Clackamas County: Meet Your New Commissioner - Sonya Fischer

Clackamas County - meet your new County Commissioner. She is Sonya Fischer, a lawyer from Lake Oswego. She takes the place of Jim Bernard who became Clackamas County Chair.

Fischer, a former legislative director for the Oregon Department of Human Services, heads Fischer Family Law. She's a graduate of Lewis and Clark Law School and has a master degree from Portland State University and a bachelor of science degree in sociology/social work from Warner Pacific College.

She was selected by the county commission in a process that saw 78 people apply for the position. Eight candidates were then selected for further consideration. Three of those people were then interviewed by the commission.

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Fischer will serve through December, 2018.

The position is non-partisan.

Photo courtesy Sonya Fischer