Judge, United States District Court, District of Oregon, 2023-present

No caucus information on file.

Associate Justice, Oregon State Supreme Court, 2018-2023

Trial Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon, 2006-2018

Appointed by Governor Kate Brown, Justice, Oregon State Supreme Court, January 2nd, 2018

Candidate, Oregon State Supreme Court, District 5, 2018

Senior Attorney/Coordinator, Portland State University Student Legal and Mediation Services, 2004-2006

Associate, Bennett, Hartman, Morris and Kaplan, Limited Liability Partnership, 1999-2004

Public Defender, Multnomah Defenders, Incorporated, 1996-1999

Oregon Delegate, American Bar Association House of Delegates, present

Member, Girl Scouts Beyond Bars Advisory Board, present

Chair, Judge Roosevelt Robinson Scholarship Committee, Lewis and Clark Law School, present

Member, Oregon Community Foundation Metropolitan Portland Leadership Council, present

Vice President, Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court, present

Member, Reed College Board of Trustees, present

Member, Self-Enhancement, Incorporated Board of Directors, present

Member, Standing Committee on Public Education, American Bar Association, present

Awards:

Whitney M. Young Jr. award (Boy Scouts Cascade Pacific Council, 2016)
Award of Merit (Multnomah Bar Association, 2016)
Diversity and Inclusion Award (Oregon State Bar, 2015)
Marie Lamfrom Woman of Distinction (Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington, 2015)
Council on State Government (CSG) Henry Toll Fellows (2015)
White Rose honoree (Oregon Chapter of the March of Dimes, 2012)
Distinguished Honorary Graduate (Lewis and Clark Law School, 2011)
Judge Mercedes Diez award (Oregon Women Lawyers, 2003)