05 Feb 2026
Bree Black Horse Rejoins Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Native American Affairs Team
"Bree Black Horse joins Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as Counsel on its Native American Affairs Team, focusing on Native American affairs and litigation after serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney prosecuting MMIP cases."
Ms. Black Horse is an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma who focuses her practice on Native American affairs and litigation. She advises Tribal governments and enterprises on federal, state, and tribal law matters including tribal sovereignty, economic development, treaty rights, and complex Indian country litigation. She rejoined the firm’s Seattle office on January 26 after serving for nearly two years at the U.S. Department of Justice as the first Assistant U.S. Attorney dedicated to prosecuting Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) cases through the DOJ’s MMIP Regional Outreach Program. She enters Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton with the seniority of Counsel; her prior seniority at the Department of Justice was Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Ms. Black Horse originally joined Kilpatrick in 2020 as an associate and later became a senior associate in the Seattle office. In 2024 she left the firm to join the U.S. Justice Department. In her DOJ role she investigated and prosecuted MMIP cases and worked on prevention and response efforts through collaboration with Tribal, federal, state, and non-governmental partners.
Prior to joining Kilpatrick in 2020, Ms. Black Horse represented individual, governmental, and corporate clients in tribal, state, and federal trial and appellate courts in a wide range of criminal and civil matters, including civil rights, personal injury, property, employment, environmental, family, and business law. She previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Brian M. Morris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana in Great Falls. Ms. Black Horse earned her J.D. from Seattle University School of Law, where she co-founded and served as Editor-in-Chief of the American Indian Law Journal.