Katie Brossy
Senior Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Regulatory
- Lobbying & Public Policy
- Pro Bono
- American Indian Gaming & Compact Negotiation
- American Indian Policy & Regulation
- Federal District Court & Tribal Court Litigation
- Indian Water Rights
- Advises clients regarding American Indian law and policy.
- Member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, as well as of Santee Sioux.
Katie focuses on representing Indian tribes, tribal governmental instrumentalities and tribally owned enterprises. She has worked on a number of highly significant tribal issues, including one of the largest Indian water rights settlements in U.S. history and the largest tribal trust claim settlement.
Katie has also represented tribal clients on a variety of matters, including issues regarding:
- Negotiating 105(l) leases with the Department of Interior and Indian Health Service
- Indian water law, including Congressional enactment and implementation of Indian water settlements
- Water management and marketing
- United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services funding opportunities
- Tribal trust accounting litigation and settlement
- Withdrawal of trust assets pursuant to the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act
- Federal appropriations and Congressional representation
- Bureau of Indian Education school construction and financing
- Process for replacement of state statues in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol
- Federal, state and tribal tax laws
- Indian gaming law
- Land into trust and restricted fee land matters
- Economic development initiatives
- Environmental regulation
- Contract support costs under the Indian Self-Determination Education and Assistance Act
- Tribal sovereign immunity.
EducationJ.D., Columbia Law School, 2005
B.A., University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 2001
J.D., Columbia Law School, 2005
B.A., University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 2001
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
Nebraska
District of Columbia
Nebraska
- The Legal 500 US, Native American Law, 2022.
- Diversity Journal, Native American Indigenous Leaders Worth Watching, 2021.
- Chambers USA, Government Relations: Federal, 2019-2023.
- Chambers USA, Native American Law, 2022 to 2023.
- Law360, 2018 Native American Advisory Board Member
- Stark Ritchie Senior Counsel Award, 2018
- Law360, Rising Stars, 2017.
- NABA-DC Excellence in Mentoring, 2017.
- Alpha Chi Omega REAL. STRONG. WOMEN. OF DISTINCTION AWARD, 2017.
- Bisnow, Top 40 Lawyers Under 40, 2016.
- National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Native American 40 Under 40, 2015.
- Board Member, Chief Standing Bear Project
- Board Member, National Park Trust
- Member, Akin Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council , Washington, D.C.
- Board Member, Notah Begay III Foundation.
- Past President, Native American Bar Association, D.C.
- Speaker, “Settlement Implementation: Next Steps After You Reach a Settlement,” Tribal Water in the Southwest, March 8, 2019.
- Speaker, “Federal Administrative Policy Towards Tribal Water Rights and Settlements,” Tribal Water in California, January 28, 2019.
- Speaker, “Tribal Water Rights Settlements,” Tribal Water in the Southwest
- Speaker, Big Red Talks: Success Beyond the Classroom, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nov. 8, 2017.
- Speaker, “Recent Federal Court Decisions,” National Indian Gaming Association Tradeshow & Convention, April 11, 2017.