[4] From 2011 to 2016, Forrest taught Advanced Civil Procedure as an adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School.

[4] On November 9, 2017, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced the appointment of Forrest to the Washington County Circuit Court to the seat vacated by Suzanne M. Upton, effective immediately.

Forrest was one of four individuals recommended for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by Oregon's two U.S.

[6] Wyden and Merkley had both opposed Ryan Bounds, President Donald Trump's previous nominee to the Ninth Circuit seat, but agreed to turn in their blue slips for Forrest.

She was nominated to fill the seat vacated by Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, who assumed senior status on December 31, 2016.