Yale Lewis III

Mr. Lewis has been litigating family and Indian law matters since 2003. He tries up to six cases per year and represents three times that many at settlement conferences and meditations. He has been appointed a special master and sometimes conducts meditations. He also handles appeals.

Mr. Lewis appears regularly in King County Superior Court and less frequently in other counties throughout the State. He is a member of the bar of most of the tribal courts in the State of Washington. He also practices in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts. He is also a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Lewis is a sole practitioner. As such, he is able to carefully select his clients and devote his attention to a select group of clients at any one time. Mr. Lewis looks forward to receiving your phone call.

• Free Consultation
  We offer a free, 20-min phone consultation.
• Credit Cards Accepted
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• Contingent Fees
  I only accept contingent cases in regard to personal injury with over $25,000 in medical expenses.
• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  $385/ hour

Washington

Washington State Bar Association

Since 2003

9th Circuit

Since 2009

Cowlitz Tribal Court

Since 2022

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Court

Since 2021

Lummi Tribal Court

Since 2012

Muckletshoot Tribal Court

Since 2006

Nisqually Tribal Court

Since 2010

Nooksack Tribal Court

Since 2016

Port Gamble S'Kallam Tribal Court

Since 2019

Puyallup Tribal Court

Since 2008

Quinault Tribal Court

Since 2015

Sauk-Suiattle Tribal Court

Since 2005

Snoqualmie Tribal Court

Since 2009

Suquamish Tribal Court

Since 2017

Tulalip Tribal Court

Since 2011

U.S. District Court, Eastern Washington

Since 2007

U.S. District Court, Western Washington

Since 2007

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2012

Yakama Tribal Court

Since 2019

Attorney at Law

Law Offices of O. Yale Lewis III

2003 - Current

Mr. Lewis has been litigating family and Indian law matters for the past twenty years. He appears regularly on the family law motions calendar in King, Pierce, and Snohomish County, in addition to other superior courts and tribal courts in Western Washington. He tries up to six cases per year and also conducts multiple mediations and arbitrations. Mr. Lewis is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, USDC W. Dist. Wash., USDC E. Dist. Wash., and most of the tribal bars in the State of Washington.

Columbia University

M.S. | Journalism

University of Washington School of Law

J.D.

Middlebury College

B.A.

Honors: Cum Laude

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U.S. Supreme Court Bar

Member

2012 - Current

Washington State Bar  # 33768

Member

2003 - Current

King County Bar Association

Member

2003 - Current

Fitzpatrick v. Young

U.S. Supreme Court

March 5, 2012

Young v. Duenas

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1

October 10, 2011

Custody of C.C.M., Mecam v. Mecam

Washington State Court of Appeals

March 9, 2009

Cargo Residues & Cargo-Associated Garbage: Are They Regulated by the Ocean Dumping Act or the Act to Prevent Pollution From Ships?

University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal

2002

Treaty Fishing Rights: A Habitat Rights as Part of the Trinity of Rights Implied by the Fishing Clause of the Stevens Treaties

American Indian Law Review

2002

J.D.

University of Washington School of Law

2002

M.S.

Columbia University

1992