Daron Carreiro

Daron T. Carreiro is the Acting Director of the Office of Tribal Justice (OTJ) at the Department of Justice. OTJ is the primary point of contact for the Department of Justice's government to government relationship with Indian tribes. The Office also serves as a source of Indian law expertise for the Department.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Carreiro served as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Indian Resources Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD). As a trial attorney, he handled litigation involving federal reserved Indian water rights, tribal treaty rights, reservation boundaries, taxation, tribal jurisdiction, and agency actions affecting tribal interests. He previously served as Senior Counsel for Native American Affairs to the Assistant Attorney General at ENRD, where he provided counsel to the Assistant Attorney General and other members of ENRD’s front office on Indian country issues. Mr. Carreiro recently returned to DOJ after serving as the Senior Policy Advisor for Native Affairs at the White House Domestic Policy Council. Before joining DOJ, he worked in private practice representing clients in complex civil litigation matters. Prior to law school, Mr. Carreiro worked for the Chickasaw Nation, representing the Tribe before Congress and federal agencies. Daron is an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation and a past president of the Native American Bar Association of Washington, D.C.