{{Short description|American judge (1929–2015)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Edward Fadeley | image = Edward N. Fadeley.JPG | image_size = | caption = Fadeley in 2009 | office = 88th Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | term_start = January 1, 1989 | term_end = January 31, 1998 | predecessor = J. R. Campbell | successor = Susan M. Leeson | office2 = President of the Oregon State Senate | term2 = 1983–1984 | preceded2 = Fred W. Heard | succeeded2 = John Kitzhaber | birth_name = Edward Norman Fadeley | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|13}} | birth_place = Williamsville, Missouri | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|8|30|1929|12|13}} | death_place = Springfield, Oregon | party = Democratic Party | spouse = Nancie Fadeley (1953–1984); Darian Fadeley (1987/88<ref name=oreg1995nov29>Kinsey-Hall, Gail; Jeff Mapes, and Steve Suo (November 29, 1995). "Fadeley accused of sexually harassing". ''The Oregonian'', p. 1.</ref>–2015)<ref name="oregonian-obit"/> | alma_mater = University of Missouri<br>University of Oregon | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = {{flag|United States Navy}} }} '''Edward Norman Fadeley''' (December 13, 1929 – August 30, 2015) was an American attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. He was the 88th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Previously he served in both the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate, serving one session as President of the Oregon Senate. In later years he faced allegations of sexual harassment and was reprimanded for legal ethics violations.<ref name="oregonian-obit">{{cite news|last=Theen|first=Andrew|title=Ed Fadeley, veteran Oregon lawmaker and state Supreme Court justice, dies at 85|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=August 31, 2015|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/08/ed_fadeley_veteran_oregon_lawm.html |accessdate=2016-04-20}}</ref>
==Early life== Edward Norman Fadeley was born on December 13, 1929, in Williamsville, Missouri, the son of Robert Sylvester Fadeley and Nelle Fadeley (née Norman), both teachers.<ref>{{cite book |url= |title=Who's Who in Government |publisher=Marquis Who's Who, LLC |others=Biographical Research Bureau |year=1977}}</ref> He was raised in Missouri,<ref name=controversy>Baker, Nena (December 21, 1997). Fadeley has courted controversy in his career. ''The Oregonian''.</ref> and at the age of 14 he decided he wanted to become a lawyer.<ref name=election>Leeson, Fred (October 30, 1988). Fadeley takes aim for jugular. ''The Oregonian'', p. C4.</ref> After high school he attended and graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia.<ref name=controversy/>
Fadeley then joined the United States Navy where he served for three years.<ref name="election" /> After the Navy he moved to Eugene, Oregon where he enrolled at the University of Oregon School of Law.<ref name="controversy" /> There he purchased a house when he arrived in 1954 and announced during the first term that he would finish first in his class.<ref name="election" /> In 1957, Fadeley graduated from law school at the university, first in his class.<ref name="resign">Green, Ashbel (December 17, 1997). Fadeley has cancer, will quit state high court. ''The Oregonian''.</ref>
==Career== Fadeley entered private legal practice, where he remained for 31 years.<ref name="resign" /> In 1960, Fadeley was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat from Eugene.<ref>[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785331 Oregon Legislative Assembly (51st) 1961 Regular Session.] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on January 22, 2008.</ref> He would serve 26 years in the Oregon Legislature.<ref name="resign" /> In 1963, he moved to the Oregon State Senate where he would become Senate President in 1983.<ref name="resign" /><ref>[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785332 Oregon Legislative Assembly (52nd) 1963 Regular Session.] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on January 22, 2008.</ref> Beginning in 1971 he would serve several sessions in the legislature with his then-wife Nancie Fadeley, who was serving in the House.<ref name="election" /><ref>[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785336 Oregon Legislative Assembly (56th) 1971 Regular Session.] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on January 22, 2008.</ref> While in the legislature in 1983 he failed in an attempt to amend the Oregon Constitution to prevent any sales tax in the state, but did defeat attempts to pass a sales tax during the session.<ref name="controversy" />
In 1986, he ran for governor, but lost in the primary election to Neil Goldschmidt.<ref name=resign/> In 1988 Fadeley ran for an open seat on the Oregon Supreme Court to fill the position of J. R. Campbell whose term had expired and won on November 8, 1988, against Vern Cook.<ref name=resign/><ref name=OSC>[https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/history-officials.pdf Oregon Blue Book: Earliest Officials in Oregon - Supreme Court Justices of Oregon.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 22, 2008.</ref> He won re-election to a second six-year term in 1994 before resigning from the court on January 31, 1998.<ref name=OSC/>
During his campaign in 1988 Fadeley violated the rules of judicial ethics by asking for campaign contributions.<ref name=controversy/><ref name=resign/> This led to the first time in the history of the Oregon Supreme Court that the court censured one of its own members.<ref name=controversy/><ref name=resign/> In 1996, the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability filed a complaint against justice Fadeley alleging sexual harassment, among other charges.<ref name=sex>Mapes, Jeff (November 22, 1996). Fadeley controversy is latest in a series. ''The Oregonian''.</ref> The following year the Commission recommended Fadeley be suspended, but the Oregon Supreme Court dismissed all allegations after Fadeley resigned from the court.<ref>Green, Ashabel (February 3, 1998). High court dismisses Fadeley allegations. ''The Oregonian''.</ref>
Mary Botkin, a labor lobbyist, said of Fadeley, "During a period when women went from being office toys and decoration to serious partners in the world of work, I think Ed was one of those people who never really understood the transition."<ref name="controversy" /> Betty Roberts, Fadeley's former State Senate colleague, said that "He thinks any woman wants to be told -- even in a business setting -- that they are good looking."<ref name="sex" />
Fadeley was later sued by the firm that defended him against the ethics violations allegation for fees owed, but Fadeley claimed the fees charged were "outrageous" as well as that the defense was inadequate.<ref>Green, Ashabel (March 11, 1999). Law practice sues Fadeley for fees in ethics defense. ''The Oregonian''.</ref> In 2007, Fadeley was suspended by the Oregon Supreme Court for 30 days for violations of ethics rules, including charging an excessive fee.<ref>Green, Ashabel (February 24, 2007). Former justice suspended for breaking rules. ''The Oregonian''.</ref>
== Personal life == He married Nancie Peacocke and the couple had two children, Shira and Charles.<ref name="election" /> He divorced Nancie in 1984 and married his second wife, Darian, many years later.<ref name="oreg1995nov29" />
He died of heart failure at a hospital in Springfield, Oregon, on August 30, 2015.<ref name="oregonian-obit" /> He had suffered a heart attack around a week prior to his death.<ref name="oreg-2015aug26">{{cite news|last=Theen|first=Andrew|title=Ed Fadeley, longtime Oregon legislator and state Supreme Court justice, suffers heart attack|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=August 26, 2015|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/08/ed_fadeley_long_time_oregon_le.html |accessdate=2016-04-20}}</ref>
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