Marco Antonio Hernandez | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon | |
In office December 23, 2019 –January 1, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Michael W. Mosman |
Succeeded by | Michael J. McShane |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon | |
Assumed office February 9,2011 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Garr King |
Judge of the Washington County Circuit Court | |
In office 1998 –February 9,2011 | |
Appointed by | Barbara Roberts |
Succeeded by | Janelle F. Wipper |
Personal details | |
Born | Marco Antonio Hernandez 1957 (age 66–67) Nogales,Arizona,U.S. |
Education | Western Oregon University (BA) University of Washington (JD) |
Marco Antonio Hernandez (born 1957) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Hernandez was born in Nogales,Arizona,in 1957 and is of Hispanic descent. [1] [2] [3] He moved to Oregon at 17 and began work as a dishwasher,and then as a janitor before working his way through community college while working as a teacher's aide. [4] Hernandez then moved on to a four-year school and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Oregon State College (now known as Western Oregon University) in 1983. [4] [5] He then attended the University of Washington School of Law and earned his Juris Doctor in 1986. [5] [6]
After law school he returned to Oregon where he spent three years working for Legal Aid Services of Oregon where he often represented farm workers. [2] [7] Following his time with legal aid,Hernandez then joined the Washington County District Attorney's office as a deputy prosecutor in 1989. [8] Shortly before leaving office in January 1995,Governor Barbara Roberts appointed Hernandez to be Washington County Circuit Court Judge. [3] In 2001,he allowed a claim for loss of companionship in a pet case to go to trial,the first time such a claim was allowed to go to trial in the United States. [9] Hernandez served as Presiding Judge of the County's Circuit Court from 2002 to 2005. [5] [8] He won re-election to a new six-year term on the court in May 2008. [2] He has also served as the judge for the county's Mental Health Court, [10] and as presiding judge from 2002 until 2005. [6]
In January 2008,Hernandez was one of three candidates recommended by a six-member judicial selection committee to replace Garr King on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. [11] President George W. Bush selected Hernandez to fill the vacancy on the District Court of Oregon and submitted his nomination on July 23,2008. [2] Senators Gordon H. Smith and Ron Wyden supported the nomination,but it was made with less than six months remaining in the Bush presidency. [2] [12] The nomination was not acted upon by the 110th Congress and was thus returned. [13] Republican Gordon Smith was narrowly defeated for re-election in 2008,and newly elected President Barack Obama restarted the judicial selection process for the District of Oregon. [3] Democrat Ron Wyden recommended Hernandez in addition to five other candidates selected by a thirteen-member judicial selection committee. [12] On July 14,2010,Obama renominated Hernandez to replace Garr King. [14] He is one of few people to be nominated to the federal bench by presidents from two different political parties. [8] The Senate again failed to act on Hernandez's nomination,and President Obama nominated Hernandez again in January 2011. [4] On February 7,2011,the Senate unanimously confirmed Hernandez as the newest judge for the District of Oregon, [4] and he received his commission on February 9. [6] He became chief judge on December 23,2019 [15] and served until January 1,2024,when he was succeeded by Judge Michael J. McShane. [16]
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