Ancer L. Haggerty

Ancer Lee Haggerty (born August 26, 1944) is a senior district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. At the time of his nomination to the federal bench by President Clinton in 1993, he was serving as an Oregon circuit court judge. He graduated University of Oregon with a B.S. in 1967, and after service in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1970, entered Hastings College of Law of the University of California, earning a J.D. in 1973. After four years in the Metropolitan Public Defenders office in Portland, Oregon he entered private practice. He served as chief judge of the court from 2002 until 2009.