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Raquel Montoya-Lewis' Biography

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Contact Information

Office

415 12th Avenue Southwest
Olympia, WA 98501-2314

Post Office Box 40929
Olympia, WA 98504-0929

Full Name:

Raquel Montoya-Lewis

Gender:

Female

MSW, University of Washington Graduate School of Social Work, 1996

JD, University of Washington School of Law, 1995

BA, University of New Mexico, 1992

Candidate, Justice, Washington State Supreme Court, Position 3, 2020

Justice, Washington State Supreme Court, Position 3, 2020-present

Former Associate Professor of Law, Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Washington University

Former Law Clerk, Justice Pamela B. Minzner

Former Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, University of New Mexico School of Law

Former Chief Judge, Lummi Nation, Washington

Faculty Member, National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence

Former Appellate Judge, Nisqually Tribe, Washington

Former Chief Judge, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Washington

Former Appellate Judge, Northwest Intertribal Court System

Former Chief Judge, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Washington

Faculty Member, Washington State Judicial College

Appointed by Governor Jay Inslee, Justice, Washington State Supreme Court, Position 3, December 4th, 2019

Judge, Whatcom County Superior Court, Washington, 2014-2019

Appointed by Governor Jay Inslee, Judge, Whatcom County Superior Court, Washington, December 2014

Member, Pueblo of Isleta, present

Fellow, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute

Member, Family Violence Advisory Board, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Judicial Engagement Network

Former Member, Family and Juvenile Law Committee, Superior Court Judges' Association

Former Member, Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice

Former Member, Judicial Education Committee, Superior Court Judges' Association

Former Trustee, Superior Court Judges' Association

Former Member, Washington State Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice

Awards:

Children's Advocacy Center Community Leadership Award (Brigid Collins Family Support Center, 2018)
Dean's Leadership Award (University of Washington School of Law, 2015)
Community Building Award (Whatcom Family and Community Network, 2009)

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