--- title: "Eric Dooyema | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eric-dooyema-chief-judge-tribal-courts-spokane-tribal-court-1519-wa" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-26" --- # Eric Dooyema Tribal Courts - Spokane Tribal Court · Chief Judge ## Profile - Court: Tribal Courts - Spokane Tribal Court - State: Washington - Role: Chief Judge - 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=1519&orgid=154) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=1519&orgid=154) - [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=1519&orgid=154) - [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/eric-dooyema-chief-judge-tribal-courts-spokane-tribal-court-1519-wa", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eric-dooyema-chief-judge-tribal-courts-spokane-tribal-court-1519-wa", "name": "Eric Dooyema | KnowJudges", "description": "Eric Dooyema, Tribal Courts - Spokane Tribal Court. 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Dooyema is a Spokane County District Court commissioner in Washington and an Associate Justice of the Colville Tribal Court of Appeals - Colville Tribal Court of Appeals – Listed as an Associate Justice in the Washington State Court Directory ### Education - B.A. in Philosophy and Chemistry from Augustana College - University of South Dakota School of Law — J.D. ### Additional information - Leonard Marvin Grant, Jr., all filed in 2022. - Legal Career: Former sole practitioner in Washington - handling criminal defense, civil litigation, estate planning, personal injury, aviation law, and family law. - Clinton James Caldwell and Kaytlain Rose Goolie v. - handling various cases including family matters, domestic violence, and other civil and criminal matters. - Candidate to replace retiring Judge Donna Wilson - Earlier career as an attorney in the Minnehaha County Public Defender’s Office in South Dakota, where he handled child support, dependency, mental health commitments, appeals, habeas corpus, and probation/parole cases. - 31.1% of the vote). - received her endorsement. ## 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) — 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.