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Kevin K. Washburn

Kevin Washburn
Dean of the University of Iowa College of Law
Assumed office
March 2018
Preceded byGail Agrawal
12th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
In office
October 9, 2012 – January 1, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDel Laverdure (Acting)
Succeeded byTara Sweeney
Dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law
In office
2009–2012
Preceded byLeo Romero (Acting)
Succeeded byBarbara Bergman (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1967-08-09) August 9, 1967 (age 57)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLibby Washburn[citation needed]
EducationUniversity of Oklahoma (BA)
Washington University
Yale University (JD)

Kevin K. Washburn (born 1967) is an American law professor, former dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law,[1] and current Dean of the University of Iowa College of Law.[2] He served in the administration of President Barack Obama as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2012 to 2016.[3][4] Washburn has also been a federal prosecutor, a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, and the General Counsel of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Washburn is a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, a federally-recognized Native American tribe.

  1. ^ "Professor Kevin Washburn :: School of Law - The University of New Mexico". Lawschool.unm.edu. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "Kevin Washburn | College of Law". law.uiowa.edu. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "Press Release: Salazar Applauds Senate Confirmation of Kevin Washburn as Interior's Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs". United States Department of the Interior. September 22, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn to Conclude Successful Tenure at Interior, Return to Teaching" (PDF). Indianaffairs.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2018.

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