Who We Are
N’dee Law LLC believes that all people should have opportunities and access. We are staunch advocates for the empowerment and inclusion of businesses owned by people of color and zealously represent our clients’ interests in dismantling systems of oppression and exclusion. Our goal is to build connection, community, and belonging that benefits all people. As part of that work, we focus on issues impacting communities of color to ensure that those unique issues are identified, understood, and thoughtfully considered.
We believe in and practice the decolonization of legal services through the sharing of knowledge and resources, use of Indigenous wisdom, culture and customs, validation and affirmation of lived experiences, the honoring of vulnerability and courage, and the guidance of our ancestors and youth.
Built for the community, by the community, N’dee Law LLC is a COBID Certified Minority-Owned, Women-Owned, Emerging Small Business, #15369.
Molly Washington is N’dee/Apache on her paternal side, as well as Mexican-American, and as a Split Feather and Lost Bird (Native adoptee and former foster child), she is actively engaged in the lifelong work of reconnection and reclamation of her culture and heritage.
Molly serves as the Chair of the Native American Youth and Family Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit and the Vice Chair of the NAYA Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) political advocacy organization. Her work centers the voices and needs of communities of color, with special focus on issues impacting Native and Indigenous communities. Molly also serves on the Lawyers Committee for the ACLU of Oregon, on the Board of Directors to VOICES, a BIPOC Adoptee Community, and on the Advance Portland Committee. Molly previously served on the Board of Oregon Tradeswomen, on the Safe From Hate Contractors Committee, on the Advisory Committee for Diversity and Inclusion to the Oregon State Bar, and as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Programs Officer for the National Association of Minority Contractors.
Molly has been a licensed and active attorney in the state of Oregon for over 15 years, previously serving in both private practice and as the deputy city attorney for the City of Portland. Molly has built her career on advocacy, deep listening, engaged support services, and relationship building in the construction industry and beyond. Her approach to legal practice focuses on the decolonization of legal support and the inclusion of cultural practices and customs. Molly lives in Portland with her four children and husband Rakeem, owner of Engage To Change, a collaborative of anti-racist practitioners.