The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee has recommended Superior Court Justice Julia Lipez be confirmed as Maine’s newest supreme court justice.
Last year, President Joe Biden nominated Lipez to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, but her confirmation was scuttled by a deal to advance a larger slate of lower court judges before Biden left office.
With the unanimous committee vote Wednesday, the nomination will now go to the state Senate.
The seat on the law court has been vacant since Justice Joseph Jabar retired last January.
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