Hon. Katherine E. Tennyson Chief Probate Judge Multnomah County Circuit Court, Portland Hon. Katherine E. Tennyson, Chief Probate Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court, Portland; B.A., Duke University (1981); J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School (1984); member of the Oregon and Washington State Bars since 1984; has served in the Family Law Department since 2002 hearing cases involving probate and protective proceedings, dissolutions, custody, parenting time, support enforcement, domestic violence, juvenile delinquency and dependency, termination of parental rights and probate; is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and serves as the Chair of the NCJFCJ Family Violence Department Advisory Committee.