# Warren Silver

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{{Short description|American judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Warren Silver
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| office      = Associate Justice of the [Maine Supreme Judicial Court](/source/Maine_Supreme_Judicial_Court)
| term_start  = July 30, 2005
| term_end    = December 31, 2014
| appointer   = [John Baldacci](/source/John_Baldacci)
| predecessor = Paul L. Rudman
| successor   = [Thomas E. Humphrey](/source/Thomas_E._Humphrey)
| birth_name  = Warren Max Silver
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1948|02|04}}
| birth_place = [Presque Isle, Maine](/source/Presque_Isle%2C_Maine), U.S.
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| spouse      = 
| education   = [Tufts University](/source/Tufts_University) (B.A.)<br>[American University](/source/American_University) (J.D.)
| occupation  =  
}}
'''Warren Max Silver'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.courts.maine.gov/news_reference/history/silver.html |title=A Salute to Justice Warren Max Silver |access-date=2019-10-12 |archive-date=2019-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012164514/https://www.courts.maine.gov/news_reference/history/silver.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> (born February 4, 1948, in [Presque Isle, Maine](/source/Presque_Isle%2C_Maine))<ref>[http://www.cleaves.org/sjcbios1.htm#WMS Warren M. Silver Associate Justice 2002 to 2014 - Biography]</ref> is an American [lawyer](/source/lawyer) and [state supreme court](/source/state_supreme_court) [justice](/source/justice_(official)).

Silver attended [Presque Isle High School](/source/Presque_Isle_High_School) and earned his [undergraduate](/source/undergraduate) degree at [Tufts University](/source/Tufts_University). He followed his undergraduate work by studying law at [American University](/source/American_University)'s [Washington College of Law](/source/Washington_College_of_Law). After his graduation in 1973, Silver returned to [Maine](/source/Maine), and in 1977, established a [law](/source/law) practice in [Bangor, Maine](/source/Bangor%2C_Maine).

Silver operated his practice, during which he represented [Stephen King](/source/Stephen_King) and served on the Board of Governors of the [Maine Trial Lawyers Association](/source/Maine_Trial_Lawyers_Association) and as [Chairman](/source/Chairman) of the [Maine Supreme Judicial Court](/source/Maine_Supreme_Judicial_Court)'s Civil Rules Committee, until early July 2005 when he sold it and its building to [Cuddy and Lanham](/source/Cuddy_and_Lanham), another Bangor-based law firm. Silver also earned a seat on the [Bangor Museum and Center for History](/source/Bangor_Museum_and_Center_for_History) board of directors.

He was nominated by [Governor](/source/Governor) [John Baldacci](/source/John_Baldacci) to replace Justice [Paul L. Rudman](/source/Paul_L._Rudman) who retired at the start of July 2005. On July 30, 2005, Silver was sworn in as the 106th associate justice of the [Maine Supreme Judicial Court](/source/Maine_Supreme_Judicial_Court).<ref>[http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/192206/supreme_court_has_new_justice_baldacci_swears_in_bangors_silver/ Supreme Court Has New Justice  Baldacci Swears in Bangor's Silver], ''[Bangor Daily News](/source/Bangor_Daily_News)'', 2005-07-30, accessed on 2009-04-04</ref>  He retired from the court on December 31, 2014.

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