Jeffrey L. Hjelm at a glance
- Current role
- Former ret-act-jus
- Current assignment
- Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
- Jurisdiction
- Maine · State
- Judicial service
- Former
Jeffrey L. Hjelm
Former ret-act-jus · Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Judicial assignments
- Knox County Superior CourtActive Retired Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice
The source documents historical or dated service; current service is unconfirmed.
Source checked October 15, 2026. Roster source
These published assignments do not certify a complete bench.
Biography
Professional career
- Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 2014-2020
- American lawyer who held the role of an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 2014 to 2019
Education
- He attended Hampden Academy, obtained a Hamilton BA in 1977 and Case Western Reserve JD in 1980.
- Hamilton College — B.A.
- Case Western Reserve University — J.D.
Additional information
- ret-act-jus, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 2020-present
- The collected biographical information identifies that Jeffrey L. Hjelm, born in 1955, served on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 2014 until retirement in December 2019.
- He served on the District Court in 1992–1998 and Superior Court in 1998–2014, with the latter appointment by Governor Angus King.
- Practitioner, 2013-2013
- Reappointed to the Superior Court in 2005 and 2012.
- Joined the Maine District Court in 1992 and to the Maine Superior Court in 1998.
- Date of birth: 1956-01-01
- Born September 30, 1955.
- See more
- Before judicial service he clerked for the Maine Superior Court and Justice Gene Carter, litigated at Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky and served in the Maine attorney general’s Criminal Division.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
Statewide
Maine Administrative Order JB-05-15 bars cameras and audio recording equipment in the courtroom unless coverage has been authorized under the order.
No cameras or audio recording equipment shall be allowed in the courtroom unless coverage of any events or proceeding has been authorized pursuant to this order.JB-05-15 Cameras and Audio Recording in the Courts ↗
Judicial Discretion
Statewide
Maine authorizes trial and appellate judicial officers to consider camera and recording coverage and permit it in their sole discretion if court integrity will not be adversely affected.
authorized to consider camera and recording coverage, and to permit it in their sole discretion if the integrity of the court proceedings will not be adversely affected.JB-05-15 Cameras and Audio Recording in the Courts ↗
Sources
Identity source checked August 22, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 2, 2026.
Maine Supreme Judicial Court current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 22, 2026
View Maine Supreme Judicial Court current judicial profile ↗JB-05-15 Cameras and Audio Recording in the Courts
Statewide source · PDF · Source checked July 26, 2026
View JB-05-15 Cameras and Audio Recording in the Courts ↗