Jeffrey Hjelm
Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jeffrey L. Hjelm (born September 30, 1955) is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 2014 to 2019.
Education
Hjelm is a graduate of Hampden Academy. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Hamilton College in 1977 and a Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1980.
Judicial career
Hjelm was appointed to the Maine District Court in 1992 and to the Maine Superior Court in 1998. He was reappointed to the Superior Court in 2005 and 2012. On May 7, 2014, Hjelm was nominated by Paul LePage to be an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. On August 1, 2014, Hjelm was sworn in by Governor Paul LePage as an associate justice. On September 20, 2019, Hjelm announced his intention to retire upon the confirmation of his successor. He retired in December 2019. He was later sworn in as an Active Retired Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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