Nonpartisan
Occupation: Judge, Oregon Court of Appeals
Occupational Background: Judge, Oregon Court of Appeals; Senior Deputy and Deputy Legislative Counsel, Office of the Legislative Counsel; Adjunct Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law (Fall 2009 and 2010); overseas experience through a variety of initiatives to improve access to justice and respect for the rule of law, including Fulbright Scholarships in Singapore and Kazakhstan.
Educational Background: National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law, LL.M.; Cornell Law School, J.D.; University of Chicago, B.A. (English Language and Literature); Oregon State University (freshman, sophomore years); McNary High School, Keizer, High School Diploma.
Prior Governmental Experience: Office of the Legislative Counsel, Senior Deputy and Deputy Legislative Counsel; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Judicial Law Clerk; United States District Court, District of Colorado, Judicial Law Clerk.
Other Experience: Oregon State Bar, Public Service Advisory Committee (2006-2011); Council on Court Procedures (2017-2021); Oregon Bench and Bar Commission on Professionalism (2018-2022); current member, Tribal, State, and Federal Court Forum. In 2021, he was one of the recipients of the Oregon State Bar's Wallace P. Carson Jr. Award for Judicial Excellence.
(This information furnished by Judge Doug Tookey for Oregon Court of Appeals.)