Hon. David V.  Brewer Chief Judge Oregon Court of Appeals, Salem Hon. David V. Brewer, Chief Judge, Oregon Court of Appeals, Salem; B.S., California State University at Sonoma (1974); J.D., University of Oregon School of Law (1977); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1977; appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1999 by Gov. John Kitzhaber; former Lane County Circuit Court Judge; member, ABA, Lane County Bar Association, University of Oregon Law School Board of Visitors, Indigent Defense Services Committee, and the Oregon Appellate Judges Association.