George M. Joseph

{{short description|American judge}}

George Manley Joseph (1930–2003) was the chief judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1981 to 1992.{{cite web | url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/history-officials.pdf | title=Earliest Authorities in Oregon - Appeals Court Judges of Oregon | publisher=Oregon Secretary of State | work=Oregon Blue Book | date=2015 | accessdate=July 1, 2015}} He graduated from Reed College and the University of Chicago Law School,{{cite web|url=http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/nov2003/columns/NoC/NOC_joseph.html|title=Reed Magazine: News of the College|work=reed.edu|access-date=2011-12-10|archive-date=2018-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801203031/https://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/nov2003/columns/NoC/NOC_joseph.html|url-status=dead}} and practiced law in the U.S. state of Oregon, representing business and corporate clients,{{cite web|url=http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/466/42/424719/|title=Dorothy v. Summers, Individually and As Executrix of Theestate of John M. Summers, Deceased, et al., plaintiffs-appellees. v. Interstate Tractor and Equipment Co., a Corporation, defendant-appellant, and General Motorscorporation, a Corporation, Defendant, 466 F.2d 42 (9th Cir. 1972)|work=Justia Law}} until Governor Robert W. Straub appointed him to the bench in 1977. He was named Chief Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals in 1981.{{cite web|url=http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/feb2004/features/oral_history/index.html|title=Reed Magazine: An oral history of Reed College (1/2)|work=reed.edu}}