Hon. Cynthia L. Beaman

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</p><p><b>Cynthia L. Beaman</b> is a judge on the <a href="/Oregon_15th_Judicial_District" title="Oregon 15th Judicial District">15th Judicial District</a> in <a href="/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>. She was appointed to the court by Governor Ted Kulongoski in 2007 and elected to a full-term in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1">[1]</a></sup> She was re-elected in May 2014 for a term that expires on January 3, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014results_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014results-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Oregon judicial elections, 2014">Oregon judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Beaman ran for re-election to the <a href="/Oregon_15th_Judicial_District" title="Oregon 15th Judicial District">Oregon Circuit Court, 15th Judicial District</a>.<br><b>Primary:</b> She was elected in the primary on May 20, 2014, receiving 64.9 percent of the vote.&nbsp;She competed against <a href="/Shala_McKenzie_Kudlac" title="Shala McKenzie Kudlac">Shala McKenzie Kudlac</a>.<br>
<sup id="cite_ref-candidate2014_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate2014-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014results_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014results-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Beaman received her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and her <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.<sup id="cite_ref-submit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-submit-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>Prior to joining the court, Beaman was a sole practitioner.<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards_and_associations">Awards and associations</span></h2>
<ul><li>Oregon State Bar</li>
<li>California State Bar<sup id="cite_ref-submit_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-submit-5">[5]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/Coos_County,_Oregon_(Judicial)" title="Coos County, Oregon (Judicial)">Coos County, Oregon</a></li>
<li><a href="/Curry_County,_Oregon_(Judicial)" title="Curry County, Oregon (Judicial)">Curry County, Oregon</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.judgebeaman.com/"><i>Cynthia L. Beaman campaign website</i></a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-about-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">? ^{<a href="#cite_ref-about_1-0"><span class="cite-accessibility-label">Jump up to: </span>1.0</a>} ^{<a href="#cite_ref-about_1-1">1.1</a>}</span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20140324131117/http://www.judgebeaman.com/about/"><i>Judge Cynthia L. Beaman campaign website</i>, "About," archived March 24, 2014</a></span>
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