Michael Mosman
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| Michael Mosman | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Oregon | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 9/26/2003 - Current |
| Preceded by: | Robert E. Jones |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1956 |
| Home State: | Eugene, OR |
| Bachelors: | Utah State U., B.S., 1981 |
| Law School: | Brigham Young U., J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D., 1984 |
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Michael Mosman is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. He joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
Early life and education
A native of Oregon, Mosman graduated from Ricks College with an Associate's Degree in 1979 and later graduated from Utah State University with his Bachelor's Degree in 1981 and later graduating from Brigham Young University's (BYU) J. Reuben Clark Law School with his J.D. in 1984.
Legal career
Mosman began his career as a law clerk for Federal Appeals Judge Malcolm Wilkey in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1984 to 1985 before spending one year as a private practice attorney in 1985. Mosman also was a law clerk to former Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell in the Supreme Court of the United States from 1985 to 1986 and later resumed his work in private practice licensed in the State of Oregon from 1986 to 1988. Mosman later joined the US Attorney's Office as a Assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon from 1988 to 2001 before being nominated by President George W. Bush as U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon from 2001 to 2003.
Federal judicial career
Mosman was nominated by President George W. Bush on May 8, 2003 to a seat vacated by Robert Jones as Jones assumed senior status. Mosman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 25, 2003 on a unopposed 93-0-7 senate vote and received commission on September 26, 2003[1].
Notable cases
Workplace meetings law
Judge Mosman, on May 7, 2010, dismissed a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Associated Oregon Industries regarding a new law in Oregon that prohibits employers from firing employees who refuse to attend meetings involving politics, religion and/or union topics.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed suit claiming the new law violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution on the principle of free speech. The judge dismissed the case because the U.S. Chamber could not provide sufficient evidence to prove that they suffered legal injury from the new law.[2]
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Ann Aiken • Anna Brown • Michael Mosman • Marco A. Hernandez • Michael H. Simon | ||
| Senior judges |
Ancer Haggerty • Garr King • Michael Hogan • Robert E. Jones • Owen Panner • James Redden • Malcolm Marsh • | ||
| Magistrate judges | John Acosta • Mark Clarke • Dennis Hubel • John Jelderks • Paul Papak • Janice Stewart • Patricia Sullivan • Thomas Coffin • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
James Alger Fee • Matthew Paul Deady • Charles Byron Bellinger • Charles Edwin Wolverton • Robert Sharp Bean • John Hugh McNary • Alfred Goodwin • Otto Skopil • Edward Leavy • Claude McColloch • Robert Belloni • James Burns • William East • Gus Solomon • Helen Frye • John Kilkenny • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James Alger Fee • Ancer Haggerty • Michael Hogan • Owen Panner • James Redden • Otto Skopil • Claude McColloch • Robert Belloni • James Burns • Gus Solomon • | ||
