Haggerty, Ancer Lee, 1944-
Dates
- Existence: 1944
Biography
Ancer Lee Haggerty was born in Vanport, Oregon, in 1944. He attended the University of Oregon and graduated in 1966. He enrolled in the Marine Corps Infantry Officer Training program while at the University of Oregon. In 1968, he was called to active duty in Vietnam, where he was wounded by shrapnel to the arm. He was awarded the Silver Star. After his discharge from the military, he attended the University of California Hastings College of the Law. He earned his juris doctorate in 1973 and passed the Oregon bar that same year. He began his legal career in as a law clerk for the Metropolitan Public Defender in Portland, serving until 1977. He then practiced law at the Schwabe, Williamson, and Wyatt law firm. In 1983, he and Judith Ann Blair were married; Blair had one child, and together they later had two more children. Haggerty served as a judge on the Multnomah County District Court from 1989 to 1990, on the Multnomah County Circuit Court from 1990 to 1993, and on the U.S. District Court of Oregon from 1993 to 2014. He served as chief judge of that court from 2002 to 2009.
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Oral history interview with Ancer L. Haggerty
Oral history interview with Ancer L. Haggerty conducted by Clark Hansen from December 9, 2005, to February 23, 2006, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Haggerty was a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court from 1990 to 1993 and a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon from 1993 to 2014, serving as chief judge from 2002 to 2009.