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Kermit Victor Lipez
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Senior status since December 31, 2011.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- October 20, 1997
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 18, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 26, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- April 2, 1998
- Commissioned
- April 7, 1998
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2011
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1941, 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
- Staff attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program, 1967-1968
- Special assistant and legal counsel, Gov. Kenneth M. Curtis, Maine, 1968-1971
- Legislative aide, U.S. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, 1971-1972
- Private practice, Portland, Maine, 1973-1985
- Justice, Maine Superior Court, 1985-1994
- Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1994-1998
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