Martha Lee Walters

Martha Lee Walters (born October 23, 1950) is an American labor attorney and who served as the 43rd chief justice of Oregon from 2018 to 2022; she was a member of the court from 2006 to 2022.

A native of Michigan, she worked on the Casey Martin lawsuit against the PGA Tour while in private legal practice.

[2] After high school she attended the University of Michigan, where she graduated in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

[7][8] In June 2018, Walters was elected as chief justice of Oregon by her colleagues on the Supreme Court, and replaced Thomas A. Balmer in that role effective July 1, 2018.

[10][11] Walters is married to John VanLandingham IV,[12] a low-income housing advocate and mobile home-housing specialist.