Garr King

Garr Michael King (January 28, 1936 – February 5, 2019) was a lawyer and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Education and career King was born on January 28, 1936 in Pocatello, Idaho. He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah at a young age and served in the Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957 after high school. He spent one year stationed in Japan. After attending the University of Utah, he received a Bachelor of Laws from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in 1963. He was a Deputy district attorney of District Attorney's Office Multnomah County, Oregon from 1963 to 1966. He was in private practice of law in Portland, Oregon at Morrison and Bailey from 1966 to 1973. In 1973, he formed a law partnership with Jack L. Kennedy, who he had met at Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, and was selected for a judgeship in 1998. King was president of the Multnomah Bar Association from 1975 to 1976.