Jessica Ditmore has joined Galanda Broadman PLLC as an Associate, focusing on litigation involving Tribal governments and enterprises.

Jessica joins the firm after serving on active duty for nearly five years in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps. As a JAG officer, she was an Administrative and National Security Law Attorney for the 1st Cavalry Division, and later a Prosecutor for the 82nd Airborne Division. She still serves in the U.S. Army Reserves.

“We are ecstatic to have somebody of the caliber and strength as Jessica join our firm,” said Gabe Galanda, the firm’s managing lawyer. “She will serve and defend our Tribal clients well.”

Prior to the military, Jessica worked as a legal fellow and prosecutor for the San Carlos Apache Tribe.

Jessica graduated from the University of Arizona Law School in 2019, where she received a certificate in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy and served on the Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Policy from Mount Saint Mary’s University.

Jessica is licensed to practice law in the state of New Mexico.

Galanda Broadman PLLC is an Indigenous rights law firm with offices in Seattle and Yakima, Washington and Bend, Oregon.