Legal experience

• Associate justice at Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1986-present)

• First chief justice at Maine Superior Court (1984-86)

• Justice of Maine Superior Court (1979-86)

• Associate and partner at Clifford and Clifford law offices in Lewiston (1964-79)

Military experience

• United States Army, discharged at rank of captain (1962-64)

Public office

• Maine Senate, 1973-1976

• Chairman, Lewiston Charter Commission (1978-79)

• Lewiston mayor (1971-1972)

Public service

• Auburn-Lewiston Kiwanis Club (1965-79, president 1971)

• United Way (1970-79)

• Lewiston-Auburn Together (1996-98)

• Board of Trustees, St. Joseph’s College (2000-present)

• Lector and Eucharistic minister to the sick and shut-ins at St. Joseph’s Parish in Lewiston

Family

• Married, two children, three grandchildren