D. Brock Hornby

Born in Canada, D. Brock Hornby is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and the Harvard Law School. A naturalized American citizen, Judge Hornby was appointed District Judge by President George H. W. Bush on April 30, 1990. Prior to his appointment, he practiced law in Portland and had served as the District of Maine’s first full-time United States Magistrate and as an Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Maine

Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar

ID Number: 000646

Since 1974

Judge

U.S. District Court, District of Maine

1990 - Current

Served as chief judge, 1996-2003. Assumed senior status on May 1, 2010.

Attorney

Private practice, Portland, Maine

1974 - 1992

Associate justice

Maine Supreme Judicial Court

1988 - 1990

U.S. Magistrate Judge.

U.S. District Court, District of Maine

1982 - 1988

Associate professor of law

University of Virginia School of Law

1970 - 1974

Law clerk

Hon. John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

1969 - 1970

Harvard Law School

J.D.

1969

University of Western Ontario

B.A.

1965

Maine State Bar  # 000646

Member

Current