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# Anna M Joyce

Oregon Court of Appeals · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
- State: Oregon
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## 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

### electronic devices recording

Scope: statewide

Oregon OJD guidance under UTCR 3.180 requires advance permission from the judge or court designee before electronic notes, courtroom recording, or electronic transmission from the courtroom.

Evidence excerpt: you need advance permission from the judge or court designee before you

[Oregon Judicial Department: Media Coverage at the Courts](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/news/pages/covering-courts.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### recording limits

Scope: statewide

Oregon OJD guidance lists proceedings and materials where recording is not allowed, including juvenile cases, many family-law cases, voir dire, private conversations, jurors, and recesses.

Evidence excerpt: Recording is never allowed for

[Oregon Judicial Department: Media Coverage at the Courts](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/news/pages/covering-courts.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote hearing platform

Scope: statewide

Oregon OJD states that remote hearings use Webex and that the court provides case participants with the link to join the hearing.

Evidence excerpt: The court uses Webex to host these remote hearings and will provide case participants with the link to join the hearing.

[Oregon Judicial Department: Remote Hearings](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/services/online/Pages/RemoteHearings.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote public access

Scope: statewide

Oregon OJD explains that eligible remote hearings may be live-streamed for public viewing through Webex Events, subject to limitations and court access instructions.

Evidence excerpt: If the remote hearing is eligible for public viewing, it will be live-streamed through Webex Events

[Oregon Judicial Department: Remote Hearings](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/services/online/Pages/RemoteHearings.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### livestream access

Scope: statewide

Oregon OJD publishes live stream access instructions and states that live streaming begins shortly before scheduled proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: Live streaming of proceedings begins approximately five minutes before the scheduled proceeding time.

[Oregon Judicial Department: Live Stream Proceedings](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/services/online/Pages/live-stream.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/Pages/judges.aspx)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/Pages/judges.aspx)
- [Oregon Judicial Department official judicial roster](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/Pages/judges.aspx)
- [Oregon Judicial Department: Media Coverage at the Courts](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/news/pages/covering-courts.aspx)
- [Oregon Judicial Department: Remote Hearings](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/services/online/Pages/RemoteHearings.aspx)
- [Oregon Judicial Department: Live Stream Proceedings](https://www.courts.oregon.gov/services/online/Pages/live-stream.aspx)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- In June 2026, The Times‐Journal reported that Joyce led a three‐judge panel that reversed a lower court’s finding of gross negligence by PacifiCorp in the 2020 Labor Day wildfires
- Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon Solicitor General (2012–2015)

### Education

- University of Oregon — J.D. (2001)
- Bachelor’s degree — University of Oregon (1996), plus a Public Management certificate — Willamette University (1998)

### Additional information

- She joined her current position in 2021 and re‐elected in the November 8, 2022 general election
- Anna M. Joyce is a nonpartisan judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals, serving as Position 11 from January 19, 2021, until her term ends January 1, 2029
- In 2022, Joyce ran for re‐election as Position 11 judge
- Plaintiffs in the case have moved to disqualify her, arguing that her past representation creates an appearance of impropriety and that she should have recused herself Joyce has declined to comment due to pending litigation, and the decision on recusal would first be hers, then, if needed, by Chief Judge Erin Lagesen
- The report noted that Joyce had represented PacifiCorp in private practice for years
- One of thirteen judges on the Oregon Court of Appeals, the state’s intermediate appellate court
- PacifiCorp has called the disqualification motion “baseless