She also served as Chief Judge for the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe and the Nooksack Indian tribe, and served as a trial and appellate judge for numerous tribes around the country She served on the Whatcom County Superior Court from 2015–2020, after being appointed to that seat by Governor Inslee in December 2014; she retained her seat through two elections in 2015 and 2016 She assumed office on the Washington Supreme Court on January 6, 2020.