As an expert in government affairs, public policy, and political matters, Bret provides a breadth of services including assistance in navigating state and federal government agencies, as well as aiding in advocacy, strategy, and planning that lead to successful outcomes for a diverse group of clients which has included MasterCard, the Kansas Bioscience Authority, the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, the International Union Painters and Allied Trade District Council 82 of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, Ho-Chunk, Inc. (owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska), Walmart, and the Levin Papantonio Law Firm (Pensacola, Florida), a national plaintiff’s trial attorney practice. Bret is a former senior staff member to former Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota. During Bret’s time with Senator Tim Johnson, he helped to develop and write key agricultural legislation – and to establish an “Early Warning System” for Railcar (Grain) Shortages in the Northern Plains, working with the US Department of Agriculture and the Surface Transportation Board.

Bret has, for 30 years, been a key player in South Dakota’s political scene. One of his greatest accomplishments was implementing one of the first formalized get out the Native vote programs on both the Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux reservations. Since 2003, Bret’s work in Indian Country has included critical elections in Arizona, Nevada, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, North Carolina, and, in 2020-2022, Georgia. Bret has also been engaged on a pro bono basis as a Native voting expert in voting rights cases brought in Montana, Nevada, and Arizona. Additionally, Bret, in his consulting practice, has represented numerous clients and implemented special projects in Arizona, Florida, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Tennessee, and California.