Stephen Bushong | |
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Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Kate Brown |
Preceded by | Thomas A. Balmer |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephen Kent Bushong October 11,1958 |
Education | University of Michigan (BA,JD) |
Stephen Kent Bushong (born October 11,1958) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court since 2023.
Bushong received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan in 1980 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1984. [1]
From 1984 to 1985 he was a law clerk for Magistrate Judge Marc L. Goldman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. From 1985 to 1993,he was an associate with Miller,Nash,Wiener,Hager &Carlsen in Portland,Oregon. From 1993 to 1994,Bushong was a solo practitioner. From 1994 to 2008 he served as the Oregon Department of Justice;from 1994 to 1998 he was an assistant attorney general for the Trial Division,Special Litigation Unit,from 1998 to 2005 he was the attorney-in-charge,Special Litigation Unit and from 2005 to 2008 he was chief trial counsel. [2] From February 2008 to 2022,Bushong served as a judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court. [3]
On December 28,2022,Governor Kate Brown appointed Bushong to serve as a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Thomas A. Balmer. [3] He was sworn into office by Chief Justice Meagan Flynn on January 1,2023. [4]
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