Bronson James | |
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Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Kate Brown |
Preceded by | Martha Lee Walters |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 (age 52–53) |
Education | Reed College (BA) Lewis and Clark College (JD) |
Bronson James (born 1972) [1] [2] is an American lawyer serving as a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. He assumed office on January 1,2023.
James earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from the Lewis &Clark Law School in 2003. [3]
James was nominated to the Oregon Court of Appeals in 2017. He previously served as a public defender in the Oregon Office of Public Defense Services. In 2014,James authored an amicus brief on behalf of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Riley v. California . [4] [5] In December 2022,James was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by outgoing governor Kate Brown. [6] He was sworn into office by Chief Justice Meagan Flynn on January 1,2023. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Bronson D James | 992,125 | 98.2 | |
Write-in | 17,957 | 1.8 | ||
Total votes | 1,010,082 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Bronson D James | 1,212,011 | 98.1 | |
Write-in | 23,702 | 1.9 | ||
Total votes | 1,235,713 | 100% |