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Bronson James' Biography

Contact Information

Oregon Supreme Court Building
1163 State Street
Salem, OR 97301

Full Name:

Bronson James

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1972

Birth Place:

Oregon

JD, Law, Lewis and Clark Law School, 2003

BA, Reed College, 1994

Associate Justice, Oregon State Supreme Court, Position 7, 2023-present

Candidate, Oregon State Supreme Court, Associate Justice, Position 7, 2023

Appointed by Governor Kate Brown, Associate Justice, Oregon State Supreme Court, Position 7, January 2023

Judge, Oregon State Court of Appeals, 2017-2022

Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court, 2016-2017

Adjunct Professor of Evidence, Willamette University College of Law and Lewis and Clark Law School

Attorney, Private Practice, 2010-2016

Chief Deputy Defender, Oregon Office of Public Defense Services, 2005-2010

General Counsel, iPSpecialties, Limited Liability Corporations, 2003-2005

Metropolitan Public Defender, 2002-2003

Volunteer Mock Trial Coach, Classroom Law Project

Cooperating Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Cooperating Attorney, Oregon American Civil Liberties Union

Former Member, Oregon State Bar's Disciplinary Board

Former Member, Oregon State Bar's Uniform Jury Instruction Committee

Former Member, Oregon State Bar’s Unlawful Practice of Law Committee

Chair, Oregon Supreme Court Council on Inclusion and Fairness

Member, Oregon’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative Grant Review Committee

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