Nov. 17, 2010

Susan Graber

Circuit Judge, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Portland, Ore.)

Susan P. Graber

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Portland, Ore.)

Career Highlights: Assistant attorney general, Legal Division, New Mexico Bureau of Revenue, 1972-74; private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1974-75; private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1975-78; private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1978-88; presiding judge, Oregon Court of Appeals, Department 3, 1988-90; associate justice, Supreme Court of Oregon, 1990-98; appointed July 1997, confirmed March 1998

Law School: Yale Law School, J.D., 1972

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Circuit Judge Susan Pia Graber of Portland. Ore., loves mystery novels, Scrabble, Sudoku and other puzzles.

Solving brainteasers when she's away from her 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals duties involves the kind of thinking that goes into deciding cases, Graber said.

"My favorite kind of case is one that raises questions of statutory interpretation, that asks, 'What does the law mean?'" she said.... (continued)

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