Jeremy Patterson
Partner
EMAIL: jpatterson@nativelawgroup.com
PHONE: 303-926-5292
EDUCATION
University of Tulsa, L.L.M, American Indian and Indigenous Law (2004)
University of Wisconsin, J.D. (2002)
Black Hills State University, B.S., Social Science and American Indian Studies (1999)
ADMISSIONS
Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Ute Indian Tribal Court
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Court
Fort Berthold District Court
Northern Plains Intertribal Court of Appeals
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
(Pro Hac Vice)
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
(Pro Hac Vice)
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
(Pro Hac Vice)
U.S. District Court for the District of Western Michigan
Supreme Court, State of New York
(Pro Hac Vice)
ASSOCIATIONS
Colorado State Bar Association
Federal Bar Association, Indian Law Section
Native American Bar Association
American Bar Association
Board of Directors, Cheyenne River Youth Project
Board of Directors, Crazy Horse Foundation
Jeremy Patterson
Partner
EMAIL: jpatterson@nativelawgroup.com
PHONE: 303-926-5292
Jeremy Patterson is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (Minicoujou/Itazipco Lakota). Jeremy received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin Law School and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in American Indian and Indigenous Law from the University of Tulsa.
Jeremy focuses his practice exclusively on representing American Indian tribes and tribal organizations in a vast array of areas, including tribal government representation, economic development, and management of tribal water resources. He also works on development of tribal codes and ordinances, gaming matters, employment issues, construction contracting and management, tribal housing, protection of cultural and natural resources, finance and tax and land use transactions. Jeremy also assists tribal clients with energy development and related policy, permitting and regulatory compliance matters.
Jeremy has assisted tribal clients in several high-profile and complex commercial transactions, including the development of several successful tribal business ventures that have collectively generated over $1 billion in asset value for Indian Country. His work in this area has supported tribal efforts to preserve and promote tribal economic sovereignty, provide long-term employment opportunities for tribal members, and restore traditional tribal economies through tribe-to-tribe trade agreements.
Prior to establishing the majority Indian-owned law firm of Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP in 2020, Jeremy worked for both the Native American Rights Fund and Native American Program of Oregon Legal Services, and he was a former research assistant to Professor William Rice. Most recently, he was a partner at a national firm that specialized in the practice of federal Indian law.
Jeremy is the past recipient of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) Native American 40 Under 40 Award. Best Lawyers named him one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in the practice area of Native American law, and he was recognized by Denver-based 5280 Magazine as a “Top Lawyer in Native American Law.”