Judicial service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Judge
1998 – 2011 · 13 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Judge
1994 – 1998 · 4 yrs
Career
Judge
1999 – 1999
Justice
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
1994 – 1998 · 4 yrs
Judge
1993 – 1993
prac
1993 – 1993
Justice
Maine Superior Court
1985 – 1994 · 9 yrs
Private practice
1973 – 1985 · 12 yrs
Legislative aide
1971 – 1972 · 1 yr
Special assistant and legal counsel
1968 – 1971 · 3 yrs
Staff attorney
Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program
1967 – 1968 · 1 yr
Education
B.A., Haverford CollegeLL.B., Yale UniversityBA, Haverford CollegeJD, Yale University