Garr Michael King was a lawyer and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
11 Facts About Garr King
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Garr King moved to Salt Lake City, Utah at a young age and served in the Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957 after high school.
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Garr King was a Deputy district attorney of District Attorney's Office Multnomah County, Oregon from 1963 to 1966.
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Garr King was in private practice of law in Portland, Oregon at Morrison and Bailey from 1966 to 1973.
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Garr King was president of the Multnomah Bar Association from 1975 to 1976.
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Garr King was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
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Garr King was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 27,1998, and received commission on April 30,1998.
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Garr King assumed senior status on January 30,2009, and was succeeded by Judge Marco A Hernandez.
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Garr King presided over the trial of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a Somali-American student arrested by the FBI in a 2010 sting, after he tried to set off what he thought was a bomb at a tree-lighting ceremony at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland.
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Garr King presided over the lawsuit filed by Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation of Oregon, based in Ashland, against the US Treasury Department.
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Garr King ruled in favor of Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, saying that it failed to receive adequate notice of the characterization and did not have a chance to challenge it.