W. Michael Gillette
W. Michael Gillette | |
|---|---|
| 86th | |
| Appointed by | Victor G. Atiyeh |
| Preceded by | Betty Roberts |
W. Michael Gillette is an associate justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, beginning service in 1986. He is currently the justice with the most seniority on the bench.
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In 1963 Gillette graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in arts from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He then went on to Harvard Law School where he graduated with a LL.B. in 1966.[1]
Legal Career
Justice Gillette passed the Oregon State Bar in 1966 and joined the Portland, Oregon law firm of Rives and Rogers. The next year he moved on to become a Deputy District Attorney for Multnomah County, staying until 1969. After that he was an Assistant Attorney General in American Samoa and Oregon for two years. Then Mr. Gillette joined the Consumer Protection Division as chief counsel, serving until 1973 when he became Chief Trial Counsel for the Oregon Department of Justice. That same year he then became Solicitor General for the state of Oregon, a position he held until 1977.[2]
Lastly, prior to appointment to the Oregon Supreme Court in 1986 by then Governor Vic Atiyeh, Gillette served on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1977, including service as a presiding judge from 1980 until joining the state’s highest court.[2]
Oregon Supreme Court
Governor Atiyeh appointed Gillette to fill the vacancy created when Justice Betty Roberts left the bench. W. Michael Gillette was then elected to a full term in 1986 and re-elected in 1992, 1998, and 2004.[3]
Teaching
- Faculty member of National Judicial College.[1]
- Past faculty member of Willamette University.[2]
- Past instructor at Portland State University.[2]
Honors
- Justice Gillette received an honorary LL.D. from Whitman College in 1992.[1]
- Received the V. Robert Payant Award in 2006 for teaching excellence from the National Judicial College.[1]
- Classroom Law Project’s Legal Citizen of the Year in 1991.[2]
- Served on the Board of Trustees from 1977 to 1980 for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.[2]
- Named one of the 500 Leading Judges in America in 2006 by Lawdragon.[1]
- From 1980 to 1988 served on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Law-Related Education Project.[2]
- Serves on the Advisory Committee of Scholars for the Constitution Project starting in 1984.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Hon. W. Michael Gillette". Legalspan.com. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h "The Honorable W. Michael Gillette". Supreme Court. Oregon Judicial Department. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Oregon Supreme Court Justices". Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
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