Kim Robinson
Indian Law Attorney, Carson City
Phone (775) 883-0404
Fax (775) 883-7074
Kim Robinson directs the Indian law program of Nevada Legal Services, Inc. In that capacity, Kim represents individual Indians and several bands of tribes located in Nevada. Kim has been practicing law for over 23 years, and has over 15 years experience as a legal aid attorney. Kim has practiced in federal court as well as state courts located in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon. Practicing extensively in the tribal courts located in both Arizona and Nevada, Kim has worked on cases involving ICWA, NAGPRA, ICRA, tribal sovereignty, tribal court jurisdiction, cultural resource protection, contracts, criminal defense, consumer affairs, domestic relations, public benefits, mining, intergovernmental relations and employment law. Kim has also trained and mentored tribal court advocates in Arizona and Nevada.
Prior to joining Nevada Legal Services, Kim worked for over 6 years on the Tohono O’odham Nation and almost 10 years on the Fort Apache Reservation of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Kim also worked for the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, which was the Mexican governmental agency responsible for Indian affairs. While there he drafted and implemented an amendment to the Mexican Constitution which recognized indigenous rights. He also worked in training programs with indigenous groups from all over Mexico on issues involving sustainable development as well as cultural and natural resource protection. Kim worked with numerous groups to establish U.N. Man and the Biosphere areas with an emphasis on indigenous participation in the management of the area.
Prior to his legal career, Kim worked as a cultural anthropologist and archaeologist. Awarded a B.A. and M.A. in cultural anthropology from the University of Colorado, Kim performed ethnological fieldwork in the United States and Latin America, and worked as an archaeologist in the Southeastern and Southwestern United States. Kim also taught anthropology at the college level for over four years.
