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Biography
Roger DeHoog (born 1965 or 1966) is an American lawyer and judge from Oregon who is a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. He served as a judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals from 2016 to 2022.
Education
DeHoog received his Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and his Juris Doctor from the University of Oregon School of Law.
Legal career
DeHoog served as a public defender in Deschutes County, Oregon, from 1993 to 2000. He was in private practice in Bend from 2000 to 2007. From 2007 to 2016, he served in the special litigation unit of the Oregon Department of Justice.
Judicial career
From 2012 to 2015, DeHoog served as a judge of the Deschutes County Circuit Court. He was then appointed to the Oregon Court of Appeals in 2015.
Appointment to Oregon Supreme Court
On January 19, 2022, governor Kate Brown appointed DeHoog to be a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Lynn Nakamoto. He is the second Asian Pacific American to be appointed to the supreme court.