The Honorable Adrienne Nelson Appointed to Oregon Supreme Court
TM Published Quarterly by Oregon Women Lawyers Volume 29, No. 1 Winter 2018 The Honorable Adrienne Nelson Appointed to Oregon Supreme Court WLS congratulates Justice Adrienne Nelson When Justice Nelson on her appointment to the Oregon Su- graduated from high Opreme Court, which took effect January 2. school in Arkansas Justice Nelson moved to the Supreme Court in 1985, she had the from the Multnomah County Circuit Court, highest grade point In This Issue where she had served since 2006, having been average in her class appointed by former Gov. Ted Kulongoski. Before and was thus slated to Justice Adrienne Nelson that, she was a lawyer at Multnomah Defenders, be the valedictorian, OWLS Fall CLE Inc. (1996–1999), the Portland law firm Bennett her school’s first vale- Hartman Morris & Kaplan (1999–2004), and dictorian of color. The President’s Message Portland State University’s Student Legal and school board decided, Upcoming OWLS Events Mediation Services (2004–2006). She earned a however, to bestow Justice Adrienne Nelson Councilor Jaimie Fender bachelor’s degree at the University of Arkansas that honor on someone who was white. Nelson’s and a law degree at the University of Texas. mother retained a law firm and filed suit, Justice Political Leadership Series Justice Nelson’s extensive community service Nelson was named valedictorian, and she decided Judge Fay Stetz-Waters currently includes chairing the board of Self En- to pursue a career in the law. Judge Danielle Hunsaker hancement, Inc. and serving on the Reed College Justice Nelson is the first African American to Gorge OWLS (GrOWLS) Board of Trustees and the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars serve on an appellate court in Oregon.
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