Ann Aiken
| Ann Aiken | |
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| Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon | |
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In office February 1, 2009 – January 31, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ancer L. Haggerty |
| Succeeded by | Michael W. Mosman |
| Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon | |
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Assumed office February 4, 1998 |
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| Nominated by | President Clinton |
| Preceded by | James A. Redden |
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December 29, 1951 Salem, Oregon, U.S. |
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University of Oregon Rutgers University University of Oregon School of Law. |
Ann Louise Aiken (born December 29, 1951) is an American attorney and jurist in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian, she has served as a state court judge of the Oregon circuit courts and worked in private legal practice. She is currently a United States District Court judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. She served as Chief Judge of the Court from February 1, 2009 to January 31, 2016
Aiken was born in Salem, Oregon, on December 29, 1951. In 1974, she graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Science degree, and then from Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1976 with a master's degree. Aiken returned to Oregon and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1979 from the University of Oregon School of Law. After law school, she worked as a law clerk for judge Edwin Allen of the Lane County Circuit Court from 1979 to 1980.
She entered private legal practice in 1980 and remained there until 1982. In 1982, Aiken worked as a fundraiser and field staffer for Ted Kulongoski's unsuccessful campaign for Governor of Oregon in 1982, and then worked as the chief clerk of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1982 to 1983. Aiken returned to private practice that year and remained there until she became a district judge in Lane County in 1988. Based in Eugene, she then became an Oregon circuit court judge in 1992 for Lane County, remaining on the bench until 1997.
President Bill Clinton nominated her to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon vacated by James A. Redden in November 1995, and again on January 7, 1997. Aiken was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 28, 1998, receiving her commission on February 4, 1998. On February 1, 2009, she became Chief Judge of the Court, the first woman to hold that position in the District of Oregon She served in that capacity until January 31, 2016.
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