Albin W. Norblad

Albin Walter Norblad III (born 1939) is an attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon, and a sitting judge of the Oregon Circuit Court for the 3rd judicial district, in Marion County at Salem. His current term expires January 1 2013.cite web
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title = Circuit Court Judges by District
work = Oregon Blue Book (Online)
publisher = Oregon Secretary of State
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title = Marion County Circuit Court: Judges and Judicial Staff
work = Oregon Judicial Department (Official website)
publisher = Oregon Judicial Department
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accessdate = 2006-12-14 ] He bears the name of his father, A. Walter Norblad, and his grandfather, A. W. Norblad, both prominent Oregon attorneys and politicians.

Norblad holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon and a law degree from the Willamette University College of Law. Before becoming a state court judge, he had served as a municipal court judge and a deputy district attorney.cite web
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title = Adoption case judge focuses on law
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His lengthy career as a jurist has included a number of controversial and high profile cases, including a 1994 decision upholding a state law banning enforcement of local anti-gay rights ordinances. As a juvenile court judge during the 1970s, Norblad made hundreds of unpopular decisions, reportedly sending more youths to MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility than any other judge in the state.cite web
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The judge was disciplined by the Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability in 2002 with a thirty-day suspension following a drunk driving incident, an action which was upheld on appeal to the state Supreme Court.cite web
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title = Decision: In re The Honorable Albin W. Norblad (CJFD 00-010; SC S48522)
work = Oregon Judicial Department Appellate Court Opinions
publisher = Oregon Judicial Department
date = 2002
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