Joe Washington
Exceptional Tribal Representation
Joe Washington is Choctaw and Shawnee, originally from Oklahoma. His family moved to Window Rock, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation when he was in middle school. He graduated from Window Rock High School, was on the debate team, winning numerous trophies and awards.
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Joe Washington graduated from the University of Arizona with B.A. in Government. Joe Washington continued his passion of debate, traveling across Arizona and California, winning medals.
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Joe Washington has traveled to various states such as Mississippi and Colorado to obtain training in court advocacy in Tribal Courts.
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Joe Washington was a part-time Judge for the City of Flagstaff for 7 years and was a contracted Judge pro tem for the Havasupai Tribe intermittently for 4 years and 6 months.
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Joe Washington has served as a competition judge for the National Native American Law Student’s Association moot court competitions held at ASU Law School and the University of Arizona School of Law where law students throughout the United States compete.
Awards and Recognition
In 2005, Joe Washington won 1st place in a Tribal Court trial skills competition sponsored by the ASU Law School and the Arizona Tribal Prosecutor’s Association.
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Joe Washington obtained the certificate of Judicial Development, Tribal Judicial Skills, in 2008 from the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.
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In 2016, he was recognized for his over 30 years of membership in the Navajo Nation Bar Association by the Bar.
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Joe Washington was awarded the Master Advocate Designation in 2018 from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in Boulder, Colorado.