An African-American judge will serve in Oregon's highest court, and her name is Adrienne Nelson. Governor Kate Brown announced Tuesday the appointment of Judge Adrienne Nelson to the Oregon Supreme Court. Nelson, a trial judge in Multnomah County, will be the first African-American to serve on any kind of appellate court in Oregon and the second non-white to serve in Oregon Supreme Court.
“Judge Nelson brings to our highest court an important, new voice and
wealth of experience she has gained in 12 years on the trial bench,"
Brown said in a statement.
Nelson grew up in Arkansas and attended the University of Arkansas and the University of Texas law school.
She
was first appointed to the Multnomah County Circuit Court in 2006 and
has previously worked as a senior attorney and coordinator at Portland
State University, an attorney at a Portland law firm and a public
defender at Multnomah Defenders Inc.
"I'm very excited for the opportunity," Nelson told The Oregonian/OregonLive Tuesday.
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