Background
Hinkle, Charles Frederick was born on July 6, 1942 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Son of William Ralph and Ruth Barbara (Holcomb) Hinkle.
Hinkle, Charles Frederick was born on July 6, 1942 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Son of William Ralph and Ruth Barbara (Holcomb) Hinkle.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, with great distinction, 1964). Union Theological Seminary (M.Div., cum laude, 1968). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, Phi Beta Kappa.
Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, since 1986.
Instructor English, Morehouse College, Atlanta, 1966-1967. Associate Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon, 1971-1977, partner, since 1977. Adjunct professor Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, 1978-2001.
Board governors Oregon State Bar, 1992-1995.
Oregon president American Civil Liberties Union, Portland, 1976-1980, national board directors, 1979-1985. Board directors Kendall Community Center, 1987-1993, Youth Progress Association, 1994-1998, Portland Baroque Orchestra, 1999-2000. Member public affairs committee American Cancer Society, 1994-1999.
Member Oregon Governor's Task Force on Youth Suicide, 1996. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1998-2000), Federal Bar Association, Multnomah County Bar Association, American Constitution Society (Oregon board directors since 2005),City Club Portland (president 1987-1988).