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Jury Service - Contact Information
The case management policies shaped by the Presiding Judge, or the judges assigned to the various chief judge positions, are given effect by the Office of the Trial Court Administrator and its staff. Often questions regarding usual practices before the Court can be answered by a phone call to the appropriate section of the Presiding Judge’s Office or the Court Administrator's Office. During the current budgetary conditions, phone hours are less than business hours for operations divisions including the circuit court file room. These hours are subject to change as the circuit court is required to cut staff positions to comply with declining funding for its daily operations.
The following list of sections and numbers may be helpful in securing information (pdf 270 KB)
Court business hours (pdf 18 KB)
Holidays on which the court will be closed (pdf 217 KB)

The goal of the Office of the Trial Court Administrator is to provide service, within the limits of its resources, to the members of the court, the bar and the public. If you wish to discuss any matter regarding the level of services provided, please call the Court Administrator at 503.988.3957.

Locations for Circuit Court Proceedings
The circuit court serves the people of Multnomah County from four locations: Juvenile Justice Center, the Gresham Branch, the adult Justice Center, and the main courthouse in downtown Portland.

The mailing address for the downtown courthouse is:

Multnomah County Courthouse 1021 SW Fourth Avenue Portland, OR 97204-1123 General Information Phone:   503.988.3957

Addresses for other court locations are as follows:

Justice Center Third Floor 1120 SW Third Avenue Portland, Oregon** General Information Phone:   503.988.3641
Juvenile Justice Center 1401 NE 68th Street Portland, OR 97213 General Information Phone:   503.988.3022	Gresham Justice Center 150 W Powell Blvd Gresham, OR 97030 General Information Phone:   503.988.3199

**Mail for judges or referees assigned to these facilities should not be sent to the address for the facility, but rather to the main courthouse.

Most civil, criminal and domestic relations actions are heard in the downtown courthouse, located at 1021 SW Fourth Avenue. The downtown courthouse was built in stages between 1911 and 1914 as the seat of county government.
A 1991 study of the courthouse had this to say about the structure   (pdf 218 KB)

CourtCare
Instead of witnessing adult conflict, hearing harsh words and seeing potentially disturbing scenes, small children, age 6 weeks to 5 years, can play in safe and supportive environment of CourtCare.
CourtCare is available at no cost to parents who are doing business in the Multnomah County Courthouse, Justice Center, and Dispute Resolution Department in the Portland Building. Open from 8:30am to 4:30pm, located on the second floor of the Multnomah County Courthouse, CourtCare is operated with the nurturing and developmentally appropriate care provided by the Volunteers of America Oregon CourtCare staff. Parents, please note:
Children are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. You must remain in the designated building(s) while your child is in care and you will need to pick up your child during your lunch break, as lunch is not provided.
For more information and availability, please contact:
Cynthean Swanson
CourtCare Program Coordinator
Phone: 503.988.4334
Email: cswanson@voaor.org

More than 1,000 people give money to support CourtCare. If you would like to be one of them and/or to learn more about CourtCare, please contact:
Multnomah Bar Foundation
Phone: 503.222.3275
http://www.mbabar.org/