Legal Career
After returning from the war, Campbell returned to Oregon and began legal practice in Eastern Oregon’s Grant County until 1965. That year he was appointed to Oregon’s 11th Judicial District for the circuit court, and subsequently won election to the post in 1966. Campbell won re-election in 1972 and 1978.
On March 19, 1979, Campbell was appointed to the Oregon Court of Appeals by Oregon Governor Victor G. Atiyeh to replace Lee Johnson who had resigned. Campbell won a full six-year term later that year and then resigned from the court on November 30, 1980. He resigned to join the Oregon Supreme Court when Governor Atiyeh appointed him to replace Edward H. Howell on December 1, 1980. While on the court, Campbell was known as the quietest justice during oral arguments. Campbell won election to a full term in 1982 and resigned at the end of his term on December 31, 1988 after not seeking re-election.
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