Hon. Kelly W. Ravassipour

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#2014"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a></li>
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<b>Kelly Ravassipour</b> is a judge on the <a href="/Jackson_County_Circuit_Court,_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson County Circuit Court, Oregon">Jackson County Circuit Court</a> in <a href="/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>, which is located in the state's <a href="/Oregon_1st_Judicial_District" title="Oregon 1st Judicial District">1st Judicial District</a>. She was appointed to this position by Gov. <a href="/Judges_appointed_by_John_Kitzhaber" title="Judges appointed by John Kitzhaber">John Kitzhaber</a> in September 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-appoint_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appoint-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr-2">[2]</a></sup> She was re-elected in 2014, winning a new term that expires on January 3, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-candidate2014_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate2014-4">[4]</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>
Ravassipour ran for re-election to the <a href="/Oregon_1st_Judicial_District" title="Oregon 1st Judicial District">Oregon Circuit Court, 1st Judicial District</a>.<br><b>General</b>: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
<sup id="cite_ref-candidate2014_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate2014-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014results_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014results-5">[5]</a></sup>&nbsp;
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Ravassipour received her undergraduate degree from Willamette University and her <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the University of Oregon.<sup id="cite_ref-pr_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>Ravassipour began her career working for the <a href="/Alaska_Superior_Court" title="Alaska Superior Court">Alaska Superior Court</a>. She then worked for the Oregon law firm of <i>Frohnmayer, Deatherage, Jamieson, Moore, Armosino and McGovern</i> until 2003. That year, she joined the Southern Oregon Public Defender’s Office, where she served until her judicial appointment in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-pr_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards_and_associations">Awards and associations</span></h2>
<ul><li>Volunteer, Legal Aid</li>
<li>Coordinator, Annual Rogue Run Half-Marathon</li>
<li>Volunteer, Classroom Law Project<sup id="cite_ref-pr_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr-2">[2]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/Oregon_1st_Judicial_District" title="Oregon 1st Judicial District">Oregon 1st Judicial District</a></li>
<li><a href="/Jackson_County,_Oregon_(Judicial)" title="Jackson County, Oregon (Judicial)">Jackson County, Oregon</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Oregon" title="Judicial selection in Oregon">Judicial selection in Oregon</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.oregon.gov/jackson/Pages/index.aspx"><i>Jackson County Circuit Court website</i>, "Welcome to Oregon's 1st Judicial District," accessed May 30, 2014</a></li></ul>
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</p><p><a href="/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit">Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals</a> • U.S. District Court: <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Oregon" title="United States District Court for the District of Oregon">District of Oregon</a> • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: <a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_District_of_Oregon" title="United States bankruptcy court, District of Oregon">District of Oregon</a>
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