Chris Garrett
Justice · Oregon
Nonpartisan
Biography
Chris Garrett is a judge for Position 4 of the Oregon Supreme Court. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. His current term ends on January 4, 2027. Garrett was first appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by Gov. Kate Brown (D) on December 24, 2018, to fill the vacancy left by retiring Justice Rives Kistler. His appointment was effective January 1, 2019. He was subsequently elected to the court in a nonpartisan election in 2020. Garrett was previously a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 1, from 2014 to 2018. He was appointed to the appellate court by Governor John Kitzhaber (D) on December 24, 2013, to succeed Judge David Schuman. Garrett took the bench on February 1, 2014. He was elected to the court in May 2014 for a six-year term.
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- Education
- Reed College, 1996; University of Chicago Law School, 2000
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