| Mark B. Williams Chief Judge |
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| Dianne McLeod Court Administrator |
Tracey Viar Deputy Court Administrator |
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| Vacant Associate Judge |
Vacant Associate Judge Community Court |
Edmund Clay Goodman Associate Judge District Court |
Vacant Associate Judge Appellate Panel District Court |
Vacant Associate Judge Gaming Court |
Chief Judge | Mark B. Williams
Mark Williams received his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1982. After graduating, he was awarded a one-year fellowship to serve as community organizer and staff attorney with Anishinable Legal Aid, an Indian Legal Services project in Case Lake, Minn. In 1984 Williams began work for Legal Aid of Multnomah County as a staff attorney, representing indigent clients in administrative hearings, appeals, and civil litigation. In 1987 he accepted a position with Multnomah County, serving as senior assistant county counsel for four years before being appointed senior assistant general counsel for METRO, the Portland, Oregon area regional government.
From 1996 to 2004, Williams served as general manager and chief executive officer for Metro’s Exposition Recreation Commission, a publicly owned facility management and construction organization with 575 full and part-time employees and $40 million in annual revenues. In 2003 Williams was appointed to serve concurrently as the first appointed chief operating officer for METRO, a regional government with more than 700 employees and a $220 million annual budget.
From 2004 until his retirement in 2018, Williams worked for Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) in various positions including Vice President for Campus Development and as Chief Strategy Officer for OHSU’s Knight Cancer Center.
He was appointed a Judge in the Siletz Tribal Court in 1999. He is a retired member of the Oregon State Bar, and a current member of the Siletz Tribal Bar.
Associate/District Judge | Edmund Clay Goodman
Ed Goodman received his BA from State University of New York at Albany in 1982, and his MS from the University of Maryland in 1986. He also received his JD degree from Harvard Law School with honors in 1989. Judge Goodman began his legal career at the Native American Program of Oregon Legal Services, where he served first as a staff attorney and then as the Director of Litigation. He joined the firm of Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker in the fall of 2001 and became a partner in September 2003.
Mr. Goodman represents tribal clients on a wide range of issues, including housing, tribal jurisdiction and sovereignty, natural resources and environmental law, water law, gaming and the Indian Child Welfare Act. He has litigated on behalf of tribes in state, federal and tribal courts, as well as in various administrative forums. He has assisted in the drafting of constitutions, ordinances, by-laws and administrative regulations for tribal governments. He also has extensive experience advising tribes on their tribal court systems, and currently serves as an Associate Judge for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon.
Mr. Goodman represents a number of tribal housing authorities and his work in this area includes advice and representation on issues arising under the Native American Housing and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) and landlord-tenant issues, as well as personnel and other administrative matters. He has also participated in negotiated rule making for the NAHASDA regulations.
Mr. Goodman served as an adjunct professor at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College from 1995-2000.
He was appointed as Judge in Siletz Tribal Court in 1999. He is a member of the Oregon State, Federal District Court of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal Court and the Coquille Indian Tribal Court bars.