Thomas Balmer
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| Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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Assumed office May 1, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Paul De Muniz |
| Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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Assumed office September 2001 |
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| Appointed by | John Kitzhaber |
| Preceded by | Ted Kulongoski |
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January 31, 1952 Longview, Washington, U.S. |
| Education |
Oberlin College (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Thomas "Tom" A. Balmer (born January 31, 1952) is the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. A native of Washington, he was appointed to the court in 2001 as an Associate Justice, and became Chief Justice in 2012.
Justice Balmer was born on January 31, 1952, in Longview, Washington, a community located on the Columbia River and the border of Oregon. He attended and graduated from high school in Portland, Oregon, and the now defunct Jackson High School.
Balmer graduated from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio in 1974, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and earned High Honors. Balmer then attended law school, graduating from the University of Chicago Law School in 1977.
Balmer began his public legal career as a trial lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1979 to 1980. Working in Washington, D.C., he was part of the Antitrust Division. Balmer taught at Lewis & Clark Law School from 1983 to 1984, and again from 1990 to 1992 as an adjunct professor. From 1986 to 1987 he was the chairperson of the Oregon State Bar antitrust law section, and in 1992 to 1993 he was chairperson of the Multnomah County Legal Aid Service’s Board of Directors.
Later he served as a deputy attorney general for the state of Oregon from 1993 to 1997. While there he worked for the Oregon Attorney General, Ted Kulongoski. Balmer is a former partner of Ater Wynne LLP, focusing on antitrust law, government regulations, and commercial litigation. In 1997, he became a member of the board of directors for Classroom Law Project, and from 2000 to 2001, he served as an adjunct professor of political science at Lewis & Clark College, 2000-2001.
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