Thomas E. Humphrey

{{Short description|American judge}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Thomas Humphrey |office = Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court |appointer = Paul LePage |term_start = June 9, 2015 |term_end = March 7, 2022 |predecessor = Warren Silver |successor = Wayne R. Douglas |birth_name = Thomas Edward Humphrey |birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1945|11|19}}}} |birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |education = Boston College (BS, JD) }} '''Thomas Edward Humphrey'''<ref>[https://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/144508?page=26&searchTerm=Thomas%20Edward%20Humphrey&yearbookViewerEnabled=true&swipeEnabled=true 1963 Rocky Hill High School Yearbook]</ref> (born November 19, 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last=Hubbell |first=Martindale |date=1979 |title=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Volume 3 (1979) |publisher=Martindale-Hubbell }}</ref> is an American lawyer and jurist. He served as an associate justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 2015 to 2022. Hs is a former chief justice of the Maine Superior Court.

==Early life and education== Humphrey graduated from Rocky Hill High School in 1963. Humphrey graduated cum laude from Boston College in 1969.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/subturriundertow1969bost/page/284/mode/2up?q=Humphrey Boston College (Class of 1969) Yearbook]</ref> He earned his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 1972.

==Career== Humphrey was a member of Boston College Law Review from 1970 to 1972, serving as an editor from 1971 to 1972.<ref>[http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1966786_1?noconfirm=0 Hon. Thomas E. Humphrey - a Portland, Maine (ME) Lawyer]</ref> From 1976 to 1993 he was in private practice and was a prosecutor for the York County District Attorney's Office.<ref name="Article" />

From 1993 to 1998 he served as a judge on the Maine District Court.<ref name="Article" /><ref name="bio">[https://www.courts.maine.gov/maine_courts/supreme/justices_bios.html#humphrey Justice bio]</ref> From 1998 to 2015 he served as a justice and later chief justice of the Maine Superior Court.<ref name="Article" /><ref name="bio" /><ref>[https://archive.bangordailynews.com/2007/01/31/business-and-consumer-court-set-to-launch/ Business and Consumer Court set to launch]</ref>

In 2015 he was nominated by Governor Paul LePage and confirmed by the Maine Senate, to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.<ref name="Article">{{cite web | url=http://www.pressherald.com/2015/04/29/lepage-nominates-justice-thomas-humphrey-to-maine-supreme-judicial-court-post/ | title=LePage nominates Justice Thomas Humphrey to Maine Supreme Judicial Court post | publisher=Portland Press Herald | date=April 29, 2015 | access-date=June 16, 2015 | author=Dolan, Scott}}</ref> Humphrey retired on March 7, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2022 |title=Active Retired Justice, Maine Supreme Court |url=https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/sites/maine.gov.governor.mills/files/2022-03/Active%20Retired%20Justice%20Maine%20Supreme%20Court%20Thomas%20Humphrey.pdf |access-date=March 18, 2023 |website=Office of the Governor}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070911121826/http://www.courts.state.me.us/mainecourts/superior/justices.html Directory of Maine Superior Court Justices]

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