U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Hubel 1947-2019 The U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society notes with great sadness the sudden passing of U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Hubel on September 16, 2019. Born in New York City in 1947, Dennis Hubel moved with his family to Oregon when he was three. A graduate of Portland’s Marshall High School, he pursued undergraduate and graduate studies in electrical and nuclear engineering at Cornell University and the University of Washington. After active duty in the Navy on nuclear submarines, Judge Hubel turned to the law and obtained his J.D. cum laude at Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in 1976. A…

Since 2002, the USDCHS has been fortunate to hold its annual August picnic at the family hop farm of Judge Edward Leavy. The farm was purchased in 1912 and was honored with Century Farm status earlier this decade. The theme for this year’s festivities was honoring the women majority justices on the Oregon Supreme Court, including past Justices and the Governors who appointed them. There are currently 10 states with women majority female supreme courts. Picnic tables are set up, chairs placed, and tabletops covered with paper by volunteer crews that can include aspiring teenage jugglers, USDCHS board members, and members of all levels of Oregon jurisprudence. Judge Leavy keeps…