Susan Pia Graber (born 1949) is an American attorney and jurist. She is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A native of Oklahoma, she was the 90th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1990 to 1998. She served on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1988 to 1990.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 238/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1998–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Supreme Court of OregonAssociate justice · 1990–1998
- Oregon Court of Appeals, Department 3Presiding judge · 1988–1990
- Private practice, Portland, Oregon1978–1988
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio1975–1978
- Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico1974–1975
Legal Division, New Mexico Bureau of RevenueAssistant attorney general · 1972–1974
Appointments
1998–2021 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1972- Wellesley CollegeB.A. · 1969