Derek Red Arrow Frank

Derek Red Arrow is the co-leader and co-founder of the firm’s American Indian Law Practice. Derek Red Arrow is an associate in the Litigation practice, where he assists clients with litigation and business disputes involving taxation, trade, contract, and issues of Federal Indian law.

Derek joins Stokes Lawrence with a passion for advocacy and an entrepreneurial spirit. He has worked as a staff attorney for the Yakama Nation Office of Legal Counsel where he represented Yakama Nation in administrative, state, and federal trial and appellate courts on issues involving treaty rights, water rights, economic development, and tribal sovereignty. Derek is a former federal law clerk to Chief U.S. District Court Judge Brian M. Morris of the U.S. District Court of Montana. He also served as a law clerk for Nez Perce Tribe, Earthjustice, and the Civil Rights Unit at the Washington State Attorney General’s Office.