SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Ted Kulongoski has appointed an Albany lawyer as a Linn County Circuit Court judge.
The governor’s office said Wednesday that James Egan will fill the vacancy created by the retirement last month of Judge Rick McCormick.
Egan received his law degree from the University of Oregon in 1985 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserves.
In 2005, he returned to active reserve status with the U.S. Army Reserves and was deployed to Kuwait as the Deputy Command Judge Advocate for the Commander. He is a past president of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.
Egan was expected to be sworn in by July 15.
