Background
Hornby, David Brock was born on April 21, 1944 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Son of William Ralph Hornby and Retha Patricia (Fox) Sword.
Hornby, David Brock was born on April 21, 1944 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Son of William Ralph Hornby and Retha Patricia (Fox) Sword.
Bachelor, University Western Ontario, 1965. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1969.
Law clerk, United States Court Appeals, New Orleans, 1969-1970; associate professor, University of Virginia School Law, Charlottesville, 1970-1974; partner, Perkins, Thompson, Hinckley & Keddy, Portland, Maine., 1974-1982; United States magistrate, District Maine, Portland, 1982-1988; associate justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Portland, 1988-1990; judge, United States District Court Maine, since 1990; chief judge, since 1996. Member Federal Judicial Center's Committee on District Judge Education, 1994-1998, chair 1995-1998. Commission on court administration and case management Judicial Conference of the United States, since 1990, chair since 1997.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Maine State Bar Association, Maine Bar Foundation (board of trustees 1990-1994), Cumberland County Bar Association.
Married Helaine Cora Mandel, October 9, 1946. Children: Kirstin, Zachary.