Valerie Stanfill
Valerie Stanfill is a Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, serving since 2021. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Tenure
- Since 2021 · 5 yrs
Judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Maine Supreme Judicial Court | – | – |
Judicial Record
In our data, Stanfill authored 25 published opinions for the court (2024–2026). Most cited: State of Maine v. Raymond Ellis Jr. (4 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. 25 of these were attributed to Stanfill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | State of Maine v. Raymond Ellis Jr.† | 2025 ME 56 | 4 |
| 2024 | State of Maine v. Steven Edwards† | 2024 ME 55 | 4 |
| 2024 | State of Maine v. Roger Ouellette† | 2024 ME 29 | 4 |
| 2025 | State of Maine v. Craig A. Woodard† | 2025 ME 32 | 3 |
| 2025 | State of Maine v. Angelena Quirion† | 2025 ME 75 | 2 |
| 2024 | State of Maine v. Ricky Whitney† | 2024 ME 49 | 2 |
| 2026 | In Re Child of Danielle H.† | 2026 ME 19 | 1 |
| 2025 | Michele H.P. Xamplas v. Peter Xamplas† | 2025 ME 92 | 1 |
| 2025 | State of Maine v. Heath G. Demerchant† | 2025 ME 49 | 1 |
| 2025 | State of Maine v. Abdihamit A. Ali† | 2025 ME 30 | 1 |
| 2024 | State of Maine v. James A. Green† | 2024 ME 44 | 1 |
| 2024 | Ronald White v. Real Deal Auto Sales & Service Center, LLC† | 2024 ME 18 | 1 |
| 2026 | Mitchell D. Brown v. Diahanne L. Morse† | 2026 ME 51 | 0 |
| 2026 | Carissa Daniels v. Patrick R. O'Brien† | 2026 ME 44 | 0 |
| 2026 | State of Maine v. Allen James Jr.† | 2026 ME 28 | 0 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 25 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 Valerie Stanfill on?
- Valerie Stanfill is a Chief 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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5 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).