The honorable Patricia Paul was reappointed as a tribal court appeals judge with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, in Grand Ronde, Oregon in July, her fourth two-year appointment. She is a member of the Inupiaq Tribe.

Paul received her law degree from Seattle University School of Law. She earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Antioch University in 1993.

Paul is a business and estate-planning lawyer specializing in land use law and federal Indian law and practices law in La Conner. She lives on the Swinomish Reservation with her husband, Kevin Paul.

Paul is the food editor of the La Conner Weekly News.

Patricia Davis and Robert Miller were also reappointed to the three-member panel.