi, PLLC, as an associate in 2020, Vince was President and Chief
Executive Officer for Salt River Devco, an enterprise of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community. Under his leadership, Salt River Devco self-developed the first
Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn by Marriott on allotted tribal lands. His team helped
bring McKesson Corporation, a Forbes Fortune 10 Company, and Harkins Corporation, one of
the largest companies in Arizona, to the Community under 99-year ground leases. His team
was also instrumental in securing letters of intent from auto dealerships during
the predevelopment of the successful Scottsdale Auto Show. 

While leading Salt River Devco, Vince continued to practice Indian law. He provided legal services in such areas as construction contracting, office space and ground lease review, vendor contracting, hotel management agreement review, and ordinance amendment drafting. Before his position at Salt River Devco, he served as Senior Counsel for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. 

Aidan Alexander Parsi is an Associate Attorney, based in the firm's Scottsdale, Arizona office, and brings a broad expertise to the firm with a specialization in personal injury, contract drafting, housing law, and Federal Indian Law. Since joining Titla & Parsi, Aidan has been instrumental in drafting policy and researching a wide range of issues that advance client interests in these complex areas.

Aidan completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Texas in 2019 and subsequently earned his Juris Doctorate from Boston University School of Law in 2022. He joined Titla & Parsi shortly thereafter and was admitted to the Arizona state court as a licensed attorney in 2023.