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Catherine Connors
Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Background: Connors clerked for Judge John F. Grady of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She also worked as an appellate lawyer with Pierce Atwood, where she handled civil and criminal litigation matters in federal and state courts.
At a glance
- Court
- Maine Supreme Judicial Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Janet T. Mills (D) (January 6, 2020)
- Appointed by
- Gov. Janet T. Mills (D)
- Appointment date
- January 6, 2020
- Took office
- 2020
- Current term ends
- February 3, 2027
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- Not listed
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Indeterminate (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Northwestern University, 1981
- Law: Northwestern University School of Law, 1984
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Direct gubernatorial appointmentThe governor appoints justices without a required nominating commission; in some states another body must confirm the choice.
Summary of facts listed on Catherine Connors’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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