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Meet the Judges

Associate Judge Remy S. Leonard

Remy Leonard is an Associate Judge of the Tulalip Tribal Court. Judge
Leonard was born and raised in Everett, WA. She received her BA in
political science from WSU in 1993, and her JD from the University of
Oregon School of law in 1997. After law school Judge Leonard joined
the Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, and served as
a criminal Deputy Prosecuting Attorney from 1997–2003. While at
the prosecutor’s office, Judge Leonard handled hundreds of criminal
cases in both District and Superior Court, including the juvenile court
SAU and felony domestic violence units. In 2004, after a short time in
private civil practice, Judge Leonard began teaching criminal law and
procedure classes at EvCC, and business law in the EvCC/Tulalip Tribal
entrepreneurship program. She also served as an Adjunct Professor of
political science courses at Trinity Lutheran College, and continues her
work instructing both undergraduate law and MBA classes at Columbia
College. Since 2013, Judge Leonard has served as a Judge pro tem in
Snohomish County District Court, Bothell, Edmonds, Marysville, and
Monroe Municipal Courts. She began serving as a Judge pro tem in
Tulalip Tribal Court in October 2015, and joined Tulalip Tribal Court
as a part-time Associate Judge in February 2016, sitting on the bench
full-time.

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