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Julia M. Lipez
Julia M. Lipez
Justice of the Maine Superior Court
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2022
Appointed by	Janet Mills
Personal details
Born	Julia Martha Lipez; 1980 (age 43–44); Portland, Maine, U.S.
Spouse	Nolan Ladislav Reichl
Parent	Kermit Lipez (father);
Education	Amherst College (BA); Stanford University (JD)

Julia Martha Lipez (born 1980)^[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Maine Superior Court since 2022. She was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, but her nomination never received a vote before the U.S. Senate.

Education

Lipez received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Amherst College in 2002 and Juris Doctor, with distinction, from Stanford Law School in 2006.^[2]

Career

From 2006 to 2007, she served as a law clerk for Judge Diana Gribbon Motz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 2007 to 2011, she was an associate and then a senior associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in New York City. From 2011 to 2022, Lipez worked as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine, where she served as appellate chief from 2019 to 2022.^[2] Since 2022, she has served as a justice on the Maine Superior Court.^[3]

Nomination to court of appeals

On May 23, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Lipez to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. On June 4, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Lipez to the seat being vacated by Judge William J. Kayatta Jr., who assumed senior status on October 31, 2024.^[4] On June 20, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[5] During her confirmation hearing, she was questioned by Republican senators over her sentencing in cases involving abuse against children. These sentencing decisions included suspending half of a sentence for an adult man who was found guilty of sexually abusing a 4-year-old and a 9-year-old child and suspending six years of a 10-year sentence for a woman who allowed drug trafficking operations to occur in her home, leading to her 14-month-old child's death from fentanyl exposure.^[6] On August 1, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 party line vote.^[7]^[8] As of December 2024, her nomination was pending before the United States Senate. However, in a deal struck between Senate Democrats and Republicans, Lipez's nomination did not go to a vote before the full Senate.^[9]

Personal life

She has been married to her husband, Nolan Ladislav Reichl, since 2010. She is the daughter of Judge Kermit Lipez.^[10]

References

^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "President Biden Names Fiftieth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Harrison, Judy (March 15, 2022). "Janet Mills taps Bangor probate judge, western Maine DA and federal prosecutor as judges". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
^ "Press Release: Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 4, 2024.
^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. June 19, 2024.
^ Headley, Tiana. "Biden First Circuit Pick Grilled on Child Abuse Case Sentences". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – August 1, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
^ Monyak, Suzanne. "First, Sixth Circuit Judicial Nominees Advanced by Senate Panel". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
^ Raji, Tobi (November 21, 2024). "Senate Democrats drop 4 appeals court picks so they can confirm 12 judges". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ "Julia Lipez, Nolan Reichl". The New York Times. July 2, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2024.

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[Questionnaire-1] "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 19, 2024.

[WHBio-2] "President Biden Names Fiftieth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] Harrison, Judy (March 15, 2022). "Janet Mills taps Bangor probate judge, western Maine DA and federal prosecutor as judges". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved May 23, 2024.

[4] "Press Release: Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 4, 2024.

[5] "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. June 19, 2024.

[6] Headley, Tiana. "Biden First Circuit Pick Grilled on Child Abuse Case Sentences". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

[7] "Results of Executive Business Meeting – August 1, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved August 1, 2024.

[8] Monyak, Suzanne. "First, Sixth Circuit Judicial Nominees Advanced by Senate Panel". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved August 1, 2024.

[9] Raji, Tobi (November 21, 2024). "Senate Democrats drop 4 appeals court picks so they can confirm 12 judges". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

[10] "Julia Lipez, Nolan Reichl". The New York Times. July 2, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2024.

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