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Thomas J McReynolds

Senior Attorney

Kewenvoyouma Law, PLLC


Thomas McReynolds (“TJ”) is an experienced and dedicated Indian law practitioner who focuses on tribal economic development, energy & environmental matters, and Indian land and water rights. He has represented tribal clients in major fee-to-trust conversions, gaming and hospitality developments, land acquisition matters, monumental energy projects, oil and gas matters, and complex water rights settlements.  He also provides legal advice to tribal governments concerning governance issues, corporate matters and also drafts laws, ordinances and regulations.   
 
His specialties include, Indian Gaming, fee-to-trust, tribal government, water, environmental law, oil and gas, and economic development.

TJ was raised at the Pueblo de San Ildefonso, NM, and began his legal career in 2003.  Upon graduating from the University of Denver, Strum College of Law, TJ clerked for the Honorable Nathan B. Coats of the Colorado Supreme Court and then joined an International Law firm in Washington, D.C. representing tribal governments and advocating for them before various federal agencies and congressional delegations.  After his stint in Washington, D.C., TJ moved back west working as general counsel for a large tribe’s gaming regulatory body and then for a boutique Indian law firm where he continued his representation of tribal governments and tribally owned business and gaming facilities.  He recently served as In-House General Counsel for the Pueblo of Nambe before transitioning back to private practice in October of 2020; he is now with Kewenvoyouma Law.  TJ is a former board member of the Tribal In-House Council Association and a current member of the Board of Trustees for the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian located in Santa Fe, NM.        
 
TJ is admitted in Colorado, Washington, D.C., New Mexico and Arizona.  He is also admitted to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.  

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Hwal'Ba Bay dba GCRC: Subordinate Economic Organizations and Tribal Sovereign Immunity

Co-Sponsored by the Tribal In-House Counsel Association and the State Bar of Arizona's Indian Law Section

Total Credits: 1.0 CLE

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Categories:
Indian Law |  Personal Injury Law
Original Program Date:
Feb 24, 2021
SKU:
J2118
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Join us for our annual seminar series focusing on Indian Law. The series is sponsored by the Tribal In-House Counsel Association, the Indian Law Section and the State Bar of Arizona. Our first progr...

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