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# William Blaisdell

Hancock County Probate Court · Judge of Probate

## Profile

- Court: Hancock County Probate Court
- State: Maine
- Role: Judge of Probate
- Service status: active

## Summary

William Blaisdell — Hancock County Probate Court

## Biography

### Professional career

- As of mid‐2026, Blaisdell is suspended from both his judicial role and his law license, though his name still appears on Hancock County’s official probate judge list
- In June 2026, the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar suspended Blaisdell’s law license for three years after multiple contempt orders, failure to pay child support and attorney fees, and alleged perjury in post‐divorce proceedings.
- A Waldo County judge found this testimony false and part of a “pattern of noncompliance”
- Blaisdell previously served as an attorney at Blaisdell & Blaisdell before his judicial appointment.

### Education

- cites Niagara University bachelor’s degree, University of Dayton School of Law J.D., Maine bar admission in 1986 and earlier legal work at Blaisdell & Blaisdell.

### Additional information

- The suspension extends his earlier one‐year suspension and requires him to resolve all child support, attorney fees, tax liabilities, and penalties before reinstatement in 2029
- An official Maine Supreme Judicial Court decision, In re William B. Blaisdell IV, 2024 ME 71, ordered censure and a one-year judicial suspension, with all but four months stayed subject to conditions, plus salary forfeiture.
- William B. Blaisdell IV won election to Hancock County Probate Court in 2014, with the first term beginning in 2015.
- Probate cases are being handled by other judges while he is absent.
- Just two days later, he provided financial statements showing over $510,000 in investment accounts.
- He presides over probate matters such as estates, guardianships, and name changes

## Sources

- [2026 Directory of Maine Counties](https://www.mainecounties.org/uploads/1/4/3/2/143228552/2026_directory_complete.pdf)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Maine Rules of Probate Procedure, published compilation effective July 1, 2019](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-7035949b391933326f2d42fe) — Probate Court proceedings. This 2019 compilation is retained as dated source evidence; later amendments have not been exhaustively checked. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.courts.maine.gov/rules/text/mr_prob_p_only_2019-04-11.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.