Biography
The Honorable Susan P. Graber was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1998 by President Clinton. She assumed senior status in 2021 and continues to carry a heavy caseload. Previously she served on the Oregon Court of Appeals (1988–90) and the Oregon Supreme Court (1990–98). Judge Graber practiced law from 1972 to 1988, in New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon, concentrating primarily in employment law, general civil litigation, and appeals. Judge Graber received her B.A. phi beta kappa from Wellesley College in 1969 and her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1972.
Judge Graber has been a frequent moot court judge and has lectured and written on a wide range of legal subjects. She also has served on numerous committees, including the Rules of Practice and Procedure Committee, and the Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee, of the Judicial Conference of the United States. Presently she is a member of the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit. In 2000 Judge Graber chaired the American Bar Association’s Committee on Appellate Practice and, in 2001, received Yale’s Tercentenary “For Country” Award in Oregon. A long-standing member of the American Law Institute, she serves as an Adviser to the current project to develop a Restatement of the Law of Election Litigation.
