Jeffrey Hjelm
Jeffrey Hjelm | |
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Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court | |
Assumed office August 1, 2014 | |
Appointed by | Paul LePage |
Preceded by | Jon D. Levy |
Personal details | |
Born | 1956 (age 59–60) |
Alma mater |
Hamilton College Case Western Reserve University School of Law |
Jeffrey L. Hjelm (born 1956) is an Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. His current term expires in 2021.
Education
Hjelm is a graduate of Hampden Academy, Hamilton College and Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Legal career
He worked as a law clerk for law clerk for the Maine Superior Court and for then-Maine Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice Gene Carter. He later worked as a trial lawyer for Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky, and with the Criminal Division of the Maine Department of the Attorney General.
Judicial career
Hjelm was appointed to the Maine District Court in 1992 and to the Maine Superior Court in 1998. He was reappointed to the Superior Court in 2005 and 2012. On May 7, 2014 Hjelm was nominated by Paul LePage to be an Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.[1] On August 1, 2014, Hjelm was sworn in by Governor LePage as an Associate Justice.[2]
References
- ↑ Cousins, Christopher (May 7, 2014). "LePage nominates Hjelm to Maine's high court, Stokes to Superior Court". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ↑ State of Maine Judicial Branch, Supreme Court Justice Biographies, Jeffrey L. Hjelm