Marco A. Hernandez
Marco Antonio Hernandez | |
|---|---|
| Circuit Court judge in Washington County, Oregon | |
| Assumed office 1995 | |
| Appointed by | Barbara Roberts |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Western Oregon State College (B.A.) University of Washington School of Law (J.D.) |
Marco Antonio Hernandez (born 1957) is an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. A native of Arizona, he serves as a Circuit Court judge in Washington County, and is nominee for a federal judgeship with the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Early life and education
Hernandez was born in Nogales, Arizona, in 1957 and is of Hispanic descent.[1][2][3] Hernandez received a B.A. degree from Western Oregon State College (now known as Western Oregon University) in 1983.[4] He then attended the University of Washington School of Law and earned his J.D. in 1986.[4]
Legal career
After law school he returned to Oregon where he spent three years working for Legal Aid Services of Oregon where he often represented farm workers.[2][5] Hernandez himself had picked crops in the field in his youth.[2] Following his time with legal aid, Hernandez the joined the Washington County District Attorney's office as a deputy prosecutor in 1989.[6]
Shortly before leaving office in January 1995, Governor Barbara Roberts appointed Hernandez to be a Circuit Court judge in Washington County, Oregon.[3] In 2001, he allowed a claim for loss of companionship in a pet case to go to trial, the first time such as claim was allowed to go to trial in the United States.[7] Hernandez served as presiding judge of the County's Circuit Court from 2002 to 2005.[4][6] He won re-election to a new six-year term on the court in May 2008.[2] He has also served as the judge for the county's Mental Health Court.[8]
Federal judicial nominations
In January 2008, Hernandez was one of three candidates recommended by a six-member judicial selection committee to replace Garr King on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.[9] President George W. Bush selected Hernandez to fill the vacancy on the District Court of Oregon and submitted his nomination on July 23, 2008.[2] Senators Gordon H. Smith and Ron Wyden supported the nomination,[2] but it was made with less than six months remaining in the Bush Presidency and was not acted upon by the 110th Congress, thus the nomination was returned.[10][11]
Republican Gordon Smith was defeated for re-election in 2008, and newly-elected President Barack Obama restarted the judicial selection process for the District of Oregon.[3] Democrat Ron Wyden recommended Hernandez in addition to five other candidates selected by a thirteen-member judicial selection committee.[10] On July 14, 2010, Obama renominated Hernandez to replace Garr King.[12] He is one of few people to be nominated to the federal bench by presidents from two different political parties.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Marco A. Hernandez". Office of Legal Policy. United States Department of Justice. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Holly Danks, Politics could sink local judge's federal nomination, The Oregonian (July 24, 2008).
- ^ a b c Peter Wong, Obama names two as federal judges in Oregon, Statesman Journal (July 14, 2010).
- ^ a b c President Obama Names Five to United States District Court, whitehouse.gov (July 14, 2010).
- ^ Tomlinson, Stuart (July 14, 2010). "Obama nominates two for U.S. District Court judgeships in Oregon". The Oregonian. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ a b c Christensen, Nick (July 17, 2010). "County judge nominated to federal bench – again". The Hillsboro Argus. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ Duckler, Geordie L. (June 2001). "Nature of the Beast". Oregon State Bar Bulletin. Oregon State Bar.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Gregory, Roger (March 28, 2008). "Washington County Mental Health Court gives some a chance to turn their lives around". The Oregonian. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ James Pitkin, Immergut’s Out: The Final Three Who Are In For A Federal Judge Appointment, Willamette Week (January 25, 2008).
- ^ a b James Pitkin, Ron Wyden Adds Marco Hernandez As The Sixth Name to Judges’ List, Willamette Week (July 28, 2009).
- ^ "Marco A. Hernandez". Judicial Nominations. Yale Law School. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ Presidential Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate, 7/14/10, whitehouse.gov (July 14, 2010).