| Amy M. Baggio | |
| Office: | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon |
| Term Start: | August 22, 2024 |
| Appointer: | Joe Biden |
| Predecessor: | Marco A. Hernandez |
| Office1: | Judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court |
| Term Start1: | March 19, 2019 |
| Term End1: | August 22, 2024 |
| Appointer1: | Kate Brown |
| Predecessor1: | Marilyn Litzenberger |
| Successor1: | Jeff Auxier |
| Birth Name: | Amy Margaret Baggio |
| Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education: | Wake Forest University (BA) Lewis & Clark College (JD) |
Amy Margaret Baggio (born 1973)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon since 2024. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, prior to appointment to the bench, she had a career in criminal defense, including as a federal public defender. She also previously served as a judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court from 2019 to 2024.
Baggio received a Bachelor of Arts in speech communication, cum laude, in 1995 from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.[2] [3]
Baggio was born in Pittsburgh. From 2001 to 2002, Baggio served as a staff attorney in the Portland Office of the Metropolitan Public Defender. From 2002 to 2005, she served as a research and writing attorney and then from 2005 to 2012 as an assistant federal public defender, both within the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon. From 2013 to 2019, she worked as a sole practitioner at her own criminal law defense firm, Baggio Law, also in Portland. On March 19, 2019, Governor Kate Brown appointed Baggio to serve as a judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Marilyn Litzenberger.[4]
On June 1, 2023, Baggio was one of six names U.S. senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley submitted to the White House. On November 15, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Baggio to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. On November 27, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Baggio to the seat being vacated by Judge Marco A. Hernandez, who subsequently assumed senior status on August 21, 2024.[10]
On December 13, 2023, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[11] On January 3, 2024, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate[12] and she was renominated on January 8, 2024.[13] On January 18, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–9 vote.[14] [15] On February 6, 2024, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 54–43 vote.[16] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 54–44 vote.[17] She received her judicial commission on August 22, 2024, and was sworn in the next day.[18]