Bree Renee Black Horse

Bree is an Associate in the Seattle office. Her practice focuses on federal court and tribal court litigation involving tribal governments, enterprises and businesses.

Bree recently completed a clerkship with Judge Brian M. Morris in the United States District Court for the District of Montana Great Falls Division, which has civil and criminal jurisdiction over several Indian reservations. She regularly encountered federal procedural and jurisdictional issues involving tribal parties, including tribal sovereign immunity and tribal court jurisdiction.

Prior to her federal court clerkship, Bree served as a youth advocate and case manager at the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation’s Labateyah Youth Home in Seattle, where she advanced the interests of formerly homeless young adults.

Bree is an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; her Indian name is “Prized Woman.”

Bree likes to powwow dance, hunt, and hike in her free time. She also enjoys traveling with her parents, acclaimed artists Catherine Black Horse and Terrance Guardipee to Native American art shows across the country. Bree was born and raised in the Seattle area.