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ABOUT NNDOJ

Doreen Nanibaa McPaul

Attorney General

January 2019 to Present

Bio: https://azbar.legalserviceslink.com/attorneys-view/DoreenNanibaaMcPaul

Kimberly A. Dutcher

Deputy Attorney General

April 2019 to Present

Bio: https://azbar.legalserviceslink.com/attorneys-view/KimberlyADutcher

Attorney General McPaul and Deputy Attorney General Dutcher oversee the Navajo Nation Department of Justice and Attorney General McPaul serves as the Nation’s Chief Legal Officer

Attorney General McPaul and Deputy Attorney General Dutcher are both 2001 graduates of Arizona State University College of Law. They were able to attend law school in part due to a Navajo Fellowship program, a partnership between the Navajo Nation and ASU College of Law to grow Navajo lawyers. They are the first graduates of the Navajo Fellowship program to return to the Navajo Nation as the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General. President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Lizer appointed Ms. McPaul and Ms. Dutcher to their positions and the Navajo Nation Council confirmed their appointments in 2019. It is the first time since 1991-1992 that the President has appointed and the Council has confirmed two Navajo women to lead the Nation’s Department of Justice. They bring to their positions a combined 38 years of experience in tribal and federal law, providing legal counsel and leadership to other tribes before returning to serve their own community.

Contact Us:

Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Post Office Box 2010
Old BIA Club Building
Window Rock, Arizona 86515
(928) 871-6343
Fax: (928)871-6177

Our Location:

Old BIA Club Building
Window Rock, Arizona 86515

(just below the Navajo Nation Council Chambers and the Office of the President, on the south side of the street)

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The Attorney General is the Chief Legal Officer of the Navajo Nation and supervises all programs and units of the Navajo Nation Department of Justice. The Department of Justice has four separately funded programs: the Office of the Attorney General (and its units), Navajo Hopi Legal Services, the Office of the Prosecutor, and the Juvenile Justice Program. The Chief Prosecutor administers the latter two programs.

Mission

Pursuant to 2 N.N.C. §§ 1961-1965, the Office of the Attorney General, and its various units, provide legal services to the three governmental branches of the Navajo Nation Government, including its chapters and entities, in matters in which the Navajo Nation government has an interest. The Attorney General also initiates and defends all litigation against the Navajo Nation and supervises all outside attorney contractors who assist the Nation with various cases.

*****The Department of Justice does not represent individual tribal members except where sued in their capacity as Navajo Nation officials*****

Former Attorneys General

James G. Abourezk	1982-1983
Claudeen Bates-Arthur	1983-1984
Michael P. Upshaw	1987-1989
Herb Yazzie	1989-1991
Donna M. Christensen	1991-1992
Herb Yazzie	1992-1998
Levon B. Henry	1999-2002
Louis Denetsosie	2003-2010
D. Harrision Tsosie	2011-2015
Ethel Branch	2015-2019

Former Deputy Attorneys General

Lary Aschenbenner	1982-1983
Louis Denetsosie	1984-1987
Eric N. Dahlstrom	1987
Elouise Chicharello	1991-1992
Patterson V. Joe	1993
Herb Yazzie	1995
Britt Clapham ll	1999-2003
D. Harrison Tsosie	2003-2010
Dana Bobroff	2011-2015
Rodgerick Begay	2015-2016

5/28/2020

NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL - Construction

5/28/2020

NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL - Public Safety

5/28/2020

NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL - Special Investigations