Jeffrey L. Hjelm
Jeffrey L. Hjelm is a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, serving since 2014. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1956 · age 70
- Tenure
- Since 2014 · 12 yrs
Judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Maine Supreme Judicial Court | – | – |
| 2020 | Maine Supreme Judicial Court | – | – |
Education
Judicial Record
In our data, Hjelm authored 128 published opinions for the court (2014–2026), plus 3 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: Mark J. Theriault v. State of Maine (42 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 133 of these were attributed to Hjelm by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mark J. Theriault v. State of Maine† | 2015 ME 137 | 42 |
| 2018 | Pamela G. Argereow v. Verne M. Weisberg, M.D.† | 2018 ME 140 | 34 |
| 2015 | State of Maine v. Clarence Cote† | 2015 ME 78 | 34 |
| 2018 | In re Child of James R.† | 2018 ME 50 | 32 |
| 2015 | Karen Cormier v. Genesis Healthcare LLC† | 2015 ME 161 | 32 |
| 2017 | Wayne Knope v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC· Concurrence† | 2017 ME 95 | 27 |
| 2017 | Green Tree Servicing, LLC v. Cope† | 158 A.3d 931 | 26 |
| 2017 | Federal National Mortgage Association v. Patricia W. Deschaine† | 2017 ME 190 | 25 |
| 2015 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Antoine A. Girouard† | 2015 ME 116 | 25 |
| 2015 | Jed R. Middleton v. State of Maine† | 2015 ME 164 | 24 |
| 2015 | Fred Fitanides v. City of Saco† | 2015 ME 32 | 23 |
| 2016 | State of Maine v. David Hanscom† | 2016 ME 184 | 22 |
| 2015 | Jennifer A. Young v. Michael S. Young† | 2015 ME 89 | 22 |
| 2018 | In re Children of Nicole M.† | 2018 ME 75 | 21 |
| 2016 | In re Aliyah M.† | 2016 ME 106 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 133 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- How do judges of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court reach the bench?
- The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
- Which court is Jeffrey L. Hjelm on?
- Jeffrey L. Hjelm is a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- CourtListener / Free Law Project
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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12 years on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).