Raquel Montoya-Lewis
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| Whatcom County’s fourth Superior Court judge sworn in | Whatcom County gained a fourth Superior Court judge Friday, Jan. 16, when a former Nooksack tribal judge was sworn into office. |
2015-01-20 | |
| Whatcom County’s first Native American judge to be sworn in Friday | Raquel Montoya-Lewis, 46, will be sworn in on Friday, Jan. 16, as the first Native American judge in Whatcom County Superior Court. Gov. Jay Inslee plans to attend the ceremony, open to the public, at 3:30 p.m. in County Council chambers at the courthouse, 311 Grand Ave. Inslee’s office… |
2015-01-14 | |
| Judge with tribal background appointed to Superior Court | A longtime tribal judge will become Washington’s only Native American Superior Court judge when she starts this month on the bench in Whatcom County. Raquel Montoya-Lewis, who has been the Chief Judge for the Nooksack and Upper Skagit Indian Tribes, was appointed to a new seat on the… |
2015-01-06 | |
| Whatcom’s new Superior Court judge has tribal background | Whatcom County will have its first Native American Superior Court judge in 2015. When Raquel Montoya-Lewis begins her term in January, she also will be the only Superior Court judge of tribal descent in the state. |
2014-12-16 | |
| Next Western Reads panel discussion is Nov. 1 | 2012-10-30 | ||
| WHATCOM VIEW: Judges must recognize own prejudices to follow the law | Being a judge is a complex business. We are expected to apply the law in an objective, fair manner without regard to our personal biases. We are expected to be the "best of" our profession of lawyers, scrupulously ethical and technically perfect, able to make tough decisions quickly… |
2012-04-16 | |
| Raquel Montoya-Lewis named to federal committee on juvenile justice | 2011-10-28 | ||
| Fairhaven's Montoya-Lewis to testify before U.S. Senate committee Friday | 2011-07-21 | ||
| Raquel Montoya-Lewis, WWU faculty member and Lummi chief judge, to discuss 'restorative' juvenile justice | 2009-10-13 |