Judge David D. Raasch is an enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians. Now enjoying retirement, he has served as a Tribal Project Specialist for the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) at Fox Valley Technical College. Prior to joining Fox Valley Technical College, David was a police officer in Shawano, WI and then the clerk of municipal court for the City of Green Bay, WI for 20 years, retiring in 2004.

From 1995-2005 he was the Chief Judge of the Mohican Nation Tribal Court and served an additional 3 years as an Associate Judge. He is the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Tribal Law and Policy Institute in West Hollywood, CA, and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Judicare Legal Aid located in Wisconsin. He also is a past president of the Wisconsin Tribal Judges’ Association.

Judge Raasch assisted in the production of 'Tribal Nations: The Story of Federal Indian Law,' a 60-minute documentary, and is a national speaker on topics of reparative justice, peacemaking, and developing cross-jurisdictional relationships. He was also selected to serve on an Advisory Committee for the Tribal Law and Order Act which President Obama signed into law on July 29, 2010.

Currently, he works as an independent consultant and as an Oral Scholar in Residence at UW-Green Bay’s First Nation Studies program. In his free time, he enjoys bragging about his 6 adult grandchildren and reading. Judge Raasch is an alumnus of The National Judicial College and has served on the faculty of The National Tribal Judicial Center at The National Judicial College.

Affiliated with the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (VP), Judicare Legal Aid (Former Chairman), and the Wisconsin Tribal Judges’ Association (Past President); faculty at The National Judicial College; Oral Scholar in Residence at UW-Green Bay; active in academic and advocacy work on reparative justice and cross-jurisdictional relations; enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans.