Brown, Anna J., 1952-
Biography
Anna Jaeger Brown, nee Anna Jaeger, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1952. She initially attended Lewis and Clark College before completing a bachelor of science degree in administration of justice at Portland State University in 1975. In 1977, she and Paul Brown were married. In 1980, she earned a doctorate of jurisprudence from Northwestern College of Law, now the Lewis and Clark Law School. While she was in law school, she clerked for Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge John C. Beatty. She practiced law at a firm in Portland until 1992, when she became a judge on the Multnomah County District Court. Two years later, she moved to the Multnomah County Circuit Court. In 1999, President Bill Clinton nominated her to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. She took senior status in 2017.
Sources: Information provided by Brown in her interview.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Anna J. Brown
Oral history interview with Anna J. Brown conducted by Jan Dilg from October 31, 2019, to October 8, 2020, as part of the United States District Court of Oregon Oral History Project. Brown, who served on the Multnomah County District Court, the Multnomah County Circuit Court, and the U.S. District Court of Oregon, discusses her judicial career from 1992 to the time of the interview.
Oral history interview with Robert A. Leedy
Oral history interview with Robert A. Leedy conducted by Anna J. Brown and Katherine H. O'Neil from September 10 to October 1, 1994, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Leedy was an attorney and a commissioner for the U.S. District Court of Oregon.