Jacqueline S. Kamins is on the ballot for Oregon Court of Appeals Judge, Position 9, in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election. The race is nonpartisan.
Kamins has held the Position 9 seat since Jan. 17, 2020, when Gov. Kate Brown appointed her to replace Judge Erika L. Hadlock, according to Ballotpedia. She is certified for the November ballot, according to BallotReady.
Candidate information
Office sought: Oregon Court of Appeals Judge, Position 9
Party: Nonpartisan
Education: Bachelor's degree from Columbia University (1997); juris doctor from the University of Virginia (2002), according to BallotReady
Experience and public service
Before joining the bench, Kamins built a legal career spanning nearly two decades in public service, private practice and academia.
She began as a judicial clerk for Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2002 to 2003, according to her Oregon Voter's Pamphlet statement. She then worked as an associate at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP from 2004 to 2006, Kamins said in the same statement.
According to BallotReady, Kamins served as an assistant attorney general at the Oregon Department of Justice from 2006 to 2015. She then worked as an assistant county attorney at Multnomah County from 2015 to 2019, also according to BallotReady.
During that stretch, she also taught as an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark Law School from 2009 to 2019, according to BallotReady. She worked at the Portland law firm Markowitz Herbold PC from 2019 to 2020 before her appointment to the appeals court, according to the same source.
Kamins said in her voter's pamphlet statement that she served as president of the Federal Bar Association's Oregon Chapter in 2020.
Volunteer work, as stated by Kamins in her voter's pamphlet entry:
- Volunteer facilitator, Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families, 2013 to present
- Shelter volunteer, Path Home, 2018 to present
- Volunteer drama club instructor, ACCESS Academy, 2022 to present
Kamins listed volunteer roles spanning more than a decade in her pamphlet statement. Her work with the Dougy Center, a Portland-based organization that supports grieving children and families, dates to 2013, according to the statement.
The Oregon Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court. Voters across Oregon will see Position 9 on their Nov. 3 ballot.
Beaverton Beat's candidate questionnaire was sent to Jacqueline S. Kamins campaign. No response was received as of Oct. 8, 2026. The policy positions below are drawn from his public campaign website and public records.
