The Hon. Mustafa T. Kasubhai is a magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. He was appointed to the bench on September 21, 2018, filling a vacancy created by the resignation of the Hon. Jolie Russo.
Prior to his appointment, Kasubhai was a judge for the 2nd Judicial District Circuit Court of Oregon, a position to which he was named by former Governor Ted Kulongoski in 2007. Before that, he spent time as a member of the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board (2003 to 2007).
Kasubhai earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. He then completed a J.D. at the University of Oregon School of Law in 1996. As a law student, Kasubhai sat as the associate editor of the Oregon Law Review.
After graduating from law school, Kasubhai began his legal career as a reference desk librarian for the University of Oregon School of Law Library. He worked in that capacity until 1997, at which time he entered into private practice as an associate at Rasmussen, Tyler & Mundorff.
Then, in 1998, Kasubhai opened the Law Offices of Kasubhai & Sanchez. He practiced there for the next year, eventually establishing his own private practice as a sole shareholder. Kasubhai represented workers and unions in workers compensation cases as well as plaintiffs in tort litigation matters.
His memberships have included the Lane County Bar Association, the Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Oregon Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association, the Oregon Hispanic Bar Association, and the Oregon South Asian Bar Association. He also sat on the Oregon State Bar Board of Bar Examiners, and he co-founded the Oregon Mediation Diversity Project.
He is a recipient of the Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (2018) and the Justice Lynn Nakamoto Trailblazer Award from the Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association (2018).
Born in Los Angeles, California, Kasubhai was raised in Canoga Park. His parents immigrated to the United States from Mumbai in the 1960s. When not presiding over legal proceedings, he enjoys woodworking, renovating his home, and playing with power tools.