Warren Silver
Warren M. Silver was a justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. He was appointed to the court by former Governor John Baldacci on July 29, 2005.[1][2][3] He retired from the bench on December 31, 2014.[4]
Education
Silver received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 1970 and his J.D. degree from the Washington College of Law at American University in 1973.[5][3]
Career
Silver began his legal career working in the General Counsel’s Office of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare and in the General Counsel’s Office of the Election Authority of the District of Columbia. He then worked as a private practice lawyer from 1977 until 2005. Silver was then appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 2005.[5][3]
Awards and associations
Silver served on the Board of Governors of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association and previously served as its president. He also previously served as a chairman of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's Civil Rules Committee and the Governor's Judicial Selection Committee.[5][3]
Political outlook
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Silver received a campaign finance score of -1.07, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was more liberal than the average score of -1.01 that justices received in Maine.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[6]
See also
External links
- State of Maine Judicial Branch, "Supreme Court Justice Biographies: Hon. Warren M. Silver"
- Cleaves Law Library, "Warren M. Silver"
- Our Story, "Maine Supreme Court Rules on Vehicle Searches," December 19, 2009
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine.gov, "Maine Supreme Court Judges Since 1820," accessed July 29, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Maine Members of the Highest Court," accessed July 29, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 State of Maine Judicial Branch, "Supreme Court Justice Biographies: Hon. Warren M. Silver," accessed July 29, 2014
- ↑ Maine Sun Journal, "Retiring justice calls for dramatic changes to Maine court system," February 16, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cleaves Law Library, "Warren M. Silver," accessed July 29, 2014
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Maine • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Maine
State courts:
Maine Supreme Judicial Court • Maine Superior Court • Maine Business and Consumer Court • Maine District Courts • Maine Family Division • Maine Juvenile Court • Maine Probate Courts • Maine Small Claims Court • Maine Treatment Court
State resources:
Courts in Maine • Maine judicial elections • Judicial selection in Maine
