Kermit Victor Lipez (born 1941) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 40/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 981/year
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994–1998First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1998–2011
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Maine Supreme Judicial CourtJustice · 1994–1998
- Maine Superior CourtJustice · 1985–1994
- Private practice, Portland, Maine1973–1985
- U.S. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of MaineLegislative aide · 1971–1972
- Gov. Kenneth M. Curtis, MaineSpecial assistant and legal counsel · 1968–1971
Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice Honors ProgramStaff attorney · 1967–1968
Appointments
1998–2011 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- Haverford Collegeba
- Yale Universityjd
LL.M. · 1990
LL.B. · 1967- Haverford CollegeB.A. · 1963