Theresa Pouley

Education: B.A., Gonzaga University; J.D., Wayne State University Law School

Experience: The Honorable Theresa M. Pouley, a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, is Chief Judge of the Tulalip Tribal Court and an Associate Justice of the Colville Tribal Court of Appeals. Judge Pouley was a member of the board of directors of the National Tribal Court Judges Association from 2003 to 2004 and since 2005 has been president of the Northwest Tribal Court Judges Association. She was the Chief Judge of the Lummi Nation from 1999 to 2005 and in 2005 was named as Outstanding Judge by the National Tribal Child Support Association. Judge Pouley frequently lectures at local, state, and national conferences on tribal court and Indian law issues and makes regular presentations at the University of Washington’s Indian Law Symposium. She teaches Indian law at Edmonds Community College in Washington State and previously taught at Northwest Indian College.

Appointed by President Barack Obama