--- title: "Douglas Nash | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/douglas-nash-associate-justice-tribal-courts-tulalip-tribal-court-of-appeals-1601-wa" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-26" --- # Douglas Nash Tribal Courts - Tulalip Tribal Court of Appeals ยท Associate Justice ## Profile - Court: Tribal Courts - Tulalip Tribal Court of Appeals - State: Washington - Role: Associate Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### photography recording Scope: statewide Washington GR 16 allows video recording, audio recording, and still photography by the news media in courtrooms only after the judge has expressly granted permission. Evidence excerpt: Video and audio recording and still photography by the news media are allowed in the courtroom during and between sessions, provided (1) that permission shall have first been expressly granted by the judge [Washington GR 16, Courtroom Photography and Recording by the News Media](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_16_00_00.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### limitations on recording Scope: statewide If a Washington judge limits courtroom photography or recording, GR 16 requires particularized findings on the record and treats open access as presumed. Evidence excerpt: Open access is presumed; limitations on access must be supported by reasons found by the judge to be sufficiently compelling to outweigh that presumption [Washington GR 16, Courtroom Photography and Recording by the News Media](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_16_00_00.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=1601&orgid=910) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=1601&orgid=910) - [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=1601&orgid=910) - [Washington GR 16, Courtroom Photography and Recording by the News Media](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_16_00_00.pdf) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/douglas-nash-associate-justice-tribal-courts-tulalip-tribal-court-of-appeals-1601-wa", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/douglas-nash-associate-justice-tribal-courts-tulalip-tribal-court-of-appeals-1601-wa", "name": "Douglas Nash | KnowJudges", "description": "Douglas Nash, Tribal Courts - Tulalip Tribal Court of Appeals. 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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 (1989โ€“1999) and later headed the Indian Law Practice Group at Holland & Hart, LLP (1999โ€“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. ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [Washington GR 16, Courtroom Photography and Recording by the News Media](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-7133c6bd26c80972b86e0d31) โ€” Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_16_00_00.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.