Karin Immergut Biography – Karin Immergut Wiki

Karin Immergut is an American lawyer and judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. She was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in August 2019. In May 2024, Judge Immergut was appointed to serve on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term of seven years.

Prior to her appointment to the federal court, Judge Immergut served for ten years as a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon, presiding over both criminal and civil cases.

Before joining the state court bench, Judge Immergut served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon from 2003 to 2009, having previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney both in the District of Oregon (2001-2003) and in the Central District of California (1988-1994).

While U.S. Attorney, Judge Immergut served as a member and then chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys from 2004 to 2009. She served as an Associate Independent Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr from May 1998 to October 1998.

Judge Immergut began her legal career as a litigation associate at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC. Judge Immergut earned her B.A. from Amherst College in 1982 and her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1987.

Karin Immergut Age

Judge Karin J. Immergut was born on December 22, 1960 in New York City, U.S.

Karin Immergut Family

Judge Karin Immergut was born to an Austrian father and a Swedish mother, who immigrated after marrying in Sweden. She grew up speaking both Swedish and English. Her father holds a doctorate in polymer chemistry, and her mother is a retired mathematics professor. No one in Immergut’s family was in the legal field, and she says her parents probably would have liked her to become a physician or professor.

Karin Immergut Husband

Judge Karin Immergut is married to James T. McDermott. They have a daughter.

Karin Immergut Salary

U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut receives an annual salary of $247,400.

Karin Immergut Political Party

Judge Karin Immergut is an appointee of Republican President Donald Trump.

Oregon National Guard

On Saturday, October 4, 2025, Judge Karin Immergut enjoined the Trump Administration from federalizing the Oregon National Guard, finding the federalization order to be unlawful. The Trump Administration subsequently sought to circumvent this order by redeploying troops from California, a move that Attorney General Bonta and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield challenged in court on Sunday, October 5, 2025.

“This is a nation of constitutional law, not martial law,” wrote Judge Immergut in a Saturday order rejecting the administration’s claims that it needed military support to protect federal property and enforce immigration law, what she called an “extraordinary measure.”