Walter John Cosgrave was born in Angels Camp, California, in 1910. He grew up in Calaveras County, where his father was sheriff, and his family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1922. He graduated from the University of California San Francisco in 1932. In 1935, he and Virginia B. Moriarty were married; they later had two children. He worked for an oil company, which transferred him to Oregon in 1940. He studied law in Oregon. He was an attorney with Maguire, Shields, Morrison, Bailey & Kester in Portland from 1958 to 1980. He was a partner with Cosgrave, Vergeer & Kester. He died in 1999.

Velma Julia Jeremiah, nee Staples, was born in Eugene, Oregon, in 1921. When she was in the second grade, her family moved to Oregon City, Oregon. She studied architecture at the University of Oregon, but dropped out after a year due to lack of funds. She was able to return to the university briefly in 1941, but did not complete her degree. She spent the years during World War II working various jobs at Army camps in California, and studying cryptography in Seattle, Washington. She met Neil Jeremiah while in Seattle, and they were married in 1943; they later had one child. The couple moved often due to Neil Jeremiah's naval career. In addition to Seattle, they lived in Long Beach, California, and San Francisco, California. They returned to Seattle after Neil's discharge, and in 1951, they moved to Snohomish, Washington, where Neil worked as a teacher. Around 1958, Neil's teaching work brought them to Portland. Velma Jeremiah and Neil Jeremiah divorced in 1963. At age 42, she enrolled at the Northwestern College of Law, and she earned her degree in 1968. In 1975, she became the first graduate of that school to be hired at Davies, Biggs, Strayer, Stoel & Boley, the firm now known as Stoel Rives. She retired in 1986. Afterward, she devoted herself to Mensa, serving as treasurer, administrative director, and international chair. She died in 2017.

Herbert M. Schwab was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1915. He graduated from Northwestern College of Law in 1935. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves in India during World War II, from 1941 to 1946. In 1946, he and Barbara Hervin Meyer were married; they later had one child. After his discharge in 1946, he returned to Portland and practiced law from 1947 until 1959, when he was appointed to the Multnomah County Circuit Court. He also served on the Portland School Board from 1950 to 1959. In 1965 and 1966, Schwab sat as a temporary Oregon Supreme Court justice. He returned to private practice from 1966 until 1969, when he played a key role in establishing the Oregon Court of Appeals. He served as the court's first chief judge until he retired in 1980. He later served on the Northwest Power Planning Council, and served as mayor of Cannon Beach. He died in 2005.

Hattie Selma Joanne Bratzel Kremen was born in North Dakota in 1908. The next year, her family moved to Gresham, Oregon, then to Mulino, Oregon, about six years later. They briefly lived in Silverton, Oregon, and finally settled in Salem, Oregon, in around 1919. She worked as a court reporter in Polk and Marion counties after high school, until 1945, when she enrolled at Northwestern College of Law in Portland, Oregon. She took a break to serve as a court reporter at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany in 1947. When she returned, she continued her law studies at Willamette University, then finished her law degree at Northwestern College of Law in 1951. That same year, she ran for the office of district attorney of Marion County. She lost that race, instead going into private law practice in Eugene. In 1956, she ran again and won, becoming Oregon's first woman district attorney. In 1959, she and Leonard L. Kremen were married. After she left office in 1964, she returned to private law practice in Salem. She died in 1996.

Arthur Richard Bryson was born in Eugene, Oregon, in 1916. He attended Stanford University, then transferred to the University of Oregon, earning his bachelor's degree in 1938. He attended Stanford Law School for a year, then returned to the University of Oregon, earning his law degree in 1941. He met Helen Margaret Roberts while at the University of Oregon, and they married in 1941; they later had two children. He practiced law in Eugene as a partner with Smith, Harris, & Bryson. At the beginning of the U.S. involvement in World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and worked in counterintelligence in Europe. After he was discharged in 1945, he joined the Eugene law firm of his father, Edwin R. Bryson. He died in 1999.

