Ellen Gorman Explained

Ellen Gorman
Office:Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Term Start:October 1, 2007
Term End:March 18, 2022
Appointer:John Baldacci
Predecessor:Susan W. Calkins
Successor:Rick E. Lawrence
Birth Date:9 November 1955
Education:Trinity Washington University (BA)
Cornell University (JD)

Ellen A. Gorman (born November 9, 1955)[1] is an American attorney and judge who served as a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 2007 to 2022.

Education

Gorman graduated from Trinity Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1977 and Cornell University Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1982.[2] She was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1982.[3]

Career

Gorman worked in private practice with the Portland firm Richardson, Tyler & Troubh before being appointed by governor John R. McKernan Jr. to serve on the Maine District Court in 1989. She has also has been a member of the Maine Judicial Education Committee and the Maine Workers Compensation Commission.[3] [4]

After 11 years on the District Court, governor Angus King appointed Gorman to the Maine Superior Court. On October 1, 2007, governor John Baldacci appointed her to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.[5] She was reappointed for a second term in 2015 by governor Paul LePage.[6] Gorman retired on March 18, 2022, when her term ended.

Personal life

Gorman is a resident of Auburn, Maine.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judge Ellen A. Gorman (Supreme Judicial Court of Maine) – CourtListener.com. CourtListener. August 11, 2017. en.
  2. Web site: Hon. Ellen A. Gorman Judge Profile on Martindale.com . March 21, 2022 . www.martindale.com.
  3. Web site: Biography . August 12, 2017 . July 2, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090702092939/http://www.courts.maine.gov/maine_courts/supreme/justices_bios.html#gorman . dead .
  4. News: Gov. Baldacci Nominates Justices Mills, Gorman for Reappointment to Maine Superior Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20170811143145/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1246927181.html. dead. August 11, 2017. August 11, 2017. US Fed News Service. March 29, 2007.
  5. News: Baldacci nominates Gorman for seat on state high court. Quinn. Francis X.. August 14, 2007. Bangor Daily News. B1. 21 December 2013.
  6. News: Gagnon. Dawn. LePage announces judicial reappointments. August 11, 2017. The Bangor Daily News. February 23, 2015.