around the country focused on civics and American history. In 2009, Leeson became the staff mediator at the Oregon Federal District Court in Portland, Oregon. She received the Honorable James M. Burns Federal Practice Award that year. In 2012, she won the Robert F. Peckham Award for Excellence in ADR from the Ninth Circuit, and in 2013 the Sid Lezak Award of excellence from the ADR section of the Oregon State Bar. References 1946 births Politicians from Salt Lake City Justices of the Oregon Supreme Court Living people Willamette University alumni Willamette University College of Law alumni American women judges Oregon Court of Appeals judges Politicians from Salem, Oregon Educators from Oregon American women educators Sunset High School (Beaverton, Oregon) alumni Claremont Graduate University alumni Lawyers from Salem, Oregon 21st-century American women 20th-century American women judges 21st-century American women judges