OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: District Judge pro tempore 1980-1990; Circuit Judge pro tempore 1983-1998; Law Clerk, California Supreme Court 1969-70; Legal Services attorney 1970-1990.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: AB, University of California, with honors 1966; JD, Boalt Hall, 1969, Law Review, Coif
PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Portland Housing Advisory Committee, 1981-1990; Oregon Judicial Conference: Chair, Technology in the Courts Committee since 2001; Chair, Criminal Law Committee 1999-2001; Council on Court Procedures 1993-2001.
Bar Admissions: Oregon 1974; US Supreme Court 1977; US Court Of Appeals (9th Circuit) 1970; US District Court (ND Cal 1970, D OR 1975); California 1970
Michael Marcus is "extremely bright and extremely capable . . . hearing and deciding some of the court's most complicated cases." (Governor's press release upon appointment 3/2/90). He has "a record of superior legal scholarship . . . applied to a career of making public institutions meet their responsibilities." (Editorial, The Oregonian, 4/7/82)
Judge Marcus strives to provide parties, witnesses, and jurors a fair and efficient hearing. Law officers can reach him nights and weekends to apply for search warrants. He hosts the Victims' Impact Panel to reduce DUII deaths. He promotes the right of victims to be heard at sentencing hearings. Judge Marcus advocates that we test criminal sentences by how well they prevent new crimes, and has promoted legislation, a judicial conference resolution, and state and local technology projects to make sentences better serve public safety. See http://www.smartsentencing.com. He supports mediation and arbitration to reduce the cost and improve the results of dispute resolution.
KEEP JUDGE MICHAEL MARCUS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
(This information furnished by Re-Elect Judge Marcus Committee.)