George Manley Joseph (1930–2003) was the chief judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1981 to 1992.
[1] He graduated from Reed College and the University of Chicago Law School,[2] and practiced law in the U.S. state of Oregon, representing business and corporate clients,[3] until Governor Robert W. Straub appointed him to the bench in 1977.
He was named Chief Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals in 1981.
[4] Joseph served as a faculty member at a number of law schools and as a trustee of Reed.
Joseph was a distant relative of noted attorney, state senator, and gubernatorial nominee George W. Joseph.