Rives Kistler

Rives Kistler
Kistler in 2009
97th Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
In office
August 15, 2003 – December 31, 2018
Appointed byTed Kulongoski
Preceded bySusan M. Leeson
Succeeded byChristopher L. Garrett
Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals
In office
1999–2003
Appointed byJohn Kitzhaber
Preceded byR. William Riggs
Succeeded byDarleen Ortega
Personal details
Born1949 (age 74–75)
EducationWilliams College
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Georgetown University
Websiteriveskistler.org

Rives Kistler (born 1949) is an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. After college and law school on the East Coast, he moved to Oregon where he worked in private practice before joining the Oregon Department of Justice. Kistler then joined the Oregon Court of Appeals before appointment to the Oregon Supreme Court in 2003.