Paul reappointed tribal judge

Patricia Paul was appointed to the Grand Ronde Court of Appeals by the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Oregon in January. Paul, a La Conner lawyer and member of the Inupiaq Tribe, was reappointed to the three-member panel along with Robert Miller. Patricia Davis Gibson, the third judge, is a new appointee. Their two-year term started February. 1.

Paul is a business and estate-planning lawyer specializing in land use law and federal Indian law. She lives on the Swinomish Reservation, where her husband, Kevin Paul, serves on the Tribal Senate. She earned a bachelor’s de...