Joshua K Marquis

Joshua Marquis is the Director of Legal Affairs and co-chair of the National Law Enforcement Council for Animal Wellness Action, a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing cruelty to animals by promoting, enacting, and enforcing good public policies.

He was District Attorney of Clatsop County from March 1994 until December 2018, being re-elected 6 times.

He was appointed a Circuit Judge Pro Tem by the Oregon Supreme Court for a term from October 2019 through September 2022.

A graduate of the University of Oregon Honors School and UofO School of Law, Marquis spent 12 years as a Deputy DA and Chief Deputy DA in Eugene, Newport, and Bend before being appointed DA in Clatsop County, where he was active in both the National and the Oregon District Attorney's Association, as well as the International Association of Prosecutors, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and the National Law Enforcement Council of the Humane Society of the United States.

After graduating from law school Marquis was a reporter and columnist for America's largest legal daily newspaper, the LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL and thereafter served as speechwriter and Special Asst. to California Attorney General John Van de Kamp.

He writes and speaks frequently on matters of criminal justice and the nature of the relationship between popular culture and the law.

University of Oregon School of Law

J.D. (1980) | Law

1977 - 1980

University of Oregon

B.A. (1977) | Political Science

1970 - 1977

Honors: Honors College

Director of Legal Affairs and Law Enforcement

Animal Wellness Action

2019 - Current

District Attorney

Clatsop County DA's Office

1994 - 2018

Appointed once, elected 7 times

Chief Deputy District Attorney

Deschutes County District Attorney

1990 - 1994

Deputy DA, Chief Deputy DA

Lincoln County District Attorneys Office

1985 - 1989

Special Assistant to the Attorney General

California Department of Justice

1983 - 1985

President's Award

National District Attorneys Association

2010

For Outstanding Service to America's Prosecutors

William J. Schaefer Award

Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation (AGACL)

2006

For Career Advocacy in Capital Litigation

Jolene Malone Aggressiove Enforcement Award

Animal Legal Defense Fund

1995

Given for work prosecuting animal hoarder Vicki Kittles

Oregon State Bar  # 810189

Member

1981 - Current

National District Attorneys Association

Vice President

1997 - 2019

Activities: State Director, various committee chairs, member of Executive Committee for 7 years

Oregon District Attorney Association

President, 2001

1981 - 2018

Oregon

Oregon State Bar

ID Number: 810189

9th Circuit

Since 1981

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2005