Hi, I’m Kim Cromwell.

This work is who I am.

I am an enrolled member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, and grew up in Whiteriver, Arizona on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.

For a decade, I worked on behalf my tribe, most recently as Deputy Attorney General. I’m proud of my work advising and assisting Tribal departments, programs and enterprises. I also gained significant experience protecting tribal interests through drafting and negotiating contracts and leases, and helping to create good laws for my people.

Several of the things I have been proudest of include:

  • Working to reform our Tribal court through using a Healing-to-Wellness model to help our community members end cycles of involvement in the justice system;

  • Helping to guide the Tribe through the COVID-19 pandemic, and recovery efforts;

  • Aiding the Tribe in processing and usage of Volkswagen Class Action Settlement Funds, to replace the Tribal Fire Department and Head Start busses; and

  • Helping secure a $52 million Tribal Court judgment against the defendant who ignited the Chedeski Fire, which burned 281,000 acres of Reservation forest land.

    In my spare time, I enjoy being with my husband and our three children.

Kim@CromwellandMcReynolds.com

Phone: (928) 358-9162

Education

  • University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law

    Juris Doctorate (2012)

    -Certificate in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy

    -Treasurer, Native American Law Student Association

    -Member, Lawyers for Literacy

    -Coordinator, Tucson Indian Center/NALSA Legal Referral Clinic

    -CALI Award for Excellence in Tribal Courts (Spring 2011)

    -CALI Award for Excellence in Tribal Courts Clinic (Fall 2011)

  • Dartmouth College
    BA, History and Native American Studies

    -Charles Eastman Achievement Award

    -Member & Pow wow Committee Chair, Native Americans at Dartmouth

  • Morris K. Udall Udall Native American Congressional Internship Program, Alumnus.

  • Teach for America/Challenger School, Former Teacher and Native Alliance Advisory Council Member

Experience

  • 2022 - Present. Partner, Cromwell & McReynolds, PLLC.

  • 2018-2022. Deputy Attorney General, White Mountain Apache Tribe.

  • 2012-2018. Assistant Attorney General, White Mountain Apache Tribe.

  • 2012. Law Clerk. Office of the Attorney General, Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

  • 2011. Law Clerk. City of Tucson Prosecutor’s Office.

  • 2010. Fellow. Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internship Program, Office of Congressman Raul Grijalva.

Licensure

  • State Bar of Arizona

  • United States Federal Court for the District of Arizona

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • United States Supreme Court

  • White Mountain Apache Tribal Court

  • Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Tribal Court

  • Tonto Apache Tribal Court

Hi, I’m Matt Mcreynolds.

I set out on this career path to make a difference.

In my 12 years of practicing law, working exclusively with Native Peoples and tribes, I have been constantly amazed at the resilience, ingenuity, compassion and goodness of my clients.

Together, we have accomplished great things, fighting for sacred sites, water rights, educational equality, sovereignty over tribal lands, forging partnerships with federal agencies, strengthening Tribal justice systems, and so much more.

We are creating a beautiful future for our children and grand-children, preserving language and culture, and maintaining political and cultural sovereignty.

I believe in this work. That’s what drives me.

Email: Matt@CromwellandMcReynolds.com

Phone: (928) 358-9021

Education

  • University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law
    Juris Doctorate (2012)
    -Certificate in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy
    -CALI Award- Federal Indian Law
    -Worked extensively with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Dr. James Anaya, and worked on the first country visit and evaluation of the United States.

  • Northern Arizona University
    BA, Applied Indigenous Studies/ Minor in Political Science (2009)
    Summa cum laude

  • Diné College
    AA, Diné Studies (2006) Magna cum laude

Experience

  • 2022- Present. Partner. Cromwell & McReynolds, PLLC.

  • 2019-2022. Assistant Attorney General. White Mountain Apache Tribe.

  • 2017-2019. General Counsel. Havasupai Tribe.

  • 2013-2017. Assistant Attorney General. San Carlos Apache Tribe.

  • 2012-2013. Staff Attorney. DNA Peoples’ Legal Services.

LicensURE

  • State Bar of Arizona

  • United States Federal Court for the District of Arizona

  • White Mountain Apache Tribal Court

  • Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Court

  • Tonto Apache Tribal Court

  • Navajo Nation (Former)

  • San Carlos Apache Tribe (Former)

  • Havasupai Tribe (Former)

Languages

  • Diné bizaad (Navajo);

  • Ndéé/ Nnéé bi yatí’í (White Mountain/San Carlos Apache).