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Bronson James
Justice, Oregon Supreme Court · Position 7
Background: His career experience includes working as an attorney in private practice and as a judge at the Multnomah County Circuit Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals.
At a glance
- Court
- Oregon Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Position 7
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Kate Brown (D) (December 28, 2022); later won election on November 5, 2024
- Appointed by
- Gov. Kate Brown (D)
- Appointment date
- December 28, 2022
- Took office
- January 1, 2023
- Current term ends
- January 6, 2031
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: Reed College, 1994
- Law: Lewis & Clark School of Law, 2003
- Prior offices
- Oregon 4th Judicial District Circuit Courts Position 15 Oregon Court of Appeals Position 2 (2017 - 2023)
- Profession
- Attorney
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Bronson James’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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