WW Shortlist of Federal Judge Candidates for U.S. D.C., Oregon

The Willamette Week, on 1/22/08, ran a story that lists 8 candidates on the shortlist: Gordon Smith’s Choice for Federal Judge: The Candidates

Here is some information on federal court judges, history and appointment process:

U.S. Courts dot gov

One view of the political process surrounding appointments and here.

And here’s the WWire list:

• Karen Immergut (U.S. Attorney for Oregon)
• Christopher Kent (Portland attorney)
• Janet Billups (staff lawyer for Oregon Health & Science University)
• Stephen Bloom (former U.S. magistrate)
• Robert Barton (Portland defense attorney)
• Marco Hernandez (Washington County Circuit Court judge)
• Dennis Hubel (U.S. magistrate)
• Henry Lorenzen (Pendleton attorney)