About Rick E. Lawrence
Rick E. Lawrence was an American judge and lawyer.
Rick E. Lawrence (born November 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court since 2022.
Education
Lawrence received his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1977 and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1986.
Career Prior to his judicial service, Lawrence was an attorney and vice president and managing counsel at Unum and as an associate at Pierce Atwood. He was first nominated by governor Angus King and then renominated by governor John Baldacci, governor Paul LePage and Governor Mills.
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
On March 7, 2022, governor Janet Mills nominated Lawrence to serve as an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to the seat to be vacated by Justice Ellen Gorman who announced her intent to retire in January 2021. On April 12, 2022, his nomination was unanimously confirmed by the Maine Senate. Lawrence was sworn into office on May 4, 2022. He is the first African American justice on the high court.
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