George Manley Joseph was born in Idaho in 1930. He grew up in Boise, then, at age 16, he attended Menlo School in Atherton, California, for one year. He returned to Boise and finished his studies at Boise Junior College (now Boise State University), where he earned a GED equivalent and credit for one year of college. He continued his college career at the University of San Francisco, but soon transferred to Reed College. In 1950, while at Reed, he suffered a recurrence of the polio he had contracted as a child; he underwent extensive treatment at the Idaho Elks Convalescent Home, and was able to return to Reed a year later. In 1951, he and Elizabeth Kalisher were married; they divorced only a few years later. He graduated from Reed in 1952, and went on to study law at the University of Chicago, graduating in 1954. While at the university, he met Elizabeth Starr, and they were married in 1953; they later had five children. Joseph returned to Oregon, where he passed the bar in 1955 and began working as a law clerk for Oregon Supreme Court Justice George Rossman. After deciding that a career in law wasn't for him, he instead taught law at Ohio Northern University from 1956 to 1958; Dickinson School of Law in Pennsylvania from 1958 to 1962; and the University of Arkansas from 1962 to 1963. In 1963, Multnomah County District Attorney George Van Hoomisen offered him a job, which he accepted. He worked in the district attorney's office until 1966, when he began to practice law in private law firms in Portland. In 1974, Joseph was appointed Multnomah County counsel by Multnomah County Commissioner Don E. Clark. He served in that position until 1977, when Governor Bob Straub appointed him to the Oregon Court of Appeals. He served as chief judge on that court from 1981 to 1992. He died in 2003.

Robert Clinton Belloni was born in Riverton, Oregon, in 1919. He attended the University of Oregon, graduating in 1941. He was then drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942 and served as a medical officer in the Pacific Theater. While in the Army, he met Doris Adams, and they were married in 1946. They later had two children. After World War II, Belloni returned to Oregon in 1946 and took a job in McMinnville as an administrator for a small hospital. He then studied law at the University of Oregon, graduating in 1951. He worked as a lawyer in Coos County, served as chair of the Democratic Central Committee of Coos County, and was mayor of Myrtle Point. He was appointed to the Circuit Court of Southern Oregon by Governor Robert Holmes, and served from 1957 to 1967. He then served as a U.S. District Court judge in Portland, Oregon, from 1967 until 1984, when he took senior status. He presided over Sohappy v. Smith, which was a landmark case for Native American fishing rights. He served as chief judge of the court from 1971 to 1976. He and Doris divorced in 1984. In 1989, Belloni and Faye Johnson Dement were married. He remained a senior judge until his death in 1999.

Otto J. Frohnmayer was born in Germany in 1905. His family immigrated to Portland, Oregon, in 1906. He attended the University of Oregon, earning his bachelor's degree in 1929, and then a law degree in 1933. After graduation, he practiced law in Medford, Oregon, with Frohnmayer, Deatherage, Pratt, Jamieson & Turner. He met MarAbel Fisher Braden on a blind date, and they were married in 1936; they later had four children. He was active in many civic organizations in Medford, and was part of the creation of the Rogue Valley Medical Center, Mercy Flights, and the first Medford Arts Council. He died in 2000.

Kernan H. Bagley was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1936. Shortly afterward, his family moved to a farm in a rural area outside Portland, then called Peach Mountain. He met Shirlene Peacher at an NAACP meeting and they married in 1954. That same year, he began studying at Portland State University, but he dropped out in 1956 to support his young family. He later attended Multnomah School of the Bible (now Multnomah University) from 1964 to 1965. He began working in law enforcement, serving as Multnomah deputy sheriff from 1965 to 1976. He became deputy U.S. marshal for the District of Oregon in 1976, and then was appointed supervisor deputy U.S. marshal for the District of Oregon in 1981. Since 1993, he has served as U.S. marshal to the Virgin Islands.

