--- title: "Ancer Lee Haggerty | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ancer-lee-haggerty" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Ancer Lee Haggerty U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon - State: Oregon - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - law clerk, 1973-present - Federal Service: U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (1994–2014), Chief Judge 2002–2009 - Judge, District Court, D. Oregon, 1994-2009 - Judge, Oregon Circuit Court, Multnomah County, 1990-1993 - He held the role of a judge in Multnomah County District Court (1989–1990) and Multnomah County Circuit Court (1990–1993) - Judge, Oregon District Court, Multnomah County, 1989-1990 - He then practiced law in Portland from 1977 to 1988, becoming a partner in a major firm - Also the first African American partner in a major Portland law firm - American judge and the first African American to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon - He later held the role of a Marine recruiting officer in Portland ### Education - University of California Hastings College of the — J.D. (1973) - University of California College of the Law, San Francisco ### Additional information - He took senior status on August 26, 2009, and inactive senior status in late 2014 - received his commission on March 28, 1994. - On November 19, 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Haggerty to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, replacing Owen M. Panner. - Private practice, Portland, OR, 1977-1988 - After military service, he worked as a law clerk and staff attorney for the Metropolitan Public Defender in Portland (1973–1977). - He then served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1967 to 1970, including deployment to Vietnam, where he was severely wounded and awarded the Silver Star for leadership during a counterattack. - He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1967 with a B.S. in general social science, playing football as an offensive guard and defensive tackle. - His father died of tuberculosis in 1947, and the family later moved to northeast Portland after the 1948 Vanport flood. - Born August 26, 1944, in Vanport, Oregon. - Date of birth: 1944-01-01 - Recognized for his intelligence, fairness, legal knowledge, memory, and direct approach to legal matters. - Notable: First African American federal judge in Oregon ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1381616) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1381616) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1381616) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1316/ancer-lee-haggerty/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1316/ancer-lee-haggerty/) - [Wikidata: Ancer L. Haggerty](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4752548) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ancer-lee-haggerty", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ancer-lee-haggerty", "name": "Ancer Lee Haggerty | KnowJudges", "description": "Ancer Lee Haggerty, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.