--- title: "Julia M. Lipez | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julia-m-lipez-justice-maine-supreme-judicial-court-me" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Julia M. Lipez Maine Supreme Judicial Court · Associate Justice ## Profile - Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court - State: Maine - Role: Associate Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-08-22 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - American judge and Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, appointed in 2025 after serving on the Maine Superior Court and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for Maine - On May 23, 2024, President Joe Biden nominated Lipez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, replacing Judge William J. Kayatta Jr - She clerked for Fourth Circuit Judge Diana Gribbon Motz (2006–2007), worked at WilmerHale in New York (2007–2011), and held the role of a Maine assistant U.S. attorney (2011–2022), among them appellate chief (2019–2022) - associate and then a senior associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in New York from 2007 to 2011 - 2006–2007: Law clerk, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - The daughter of Judge Kermit V. Lipez, a former First Circuit judge in Maine ### Education - Amherst College and Stanford Law School ### Additional information - The collected biographical information identifies a May 2024 First Circuit nomination by President Biden, a June hearing and Judiciary Committee approval, followed by return of the unconfirmed nomination in January 2025. - Maine Superior Court (2022–2025) before Governor Janet Mills appointed her to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in March 2025, succeeding Joseph Jabar. - Her academic qualifications include an Amherst BA, magna cum laude, in 2002 and Stanford JD, with distinction, in 2006. - The collected biographical information identifies Julia Martha Lipez as born in Portland in 1980. - Date of birth: 1980 - As U.S. Attorney for Maine, Lipez led prosecutions in human trafficking, child exploitation, fraud, narcotics, and other serious crimes. - It lists court orientation/public education, eCourts change management and state-federal judicial council service, with appellate and criminal law expertise. ## 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.courts.maine.gov/courts/sjc/justices.html) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.maine.gov/courts/sjc/justices.html) - [State of Maine Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.courts.maine.gov/courts/sjc/justices.html) - [JB-05-15 Cameras and Audio Recording in the Courts](https://www.courts.maine.gov/adminorders/jb-05-15.pdf) - [Wikidata: Julia M. Lipez](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133876097) - [justices.html](https://www.courts.maine.gov/courts/sjc/justices.html) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julia-m-lipez-justice-maine-supreme-judicial-court-me", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julia-m-lipez-justice-maine-supreme-judicial-court-me", "name": "Julia M. 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