Robert Allan Leedy, Sr. was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1909. He graduated from the University of Oregon Law School in 1933. He and Annapauline Rea were married in 1935; they later had two children. He practiced law in Portland, and in 1950, he co-founded the law firm Barzee, Leedy & Keane. He also served as U.S. commissioner for the U.S. District Court of Oregon from 1943 to 1956. He was also active in the Oregon State Bar, serving as secretary for the board of bar examiners, serving on the board of governors, and serving as president from 1952 to 1953. He also served as a chancellor for the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon. In 1971, he joined the Portland law firm Bullivant, Houser & Bailey, retiring in 1985. He died in 2001.

Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. was born in New York in 1925. He attended Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, then was called to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After his discharge, he attended Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA. He also earned a law degree from Columbia University. He came to Oregon after graduating from law school and clerked for Judge Gus Solomon of the U.S. District Court of Oregon. He and Nancy Seiffer were married in 1949; they later had four children. He joined Bear Stearns in 1955 and founded the Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts investment firm (also known as KKR & Co.) in 1976. He died in 2015.

Jack Gore Collins was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1930. He joined the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps to pay his tuition to Princeton University, where he graduated in 1952. He then served in the Navy at the tail end of the Korean War. He met Janine Decker during leave in 1954, and they were married in 1957; they later had three children. He earned a law degree at Harvard Law School in 1958. After graduation, he relocated to Oregon to be a law clerk for Oregon Supreme Court Justice Walter Perry for a year. In 1958, he went into private law practice in Salem, Oregon. He became an assistant attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in 1963. He worked under U.S. Attorney Sidney Lezak. He was promoted to first assistant U.S. attorney in 1966. In 1982, Charles Turner replaced Sidney Lezak, and Collins was made chief of the Civil Division. In 1992, his title changed to chief of the Asset Forfeiture Division. He retired three years later, in 1995. He taught administrative law at Lewis and Clark College and later at Portland State University. He died in 2010.

Helen Florence Althaus was born in Ohio in 1910. The next year, her family came to Oregon, and she grew up on a farm in Troutdale. She studied chemistry at the University of Oregon, graduating in 1932, and worked as a chemist for an aluminum company near Troutdale. She earned her law degree from Northwestern College of Law in 1945, and was admitted to the Oregon State Bar later that same year. She was the first woman to clerk for a federal judge in Oregon, clerking for U.S. District Court Judge James Alger Fee from 1947 to 1949. From 1949 to 1953, she served as the deputy city attorney for Portland, Oregon. She practiced law at the firm King Miller, now known as Miller Nash, from 1953 until 1970, when she left to form an all-woman law firm. Then, in 1973, she handled special assignments regarding the National Environmental Policy Act for the Bonneville Power Administration. Meanwhile, she also served as the only woman member of the Troutdale City Council from 1973 to 1982. In 1980, she served as staff attorney in the office of the Regional Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, where she headed a research project of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. She was a founding member of both the Queen's Bench and Rogue Women Lawyers. After her retirement, she pursued an acting career, joining the New Playwright's Theatre company in Ashland, Oregon. She also served on its board. Althaus received the Justice Betty Roberts Award in 1994, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon award for significant contributions to the cause of individual freedom in 1997. She died in 2006.

Frederick H. Torp was born in Allendale, New Jersey, in 1913. He attended Columbia College in New York City for both his undergraduate work and law school, earning his law degree in 1937. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1938 and was an attorney in private practice. Just before he joined the Navy in 1942, he and Elsie Arneson were married; they later had three children. He served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After his discharge in 1945, he relocated to Oregon and joined the law firm of Hart Spencer, now known as Stoel Rives. He worked there until 1974, when he founded Tonkon Torp LLP. Elsie Arneson died in 1972, and in 1978, he and Nancy Morse Moller were married. He died in 2003.