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David Brock Hornby

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. Senior status since May 1, 2010.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
George H.W. Bush
Nominated
March 6, 1990
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
April 4, 1990
Committee action
Reported (favorably), April 26, 1990
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
April 27, 1990
Commissioned
April 30, 1990
Senior status
Since May 1, 2010
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1944, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.

Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.

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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Law clerk, Hon. John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1969-1970
  • Associate professor of law, University of Virginia School of Law, 1970-1974
  • Private practice, Portland, Maine, 1974-1982
  • Associate justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1988-1990
  • Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2000-2003

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