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Sep 23, 1928 Portland, Oregon, United States Died on 03 Oct 2018 (aged 90)
American judge
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About Hollie Pihl
- Holger Mathew Pihl, Jr.
- (September 23, 1928 – October 3, 2018) was the Circuit Court Judge of Washington County, Oregon until 1995, and then a Senior Judge until his retirement in 2005.
- Appointed to the court by Oregon Governor Tom McCall in 1976, Pihl was described as an intellectual known for his countless stories that wove their ways into his rulings, often turning sentences into teachable moments for those on trial. Pihl was born in Portland, Oregon.
- He attended the James John Grade School and later Roosevelt High School in St.
- Johns, Oregon.
- He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1950 and went on to obtain his law degree from Northwestern Law School in Chicago in 1954.
- Pihl founded his own law practice in 1955, and soon after found a love for politics that would guide his future career ambitions. In 1959, Pihl ran as a Republican for the Oregon House of Representatives, and lost to Republican nominee Vic Atiyeh, who would later go on to serve as the 32nd Governor of Oregon.
- In 1960, Pihl ran for District Attorney of Washington County and won, staying in that position until Governor Tom McCall appointed him to District Court Judge in 1968, and to Circuit Court Judge in 1979.
- Pihl served on the court in his position as Circuit Court Judge until 1995, when he elected to stay on as a Senior Judge until his retirement in 2005.
