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text-align: center; border:2px solid #aacde8"><tbody><tr><th style="border-bottom:1px solid black"><i>More information on Oregon's state courts:</i></th></tr><tr><td><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Oregon" title="Judicial selection in Oregon">Selection methods</a><br /><a href="/Oregon_judicial_elections" title="Oregon judicial elections">Elections</a><br /><a href="/Oregon_salaries_and_budgets" class="mw-redirect" title="Oregon salaries and budgets">Salaries</a><br /><a href="/Judicial_Branch" title="Judicial Branch">Federal courts</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> In <b>Oregon</b>, there is one federal district court, a state supreme court, a court of criminal appeals, and trial courts with both general and limited jurisdiction. These courts serve different purposes, which are outlined in the sections below. </p><p>Click a link for information about that court type. </p> <ul><li><a href="/Courts_in_Oregon#Federal_courts" title="Courts in Oregon">Federal courts</a></li> <li><a href="/Courts_in_Oregon#State_supreme_court" title="Courts in Oregon">State supreme court</a></li> <li><a href="/Courts_in_Oregon#State_court_of_appeals" title="Courts in Oregon">State court of appeals</a></li> <li><a href="/Courts_in_Oregon#Trial_courts" title="Courts in Oregon">Trial courts</a></li></ul> <p>The image below depicts the flow of cases through Oregon's state court system. Cases typically originate in the trial courts and can be appealed to courts higher up in the system. </p> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:402px;"><a href="/File:Oregon_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/16/Oregon_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png/400px-Oregon_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="309" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/1/16/Oregon_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="464" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Oregon_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The structure of Oregon's state court system.</div></div></div></div> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Judicial_selection_process"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Judicial selection process</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Federal_courts"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Federal courts</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Active_judges"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Active judges</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Judicial_selection"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Judicial selection</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Bankruptcy_courts"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Bankruptcy courts</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#State_supreme_court"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">State supreme court</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#State_court_of_appeals"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">State court of appeals</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Trial_courts"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Trial courts</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Circuit_court"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Circuit court</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Tax_court"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tax court</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#County_courts"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">County courts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Justice_courts"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">Justice courts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Municipal_courts"><span class="tocnumber">5.5</span> <span class="toctext">Municipal courts</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#In_other_states"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">In other states</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Judicial_selection_process">Judicial selection process</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Oregon" title="Judicial selection in Oregon">Judicial selection in Oregon</a> and <a href="/Oregon_judicial_elections" title="Oregon judicial elections">Oregon judicial elections</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Selection of state court judges in Oregon occurs exclusively through <a href="/Nonpartisan_election_of_judges" title="Nonpartisan election of judges">nonpartisan elections</a>. Judges must run for re-election at the end of their terms if they wish to remain on the court.<sup id="cite_ref-NCSC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCSC-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Federal_courts">Federal courts</span></h2> <p>The <a href="/United_States_district_court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States district court">federal district court</a> in Oregon is the <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Oregon" title="United States District Court for the District of Oregon">United States District Court for the District of Oregon</a>. </p><p>Appeals go to the <a href="/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_9th_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit">U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Active_judges">Active judges</span></h3> <table border="1" class="wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter" style="font-size:90%; width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Judge</th> <th>Appointed By</th> <th>Assumed Office</th> <th>Bachelors</th> <th>Law</th> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_H._Simon">Michael H. Simon</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> June 22, 2011 - </td> <td> <p> University of California, Los Angeles, 1978 </p> </td> <td> <p> Harvard Law School, 1981 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_McShane">Michael McShane</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> May 30, 2013 - </td> <td> <p> Gonzaga University, 1983 </p> </td> <td> <p> Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, 1988 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Karin_J._Immergut">Karin J. Immergut</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump">Donald Trump (R)</a> </p> </td> <td> August 5, 2019 - </td> <td> <p> Amherst College, 1982 </p> </td> <td> <p> University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1987 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Adrienne_Nelson">Adrienne Nelson</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Biden">Joe Biden (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> February 23, 2023 - </td> <td> <p> University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1990 </p> </td> <td> <p> University of Texas, Austin School of Law, 1993 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Amy_Baggio">Amy Baggio</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Biden">Joe Biden (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> August 22, 2024 - </td> <td> <p> Wake Forest University, 1995 </p> </td> <td> <p> Lewis & Clark School of Law, 2001 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mustafa_Kasubhai">Mustafa Kasubhai</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Biden">Joe Biden (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> November 22, 2024 - </td> <td> <p> University of California, Berkeley, 1992 </p> </td> <td> <p> University of Oregon School of Law, 1996 </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>The list below displays the number of active judges by the party of the appointing president. It does not reflect how a judge may rule on specific cases or their own political preferences. </p> <ul><li><span style="color:#003388;">Democrat appointed: 6</span></li> <li><span style="color:#FF0000;">Republican appointed: 1</span></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Judicial_selection">Judicial selection</span></h3> <p>Judges who sit on the federal district courts are nominated by the <a href="/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> and confirmed by the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. These judges serve life terms. To read more about the judges on these courts, click <a href="/Federal_judge" title="Federal judge">here</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Bankruptcy_courts">Bankruptcy courts</span></h3> <p>There is one <a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court" title="United States bankruptcy court">federal bankruptcy court</a> in Oregon. This court has subject-matter jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. The federal bankruptcy court in Oregon is: </p> <ul><li><a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_District_of_Oregon" title="United States bankruptcy court, District of Oregon">United States bankruptcy court, District of Oregon</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="State_supreme_court">State supreme court</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon_Supreme_Court" title="Oregon Supreme Court">Oregon Supreme Court</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Founded in 1859, the <b>Oregon Supreme Court</b> is the state's <a href="/Court_of_last_resort" title="Court of last resort">court of last resort</a> and has seven judgeships.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-supreme_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-supreme-3">[3]</a></sup> The current chief of the court is <a href="/Meagan_A._Flynn" title="Meagan A. Flynn">Meagan A. Flynn</a>. </p><p>As of September 2023, all seven judges on the court were appointed by a Democratic governor. </p><p>The following judges sit on the court: </p><p><style> table#officeholder-table th, td { padding:5px; font-size: 16px; } @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { table#officeholder-table th, td {font-size: 10px; } } @media only screen and (min-width: 600px) { table #officeholder-table td { </p> <pre> padding-left: 10px !important; padding-right: 10px !important; </pre> <p>} } .partytd.Democratic { background-color: #003388; color: white; text-align: center; } .partytd.Republican { background-color: #db0000; color: white; text-align: center; } .partytd.Libertarian { background-color: #fdd007; text-align: center; } .partytd.Green { background-color: #6db24f; color: white; text-align: center; } .partytd.Gray { text-align: center; } .bptable.gray th { background:#4c4c4c;color:#fff; } </style> </p> <div> <p><br /> </p><table class="bptable gray sortable" id="officeholder-table" style="width:auto; border-bottom:1px solid #bcbcbc;"> <thead> <tr colspan="4" style="background:#4c4c4c!important;color:#fff!important;text-align:center;padding: 7px 8px 8px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <th>Office</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Party</th> <th>Date assumed office</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Supreme_Court">Oregon Supreme Court Position 1</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Stephen_K._Bushong">Stephen K. Bushong</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 1, 2023</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Supreme_Court">Oregon Supreme Court Position 2</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Rebecca_Duncan">Rebecca Duncan</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2017</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Supreme_Court">Oregon Supreme Court Position 3</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Meagan_A._Flynn">Meagan A. Flynn</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">April 1, 2017</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Supreme_Court">Oregon Supreme Court Position 4</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Garrett">Chris Garrett</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 1, 2019</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Supreme_Court">Oregon Supreme Court Position 5</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Aruna_Masih">Aruna Masih</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">September 1, 2023</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Supreme_Court">Oregon Supreme Court Position 6</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Roger_J._DeHoog">Roger J. DeHoog</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 19, 2022</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Supreme_Court">Oregon Supreme Court Position 7</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Bronson_James">Bronson James</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 1, 2023</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.tablesorter/2.29.6/js/jquery.tablesorter.