Kermit Lipez

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Kermit Victor Lipez (born 1941) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is the only active judge from Maine currently serving on that court.

1 Judicial Service
2 Education
3 Professional Career
4 External links

[edit] Judicial Service

Lipez's judicial career began with his service as a Justice of the Maine Superior Court, on which he served from 1985 to 1994. He was appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 1994, where he served until his investiture as a federal judge.

President Bill Clinton nominated Lipez to the First Circuit on October 20, 1997, to fill a seat vacated when Judge Conrad K. Cyr took senior status. Lipez was confirmed by the Senate on April 2, 1998, and received his commission on April 7, 1998.

[edit] Education

Lipez received a B.A. from Haverford College in 1963, and his LL.B. (law degree) from Yale Law School in 1967. Lipez also earned a LL.M. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1990.

[edit] Professional Career

Lipez formerly served as a staff attorney in the United States Department of Justice Honor Program, Civil Rights Division, from 1967-1968. He then served as a special assistant and legal counsel to Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis from 1968-1971, and as a legislative aide to United States Senator Edmund Muskie from 1971-72, until entering private practice, where he stayed until joining the Maine trial court.