Douglas Nash

Professional career

• Nash has been Associate Professor of Law and James E. Rogers Fellow in American Indian Law at the University of Idaho College of Law, and since 2005 has been Director of the Institute for Indian Estate Planning and Probate at Seattle University School of Law, where he is also an Adjunct Professor.
• He held the role of Chief Counsel for the Nez Perce Tribe (1989–1999) and later headed the Indian Law Practice Group at Holland & Hart, LLP (1999–2005)
• Douglas R. Nash is a Native American legal leader and appellate court judge, serving as Chief Judge of the Warm Springs Tribal Court of Appeals and an appellate court judge for the Tulalip and Sauk-Suiattle Tribes

Education

Additional information

• 14 years in private practice in Pendleton, Oregon, as General Counsel for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
• handling housing projects and tribal criminal cases
• Former pro-tem judge for several tribes at trial and appellate levels
• Douglas R. Nash is a member of the Nez Perce Tribe and a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law, where he is also a member of the Indian Alumni Council.
• He is admitted to the bars of New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
• He has also served in leadership roles for the National Native American Bar Association and the Indian Land Tenure Foundation.