--- title: "Jolie A. Russo | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jolie-a-russo-oregon-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Jolie A. Russo U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon - State: Oregon - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Since 2004, Judge Russo has been an adjunct law professor at the University of Oregon School of Law and at Lewis & Clark Law School - United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, appointed on February 25, 2016 following the retirement of Magistrate Thomas Coffin - Staff Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office - District of Oregon, 1988–2016-02 - Assistant Professor, Lewis and Clark Law School, 2006–2008 - Assistant Professor, Univ. of Oregon - School of Law, from 2004 - Summer Associate, Bullivant, Houser, Bailey LLP - Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (to Otto Skopil) - Official court page: /judge-russo Oregon U.S. District Court - The fourth woman to serve as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the District of Oregon - Before joining the federal bench, Judge Russo had 28 years of service with the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, first as a staff attorney to Judge James Redden and later as senior staff attorney to Judge Ann Aiken. ### Education - Lewis & Clark College — J.D. (1988) - Lewis & Clark College — Psychology — B.S. (1980) - Lewis & Clark College — Sociology — B.S. (1980) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, D. Oregon, 2016-present - She also served 10 years as chairwoman of the Citizen Review Board Panel for the Oregon Supreme Court - Judge Russo expects most civil cases to be resolved within 18 months of filing, encourages targeted summary judgment motions, and requires formal motion practice for discovery disputes - She is active in professional organizations such as the Federal Bar Association, Oregon Women Lawyers, and Multnomah County Bar Association, and has volunteered with the Portland Women’s Crisis Center and other community groups ## 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.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=101) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=101) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=101) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9497/jolie-a-russo/) - [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/9497/jolie-a-russo/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Jolie A. Russo](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9497/jolie-a-russo/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Jolie A. Russo](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jolie-a-russo-oregon-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jolie-a-russo-oregon-us-magistrate", "name": "Jolie A. Russo | KnowJudges", "description": "Jolie A. Russo, 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-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.