Supreme Court Has New Justice Baldacci Swears in Bangor's Silver
Posted on: Saturday, 30 July 2005, 15:00 CDT
AUGUSTA - A longtime Bangor lawyer on Friday became the state's newest justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Warren M. Silver, 57, took two oaths - one to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States, the other to uphold the laws and Constitution of Maine - in a private ceremony at the Blaine House.
"In Maine, we like to be certain," Gov. John Baldacci joked just before he asked Silver to raise his right hand and take the oaths.
Silver's fellow justices, family members and friends attended the early morning ceremony, which was followed by a buffet breakfast in the governor's mansion.
Baldacci nominated Silver to the post in April, and the Senate later confirmed him to replace Justice Paul L. Rudman, 70, of Veazie, who retired earlier this month. Rudman was appointed in 1992 by then-Gov. John McKernan to replace retiring Chief Justice Vincent L. McKusick.
"I'm very grateful," a beaming Silver said Friday after his swearing-in ceremony. "This is an exciting opportunity."
A public robing ceremony, during which Silver will be given the black robe traditionally worn by judges, is scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. Aug. 15, at the Penobscot County Courthouse in Bangor.
Silver is expected to begin work on Monday from Rudman's former office on the third floor of the Penobscot County Courthouse.
"Warren may be smiling now," Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley said as she snapped pictures of her new colleague. "He may not be smiling when he arrives at his office Monday and sees the files piled up."
Cases that the court will consider when it reconvenes in mid- September in Portland already have been forwarded to Silver's office, she said as the buffet line formed.
Sitting as the Law Court, the justices hear oral arguments of appeals from the lower courts once a month from September through June. The court convenes in the Cumberland County Courthouse, except for one session that has been held for the past two years in the spring at the Penobscot County Courthouse.
Saufley said Friday that to honor Silver's northern Maine roots, the court would hold its October session in Aroostook County.
Silver graduated from Presque Isle High School before earning his undergraduate degree at Tufts University. He received his law degree from the American University College of Law in 1973 and set up his practice in Bangor four years later.
Earlier this month, Silver sold his law practice and the building on Broadway where it was located to Cuddy & Lanham, a Bangor firm with offices in Evergreen Woods on Mount Hope Avenue.
Silver is well-known in the state's legal community for being the attorney, friend and sometime spokesman for author Stephen King. For now, the firm now known as Cuddy, Lanham & Silver is representing King as well as Silver's other clients whose cases could not be resolved before Silver became a judge.
Source: Bangor Daily News
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