Jon Levy
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Jon D. Levy is an associate justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. He was appointed to the state's highest court in March 7, 2002[1] by then-governor Angus King, an independent. He was re-appointed by Governor Baldacci on February 4, 2009. His 7-year term ends in 2016.[2][3][4]
Biography
Justice Levy was born on March 18, 1954. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and the West Virginia University College of Law.[5]
Legal career
After law school, Levy clerked for U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver. He was later appointed to the position of court monitor by U.S. District Judge William W. Justice in the Texas prison conditions class action Ruiz v. Estelle.
Levy returned to Maine and practiced law for 13 years.
Levy was appointed to the District Court on July 13, 1995. From that point on, he would serve in multiple judicial capacities--as the Chief Judge of the District Court, Deputy Chief Judge of the District Court and as a District Court Judge sitting in District Ten. As a District Court Judge, Justice Levy was one of the presiding judges in the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court. From 1996 to 2000 Justice Levy served as the chairperson of the Maine Family Law Advisory Commission. He is the author of the book Maine Family Law, which was first published in 1988. Justice Levy is the Court's liaison to the Advisory Committee on Professional Responsibility, Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability, and the CASA Advisory Board. He also serves as the chairperson of the Judicial Resource Team which is examining scheduling and resources in Maine's trial courts.[4][5]
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