13 Facts About Richard Unis

Richard L Unis was an American attorney in the state of Oregon.

Richard Unis was the 89th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.

Richard Unis was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, attending Franklin High School.

In 1953, Unis graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene, Oregon.

In 1968 Richard Unis began serving as a municipal court judge for Portland, remaining at that position until 1971.

That year the court was merged with the county district court where Richard Unis would serve until 1976.

In January 1977 Richard Unis was appointed to the state circuit court.

On February 1,1990, Unis was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by Governor Neil Goldschmidt to replace the retiring Hans A Linde.

Richard Unis then won a full six-year term later in 1990, but resigned on June 30,1996 before completing that term.

Richard Unis retired from the Supreme Court in order to take a position overseeing the settlement of a class action lawsuit against Louisiana-Pacific for problems with their siding material.

In October 2003, Richard Unis helped finalize the settlement in the Louisiana-Pacific siding lawsuits as a special master appointed by the court.

Richard Unis died on February 10,2016, at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham, Oregon, at the age of 87.

Richard Unis had lived in Clackamas County along the Sandy River for more than thirty years at his death.