Senate Confirms Former Defender As Oregon Federal Judge

The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday evening to confirm President Biden's pick for a seat on the bench in the U.S. District of Oregon (article available here).

Judge Amy M. Baggio has been a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon since 2019. From 2013 to 2019, Judge Baggio worked as a solo practitioner at her own firm, Baggio Law, also in Portland. Previously, Judge Baggio served in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon, first as a Research and Writing Attorney from 2002 to 2005 then as an Assistant Federal Public Defender from 2005 to 2012.

Before that, she served as a staff attorney in the Portland Office of the Metropolitan Public Defender from 2001 to 2002.