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# Jeffrey L. Hjelm

Maine Supreme Judicial Court · ret-act-jus

## Profile

- Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
- State: Maine
- Role: ret-act-jus
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## 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.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### cameras audio recording

Scope: statewide

Maine Administrative Order JB-05-15 bars cameras and audio recording equipment in the courtroom unless coverage has been authorized under the order.

Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.courts.maine.gov/adminorders/jb-05-15.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### judicial discretion

Scope: 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.

Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.courts.maine.gov/adminorders/jb-05-15.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4622/jeffrey-l-hjelm/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4622/jeffrey-l-hjelm/)
- [Maine Supreme Judicial Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4622/jeffrey-l-hjelm/)
- [JB-05-15 Cameras and Audio Recording in the Courts](https://www.courts.maine.gov/adminorders/jb-05-15.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4622/jeffrey-l-hjelm/)
- [Wikidata: Jeffrey Hjelm](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18098270)

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