James T. Brand

James Tenney Brand (October 9, 1886 – February 28, 1964) was the 31st Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving in that role from 1951 to 1953.

[1] Brand was then appointed as a Circuit Judge in Marshfield, Oregon, located in the southwestern section of the state.

The trial began in March 1947[8] with Brand as a member of a three-person Military Tribunal, but on June 19, 1947, he became the Presiding Judge when Carrington T. Marshall resigned for health reasons.

[5] After retiring from the court Brand became a professor at Stetson University College of Law in Florida.

[2] He was survived by his wife Irene Morley and his son Col. Thomas Brand who served in the Judge Advocate General Corps.