Judge Robert E. Jones: Making and Preserving History By Adair Law The U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society is pleased to honor Judge Robert E. Jones with its Lifetime Service Award for 2015. This article is based on an oral history conducted by oral historian Clark Hansen in 2005, a Winter/Spring 2007 Oregon Benchmarks article by Jan Dilg and Donna Sinclair, as well as additional research in the splendidly organized archives of Judge Jones. The transcript of the full oral history can be found on this website. Robert E. Jones, Senior Judge for the U.S. District Court of Oregon, missed being a “Yankee Doodle Dandy Fourth of July baby”…

“Our Kind of Rock Star:” Judge Edward Leavy Receives 2015 Devitt Award By Adair Law On November 13, 2015, Judge Edward Leavy, an outstanding son of Oregon and a senior jurist on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, received the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award at the Supreme Court. The award was created in 1982 when Dwight D. Opperman, former president and chair of West Publishing Company, worked with Chief Justice Warren Burger to craft a high honor for an Article III federal judge for distinguished and exceptional service. The two men chose to name the award after their esteemed friend, Judge Edward J. Devitt, who…