Phillip Joseph Roth

Background

Roth, Phillip Joseph was born on February 29, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Harry William and Minnie Alice (Segel) Roth.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, University Portland, 1943. Juris Doctor, Lewis and Clark College, 1948.

Career

Deputy attorney, City of Portland, 1948-1950; deputy district attorney, Multnomah County, Portland, 1950-1952; sole practice, Portland, 1952-1964; circuit judge Multnomah County, State of Oregon, Portland, 1964-1994; presiding circuit judge, State of Oregon, Portland, 1970-1971, 76-78. Adjunct Professor Lewis & Clark University Law School, Portland, 1978-1980, member standing committee, 1972-1990. Member Executive Committee National Conference State Trial Judges, 1980-1991.

Achievements

• Bar: Oregon 1948, United States District Court Oregon 1949, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1959, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1962.

Membership

Member Oregon Legislature, 1952-1954. Republican nominee for Congress, 1956. Chairman Oregon Republican Central Committee, 1962-1964.

Advisory board Portland Salvation Army, since 1976. Member board overseers Lewis and Clark College, 1972-1990. Fellow American Bar Foundation.

Member American Bar Association (chairman judicial immunity committee judicial administration division 1982-1990, member commission on standards judicial administration division 1973-1977, chairman conference state trial judges 1990-1991, HBH Communications on State Justice Initiatives 1994-1998, chairman judicial administration division 1994-1995), Oregon Bar Association (board governors 1961-1964), Multnomah County Bar Association (president 1959), American Judicature Society, Oregon Circuit Judges Association (president 1988-1989), University Portland Alumni Association (president 1967), Lewis and Clark College Alumni Association (press 1974-1976, 80-81), Multnomah Law Library. Association (board directors), City Club, University Club, Masons, Shriners, Rotary, B'nai B'rith, Delta Theta Phi.

Connections

Married Ida Lorraine Thomas, February 22, 1957 (divorced 1977). Children: Phillip Joseph, David William. Married Allison Blake Ramsey, February 14, 1978 (divorced 1994).

Father:

Harry William Roth

Mother:

Minnie Alice (Segel) Roth

Spouse:

Ida Lorraine Thomas

Spouse:

Allison Blake Ramsey

child:

David William Roth

child:

Phillip Joseph Roth