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Hon. Timothy Gerking
Baker County (OR), Oregon
Hon. Timothy Gerking has presided over 1,584 cases in our database. View their complete ruling history and outcome statistics below.
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</p><p><b>Timothy Gerking</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>. He was appointed by Governor <a href="/Ted_Kulongoski" title="Ted Kulongoski">Ted Kulongoski</a> in <a href="/C2010#December" class="mw-redirect" title="C2010">December of 2010</a> to replace retired Judge <a href="/Raymond_White_(Oregon)" title="Raymond White (Oregon)">Raymond White</a>. His date of swearing-in was <a href="/C2011#January" class="mw-redirect" title="C2011">January 7, 2011</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ashland_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ashland-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="2012_election">2012 election</span></h2>
<p>Gerking ran unopposed and was re-elected in the May 15th primary.<sup id="cite_ref-ref12_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref12-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon_judicial_elections,_2012" title="Oregon judicial elections, 2012">Oregon judicial elections, 2012</a></i></dd></dl>
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<p>Gerking received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from Arizona State University Law School.<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>Gerking has spent his career in private practice.<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>Co-Chair, Campaign for Equal Justice</li>
<li>Former Vice President, Oregon State Bar Board of Governors</li>
<li>Past President, Medford Rotary Club<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 target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/P2010/press_122710.shtml">Oregon Office of the Governor, Press Release: "Governor Kulongoski announces appointments to Jackson County Circuit Court," December 27, 2010</a></li></ul>
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