Federal Judge
President Bill Clinton nominated her to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon vacated by James A. Redden in November 1995, and again on January 7, 1997. Aiken was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 28, 1998, receiving her commission on February 4, 1998. On February 1, 2009, she became chief judge of the court, the first woman to hold that position on the Oregon court.
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