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </p> </div> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="State_court_of_appeals">State court of appeals</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon_Court_of_Appeals" title="Oregon Court of Appeals">Oregon Court of Appeals</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/Oregon_Court_of_Appeals" title="Oregon Court of Appeals">Oregon Court of Appeals</a> is the intermediate <a href="/Court_of_Appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeals">appellate court</a> in <a href="/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>. The court hears all civil and criminal appeals from the <a href="/Oregon_Circuit_Courts" title="Oregon Circuit Courts">circuit courts</a> and also has jurisdiction to review some state administrative agency actions. The court does not have jurisdiction to hear death penalty cases, which is reserved for the <a href="/Oregon_Supreme_Court" title="Oregon Supreme Court">Oregon Supreme Court</a>, or tax court appeals, which is reserved for the <a href="/Oregon_Tax_Court" title="Oregon Tax Court">Oregon Tax Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-COA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COA-4">[4]</a></sup> </p><p>The 13 judges of the court are selected by voters in statewide <a href="/Nonpartisan_election_of_judges" title="Nonpartisan election of judges">nonpartisan</a> elections to six-year terms. The administrative head of the court is the <a href="/Chief_Judge" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Judge">chief judge</a> who is appointed by the <a href="/Chief_Justice" title="Chief Justice">chief justice</a> of the <a href="/Oregon_Supreme_Court" title="Oregon Supreme Court">Oregon Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-COA_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COA-4">[4]</a></sup> </p><p>The following judges sit on the court: </p> <table border="1" class="wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter" style="font-size:90%; width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Judge</th> <th>Tenure</th> <th>Appointed By</th> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Douglas_L._Tookey">Douglas L. Tookey</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> October 17, 2013 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> John Kitzhaber </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Erin_C._Lagesen">Erin C. Lagesen</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> October 17, 2013 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> John Kitzhaber </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Steven_Powers">Steven Powers</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2017 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Kate Brown </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Megan_Harris-Jacquot">Megan Harris-Jacquot</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> January 1, 2023 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Kate Brown </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Darleen_Ortega">Darleen Ortega</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2003 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Ted Kulongoski </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jacqueline_Kamins">Jacqueline Kamins</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> January 17, 2020 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Kate Brown </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/James_C._Egan">James C. Egan</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2013 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kristina_Hellman">Kristina Hellman</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> January 19, 2021 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Kate Brown </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_A._Shorr">Scott A. Shorr</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> January 1, 2016 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Kate Brown </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ramón_Pagán">Ramón Pagán</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> January 19, 2022 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Kate Brown </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Anna_Joyce">Anna Joyce</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> January 19, 2021 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Kate Brown </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robyn_Ridler_Aoyagi">Robyn Ridler Aoyagi</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2017 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Kate Brown </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Trial_courts">Trial courts</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Circuit_court">Circuit court</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon_Circuit_Courts" title="Oregon Circuit Courts">Oregon Circuit Courts</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/Oregon_Circuit_Courts" title="Oregon Circuit Courts">Oregon Circuit Courts</a> are trial courts of general jurisdiction in <a href="/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>. Each of <a href="/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>'s 36 <a href="/Oregon_counties" class="mw-redirect" title="Oregon counties">counties</a> has a circuit court, and there are 137 judges between the 27 judicial districts.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCSC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCSC-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Tax_court">Tax court</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon_Tax_Court" title="Oregon Tax Court">Oregon Tax Court</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/Oregon_Tax_Court" title="Oregon Tax Court">Oregon Tax Court</a> has jurisdiction over cases involving tax appeals, local budget laws, and property tax limitations. The tax court has two divisions: The Magistrate Division and the Regular Division.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="County_courts">County courts</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon_County_Courts" title="Oregon County Courts">Oregon County Courts</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/Oregon_County_Courts" title="Oregon County Courts">Oregon County Courts</a> have jurisdiction over juvenile and probate matters.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Justice_courts">Justice courts</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon_Justice_Courts" title="Oregon Justice Courts">Oregon Justice Courts</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The justice courts have jurisdiction in their own counties over all criminal prosecutions except felony trials; small claims up to $7,500; and traffic, boating, wildlife, and other violations occurring within the county.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Municipal_courts">Municipal courts</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon_Municipal_Courts" title="Oregon Municipal Courts">Oregon Municipal Courts</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The municipal courts have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit and justice courts over violations and misdemeanors in the city in which the court is located.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> </p><p><br /> <b>To read more about judicial elections in Oregon, <a href="/Oregon_judicial_elections" title="Oregon judicial elections">click here</a>.</b> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="In_other_states">In other states</span></h2> <div id="new-homepage-map-title">Click the map below to explore the court structure in other states.</div> <div id="new-homepage-map-container"><div class="mobile-only bp-map-dropdown"><select name="state" style="width:auto; 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