Ellen Rosenblum

Ellen Rosenblum

Ellen F. Rosenblum (born January 6, 1951 in Berkeley , California ) is an American lawyer and politician .

Early years

Ellen F. Rosenblum, daughter of Louise and Victor Rosenblum, was born in Alameda County in 1951. She has seven siblings. The family moved to Evanston ( Illinois ), where her father for 40 years as a professor of law at Northwestern University worked. He was also President of Reed College from 1968 to 1970 . She graduated from Evanston Township High School and attended Scripps College . She then graduated from the University of Oregon with her bachelor's degree in 1971 and her law degree in 1975 .

Legal career

Rosenblum began working as a lawyer in the Hammons, Phillips & Jensen law firm in Eugene, Oregon in 1975 and later became a partner there. In 1980 she became an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Oregon , specializing in financial crime. In 1989, Governor Neil Goldschmidt appointed her to be a judge at the Multnomah County District Court. She presided over it until 1993. At that time, she appointed Governor Barbara Roberts to serve as a judge at Multnomah County Circuit Court. Governor Ted Kulongoski then appointed her to serve as a judge at the Oregon Court of Appeals in 2005 to fill a vacancy . In 2006 she was elected for a full six-year term. In May 2011, she resigned from her post as a judge.

Attorney General

In October 2011, then-incumbent Attorney General of Oregon John Kroger announced that he did not intend to run for another term. In January 2012, Rosenblum announced that she would run for the Democratic nomination for the post. The Federal Attorney Dwight Holton also applied for the post. He was well funded and supported by most of the state's law enforcement agencies. During the election campaign, her focus was on social issues. When Holton criticized the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act , she successfully sought the support of advocates in Oregon who advocated the legalization of marijuana . In this context she said the following:

"... make marijuana enforcement a low priority, and protect the rights of medical marijuana patients."

In the following Democratic primary election in May 2012, she defeated Holton by almost 30 percent.

Kroger announced his resignation on June 29, 2012, to take up the post of President of Reed College. On that day, Governor John Kitzhaber appointed Rosenblum as his successor. Rosenblum became the first female Attorney General of Oregon. In the elections that followed in November 2012, she was elected for a full term. Although no Republican ran in the primary election, Portland, Oregon, Attorney James Buchal got enough write-in votes to run for the November 2012 election as Republican.

Private life

Rosenblum is married to Richard Meeker, the publisher (until 2015) and co-owner of the Willamette Week newspaper in Portland. The couple have two grown children.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ellen F. Rosenblum, Oregon State Bar, June 7, 2012
2. ^ Noted Legal Scholar Victor Rosenblum Dies At Age 80 , Northwestern University, March 15, 2006
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Jung, Helen: Former Appeals Court Judge Ellen Rosenblum will seek Oregon attorney general job , The Oregonian, January 4, 2012
4. ^ American Bar Association , June 7, 2012
5. ↑ Ellen F. Rosenblum , Project Votesmart, June 7, 2012
6. ↑ November 7, 2006, General Election Abstracts of Votes: Judge of the Court of Appeals, Position 9, Oregon Secretary of State, June 7, 2012
7. ^ Manning, Jeff: Ellen Rosenblum defeats Dwight Holton for attorney general (2012 primary election) , The Oregonian, May 15, 2012
8. ↑ ^{a b} Cole, Michelle: Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber named Ellen Rosenblum as interim attorney general , The Oregonian, June 6, 2012
9. ↑ ^{a b} Barron-Lopez, Laura: Ellen Rosenblum becomes Oregon's first woman attorney general , The Oregonian, June 29, 2012
10. ↑ Mapes, Jeff: Oregon Republicans now have candidates for attorney general and treasurer, courtesy of write-in votes , The Oregonian, June 6, 2012
11. ^ Election is coming, Willamette Week, April 25, 2012