Conrad Cyr
| Conrad Cyr | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge (Inactive) |
| Position: | Seat #3 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 11/20/1989 - 1/31/1997 |
| Senior: | 1/31/1997 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Frank Coffin |
| Succeeded by: | Kermit Lipez |
| Past post: | District of Maine |
| Past term: | 1981-1989 |
| Past position: | Seat #2 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1931 |
| Home State: | Limestone, ME |
| Bachelors: | Holy Cross College, B.S., 1953 |
| Law School: | Yale Law, J.D., 1956 |
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Early life and education
Cyr was born in Limestone, Maine. He graduated from Holy Cross College with a B.S. in 1953 and Yale Law School with a J.D. in 1956.[1]
Professional career
After law school, Cyr entered private practice in his home town from 1956-1959. He spent two years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Bangor, ME, before returning to private practice in the same city for two years. He began a career as a bankruptcy judge in 1961 first as a referee for 12 years, then as a special master for 2 years and finally as a bankruptcy judge from 1980-1981.[1]
Judicial career
First Circuit
Cyr was nominated to the First Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on August 4, 1989, to fill the seat vacated by Frank Coffin. Cyr was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 24, 1989, and received commission on November 20, 1989. He assumed senior status on January 31, 1997. His position was filed by Kermit Lipez. [1]
District of Maine
Cyr was the eleventh federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. He was nominated to the court by President Ronald Reagan on August 11, 1981 to fill the seat vacated by George J. Mitchell The U.S. Senate confirmed him to the Maine district court on September 25, 1981, and he was commissioned on September 28, 1981. He served on the court through November 20, 1989. Cyr was succeeded by D. Brock Hornby.[1]
Bankruptcy court
Cyr was also a United States bankruptcy judge for the District of Maine from 1973-1981.[1]
Awards and associations
Notable cases
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Maine
External links
- Biography of Conrad Cyr from the Federal Judicial Center.
- List of all judges who have served on the U.S. District court for the District of Maine.
Refences
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: George Mitchell |
District of Maine 1981–1989 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: D. Brock Hornby |
| Preceded by: Frank Coffin |
First Circuit 1989–present Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Kermit Lipez |
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| Active judges | |||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Margaret Kravchuk • John Rich • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
David Sewall • Albion Keith Parris • Ashur Ware • Edward Fox • Nathan Webb • Clarence Hale • John Andrew Peters • John Clifford • Edward Gignoux • George Mitchell • Conrad Cyr • Morton Brody • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
George Singal • D. Brock Hornby • Gene Carter • Edward Gignoux • | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Sandra Lea Lynch • Jeffrey R. Howard • Michael Boudin • Juan Torruella • O. Rogeriee Thompson • William Kayatta | ||
| Senior judges |
Conrad Cyr • Norman Stahl • Bruce Marshall Selya • Levin Hicks Campbell • Kermit Lipez • | ||
| Former judges | Stephen Breyer • David Souter • Hugh Bownes • Benjamin Bourne • John A. Lowell • Jeremiah Smith • John Lowell • George Foster Shepley • LeBaron Bradford Colt • William LeBaron Putnam • Francis Cabot Lowell • Frederic Dodge • James Madison Morton • William Schofield • George Weston Anderson • George Hutchins Bingham • Charles Fletcher Johnson • Scott Wilson • John Christopher Mahoney • Calvert Magruder • Bailey Aldrich • John Patrick Hartigan • Frank Coffin • Edward McEntee • Peter Woodbury • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Stephen Breyer • Levin Hicks Campbell • Michael Boudin • Juan Torruella • Calvert Magruder • Bailey Aldrich • Frank Coffin • Peter Woodbury • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
