Rick E. Lawrence

Rick E. Lawrence is an Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, serving since 2022. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure

Since 2022 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Judicial Record

In our data, Lawrence authored 28 published opinions for the court (2024–2026). Most cited: State of Maine v. Clifton Thomas (5 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. 28 of these were attributed to Lawrence 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

Showing the 15 most-cited of 28 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 Rick E. Lawrence on?

Rick E. Lawrence is an Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

4 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).