Jon Levy
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Legal background
Levy is a graduate of Syracuse University and the West Virginia University College of Law. After law school, Levy clerked for U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver. He was later appointed to the position of court monitor by U.S. District Judge William W. Justice in the Texas prison conditions class action Ruiz v. Estelle.
Levy returned to Maine and practiced law for 13 years.
From that point on, Levy would serve in multiple judicial capacities--as the Chief Judge of the District Court, Deputy Chief Judge of the District Court and as a District Court Judge sitting in District Ten. As a District Court Judge, Justice Levy was one of the presiding judges in the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court. From 1996 to 2000 Justice Levy served as the chairperson of the Maine Family Law Advisory Commission. He is the author of the book Maine Family Law, which was first published in 1988. Justice Levy is the Court's liaison to the Advisory Committee on Professional Responsibility, Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability, and the CASA Advisory Board. He also serves as the chairperson of the Judicial Resource Team which is examining scheduling and resources in Maine's trial courts.
