David V. Brewer (born 1951) is an American lawyer and judge, who served as a justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court
The Oregon Supreme Court (OSC) is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States.Rebecca Duncan.
Brewer was the
Chief Judge
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of the
Oregon Court of Appeals
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from 2004 to 2012. He was a judge on the Lane County Circuit Court from 1994 to 2000.
Brewer graduated from the
University of Oregon School of Law
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in 1977. He was an attorney and partner at Lombard, Gardner, Honsowetz & Brewer in Eugene, Oregon, from 1978 to 1993, and President of the Lane County Bar Association from 1991 to 1992.