9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Portland, Oregon)
Career Highlights: Assumed senior status, 2016; appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986; chairman, Advisory Panel to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, 1983-85; team leader, President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission), 1982-83; consultant, Office of the President-Elect of the United States (Reagan), 1980-81; director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 1973-74; public utility commissioner, State of Oregon, 1971-73; deputy attorney general, State of Oregon, 1969-71; private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1965-69, 1975-86; tax attorney, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and New York City, 1963-1965; U.S. Army Reserve, JAG Corps, 1955-78
Law School: Harvard Law School, 1963
Career Highlights: Assumed senior status, 2016; appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986; chairman, Advisory Panel to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, 1983-85; team leader, President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission), 1982-83; consultant, Office of the President-Elect of the United States (Reagan), 1980-81; director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 1973-74; public utility commissioner, State of Oregon, 1971-73; deputy attorney general, State of Oregon, 1969-71; private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1965-69, 1975-86; tax attorney, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and New York City, 1963-1965; U.S. Army Reserve, JAG Corps, 1955-78
Law School: Harvard Law School, 1963
PORTLAND -- Even in semi-retirement, Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, known for decades as one of the most effective conservative dissenters on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has found a way for his voice to be heard.
"I can't vote, but I can still write a statement in respect of a particular case," he said during an interview discussing the court's en banc procedures. "And I've done that now a couple of times."
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