Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis never intended to practice law. She studied law with the anticipation of becoming a professor — which she did later do — and to analyze ...

Raquel Montoya-Lewis, the first Native American woman to sit on Washington State’s Supreme Court, and only the second to sit on any supreme court in the country, has won her reelection campaign ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Washington state Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis is no stranger to history. In 2020, she became the first Native American to be sworn in as a justice on any state ...

OLYMPIA — Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis was appointed to the state Supreme Court Wednesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who said she will be the first Native ...

Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis on systemic racism, restorative justice In December 2019, Raquel Montoya-Lewis became the first Native American appointed to the Washington State Supreme Court.

OLYMPIA — Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis was appointed to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday by Gov. Jay Inslee, who said she will be the first Native American justice to ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis became the first Washington state Supreme Court Justice of Native American descent when she was sworn in on Monday. “It’s an overwhelming ...

Raquel Montoya-Lewis was named a justice to the Washington Supreme Court by Governor Jay Inslee. Ethnically Native American and a former tribal chief judge, she is experienced in tribal affairs.

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that he is appointing Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis to the state Supreme Court. Montoya-Lewis has been on the Superior Court bench ...