Background
LEVY, JON was born on March 18, 1954 in New York, New York, United States.
LEVY, JON was born on March 18, 1954 in New York, New York, United States.
Syracuse University (Bachelor of Science, 1976). West Virginia University (Juris Doctor, 1979). Order of the Coif. Lead Articles Editor, West Virginia Law Review.
Member, Editorial Board, Maine Bar Journal, since 1986.
Author; Maine Family Law,Tower Publishing Company, Portland Maine, 1989.
He served as a law clerk for Judge John Thomas Copenhaver Junior. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1979 to 1981. From 1981 to 1982, he was appointed by Judge William Wayne Justice to serve as a Special Court Monitor of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. From 1983 to 1995, he was an attorney in private practice in York, Maine.
From 1995 to 2002, he served as a Maine District Court Judge, serving as Deputy Chief Judge from 2000 to 2001 and Chief Judge from 2001 to 2002.
From 2002 till his confirmation as a federal judge in 2014, he has served as an Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. On September 19, 2013, President Obama nominated Levy to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine, to the seat vacated by Judge George Z. Singal, who took senior status on July 31, 2013.
On January 16, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee. On April 11, 2014 Senate Majority Leader Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination.
On April 29, 2014 a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination was agreed to by a vote of 63-34.
On April 30, 2014 the nomination was confirmed by a final vote of 75-20. He received his judicial commission on May 2, 2014.
The West Virginia State Bar. Maine State and American Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.