David Schuman

David Schuman
Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals
Incumbent
Assumed office 2001
Preceded by	Paul De Muniz
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 66–67) Glencoe, Illinois

David Schuman (born 1944) is a Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals, having been appointed to the post in 2001.^[1][2]

Born in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe, Illinois,^[1] Schuman came in second in the North American speed skating finals in the 220 yard competition at the age of 17.^[2] He received a high school diploma from New Trier High School in 1962, a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Stanford University in 1966.^[1][2] He entered the University of California, Hastings College of the Law but dropped out after six weeks,^[2] instead enrolling in San Francisco State University, where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1968.^[1]

After leaving San Francisco State, he taught English at Santa Clara University.^[2] He left Santa Clara after two years to return to his native Illinois and was given a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Chicago in 1974.^[1] He returned to California to teach literature at Deep Springs College but left teaching in 1981 to go to law school, receiving a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1984.^[1][2] After leaving the University of Oregon School of Law, Schuman clerked for Oregon Supreme Court Justice Hans A. Linde from 1984 to 1985.^[1][2]

He then became an Assistant Attorney General in the Appellate Division of the Oregon Department of Justice from 1985 to 1987. He left the Justice Department in 1987 to teach law at the University of Oregon School of Law and was the school's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1994 to 1996. He left the University of Oregon School of Law in 1997 to become Deputy Attorney General. In 2001, he again left the Justice Department to return to teaching at the University of Oregon School of Law. He left the school again later that year having been appointed to the Oregon Court of Appeals.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "The Honorable David Schuman". Court of Appeals – Oregon Judicial Department. http://courts.oregon.gov/COA/judgebios/schumanbio.page. Retrieved April 8, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Jeff Chicoine (October 2005). "Judge David Schuman". Multnomah Lawyer (Multnomah Bar Association). http://www.mbabar.org/judgeprofile-SchumanDavid.htm. 

Legal offices
Preceded by Paul De Muniz	Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals March 19, 2001–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Schuman, David
Alternative names
Short description	Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals
Date of birth	1944
Place of birth	Glencoe, Illinois
Date of death
Place of death