GENE CARTER

President Reagan appointed Gene Carter as the District of Maine’s twelfth judge on June 23, 1983 when Judge Gignoux assumed senior status. Born in Milbridge, Judge Carter was educated at the University of Maine and the New York University School of Law. Prior to his appointment, Judge Carter had a law practice in Bangor and also served as an Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Judge

U.S. District Court, District of Maine

Served as chief judge, 1989-1996. Assumed senior status on January 2, 2003.

Associate justice

Maine Supreme Judicial Court

1980 - 1983

Attorney

Private practice, Bangor, Maine

1965 - 1980

captain

U.S. Army Reserve, JAG Corps

1962 - 1968

Law clerk

Hon. J. Spencer Bell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

1961 - 1962

New York University School of Law

LL.B.

1961

University of Maine School of Law

B.A.

1958