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Circuit Judge Danielle J. Forrest looks for the right path in the law -- Circuit judge loved practicing but prefers objective role.
- confirmed 73-17 by the U.S. Senate to the 9th Circuit in November 2019
- Forrest, who declined an interview and whose last name was formerly Hunsaker, was born in Oregon in 1977. According to remarks at her Senate confirmation hearing, her father worked in the timber and construction industries in the Pacific Northwest, and her mother stayed at home, serving as Forrest's primary educator for many years.
- Forrest earned an associate degree from Ricks College, which later became Brigham Young University-Idaho, before studying anthropology at the University of Idaho and graduating from the College of Law in 2004. Except for a brief stint at a Portland law firm, Stoel Rives, she spent the next three years clerking: first for 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul J. Kelly Jr., then for Oregon District Judge Michael W. Mosman and finally for 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, whose seat President Donald Trump nominated her to fill. ... After her clerkship with O'Scannlain, Forrest returned to Stoel Rives briefly and then joined the firm Larkins Vacura Kayser in Portland.
- Before being appointed to the 9th Circuit, Forrest served for two years as a state judge on the Washington County Circuit Court, including as chief civil judge and presiding judge of the circuit, after being appointed by Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.
- Forrest described herself as an "introvert," and several people who have worked with her called her "quiet
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