July 5, 2024, Governor Tina Kotek announced that she will appoint Elizabeth R. Lemoine to the Washington County Circuit Court. Lemoine will fill the 16th judicial position created by Senate Bill 1541. The appointment is effective immediately.

“Lemoine will be a fair and balanced judge on the Washington County Circuit Court,” Governor Kotek said. “Her local expertise and wide breadth and depth of legal expertise will serve the Court well.”

Lemoine (she/her) has lived, worked, and volunteered in Washington County for over thirty years. She has twenty years of civil practice experience in circuit courts all over Oregon and six years of judicial experience as a volunteer pro tem judge in Washington County.

A headshot of Lemoine is available here.