Oregon Supreme Court - Current Justices

Current Justices

Further information: List of Oregon Supreme Court Justices

The court has had a total of 99 individuals serve on the court since its creation during the territorial period. This has ranged from a membership of three justices to seven justices. Since 1913, the number of positions on the bench has been seven. Of the current membership, five are men and two are women. Overall, the court has had five women compared to ninety-four men serve on the court. Additionally, two current justices are the first two openly gay judges on the court, while the current chief justice is the first individual of Hispanic heritage to serve on the court and to serve as chief justice.

As of 2010, Robert D. Durham is the most senior of the seven justices, starting service in 1994. The newest member of the court is Jack L. Landau who joined the court in 2011. Four of the seven justices first joined the court as appointees of the Governor of Oregon to fill mid-term vacancies.

Title Name Joined the Court Current Term Ends Law School Graduated From
Chief Justice Thomas A. Balmer 2001 2015 University of Chicago Law School
Associate Justice Robert D. Durham 1994 2013 University of Santa Clara School of Law
Associate Justice Paul De Muniz 2001 2013 Willamette University College of Law
Associate Justice Rives Kistler 2003 2017 Georgetown University Law Center
Associate Justice Martha Lee Walters 2006 2015 University of Oregon School of Law
Associate Justice Virginia Linder 2007 2013 Willamette University College of Law
Associate Justice Jack L. Landau 2011 2017 Lewis & Clark Law School

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