Bronson James

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|name = Bronson James

|office = Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court

|appointer = Kate Brown

|term_start = January 1, 2023

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|predecessor = Martha Lee Walters

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|education = Reed College (BA)
Lewis and Clark College (JD)

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Bronson James (born 1971 or 1972){{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Aimee |title=Two new Multnomah County Circuit judges appointed by Gov. Kate Brown |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2016/02/two_new_multnomah_county_circu.html |website=The Oregonian |date=February 10, 2016}} is an American lawyer serving as a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. He assumed office on January 1, 2023.

Education

James earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from the Lewis & Clark Law School in 2003.{{Cite web |title=Oregon Judicial Vacancies |url=https://www.osbar.org/judicial/judicialvacancy.html |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.osbar.org}}

Career

James was nominated to the Oregon Court of Appeals in 2017. He previously served as a public defender in the Oregon Office of Public Defense Services. In 2014, James authored an amicus brief on behalf of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Riley v. California.{{Cite web |title=This Portland Judge Has an Arm-Length Doctor Strange Tattoo Under His Robes |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/07/12/meet-the-portland-judge-who-has-an-arm-length-doctor-strange-tattoo-under-his-robes/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Oregon Attorney's Fight Over Cell Phone Privacy Yields Win in US Supreme Court |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/oregon_attorney_s_fight_over_cell_phone_privacy_yields_win_in_us_supreme_court/prweb11974524.htm |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=PRWeb}} In December 2022, James was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by outgoing governor Kate Brown.{{Cite web |title=Brown appoints 2 Oregon Supreme Court judges in her final days as governor |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/28/oregon-governor-kate-brown-judicial-appointments-state-supreme-court/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=opb |language=en}} He was sworn into office by Chief Justice Meagan Flynn on January 1, 2023.{{Cite news |last=Botkin |first=Ben |date=January 5, 2023 |title=Oregon's second female chief justice takes office |work=Oregon Capital Chronicle |url=https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/oregons-second-female-chief-justice-takes-office/ |access-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105225711/https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/oregons-second-female-chief-justice-takes-office/ |url-status=live }}