Malcolm F. Marsh
| Malcolm F. Marsh | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon | |
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Assumed office April 16, 1998 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon | |
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In office March 24, 1987 – April 16, 1998 |
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| Nominated by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Edward Leavy |
| Succeeded by | Anna J. Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 24, 1928 Portland, Oregon |
| Spouse(s) | Shari Long |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of Oregon University of Oregon School of Law |
Malcolm Francis Marsh (born September 24, 1928) is an American attorney and jurist from the state of Oregon. He is a senior federal district court judge in Portland, Oregon, for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. A native of Oregon, he served as an active judge for eleven years, and was in private legal practice in Salem before that.
Malcolm Marsh was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1928, the son of lawyer Francis Marsh. His father’s twin brother was Eugene E. Marsh, onetime Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and President of the Oregon State Senate. Both brothers served as president of the Oregon State Bar. The family moved to McMinnville southwest of Portland in 1935. In 1946, he joined the United States Army and served as a corporal in Japan until discharge in 1947.
After returning to Oregon, he enrolled at the University of Oregon in Eugene where he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in 1951. Marsh then attended the law school at the university, and graduated in 1954 with a bachelor of laws degree. In 1953, he married the former Shari Long, and they would have three children. After graduating from law school, Marsh entered private practice in McMinnville, working for his father. Later in 1954 he moved to Salem where he partnered with Ned Clark and specialized as a trial attorney in products liability. He was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1979. In 1983, he was named Salem’s First Citizen.
While in Salem he became friends with later U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield in the 1950s, and remained in private practice in the city until 1987. The friendship with Hatfield helped lead to President Ronald Reagan nominating Marsh for a judgeship on Oregon’s federal court in 1987 after Edward Leavy moved to the Ninth Circuit. Nominated on February 2, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 20 and received his commission on March 24, 1987, for the Portland-based court.
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