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Frank M. Coffin

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1965-89

[1] Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME.

Father: Herbert Coffin
Mother: Morey
Brother: Jack Coffin
Wife: Ruth Ulrich (m. 19-Dec-1942, four children)
Daughter: Nancy Coffin Kurtz
Son: Douglas Coffin
Daughter: Meredith Coffin
Daughter: Susan Coffin Babb

University: Bates College (1940)
University: Harvard Business School (1943)
Law School: Harvard Law School (1947)

US Appeals Court Judge, 1st Circuit Senior Judge (1989-2006)
US Appeals Court Judge, 1st Circuit Chief Judge (1972-83)
US Appeals Court Judge, 1st Circuit (1965-89)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development US Representative, Development Assistance Committee (1964-65)
US Agency for International Development Deputy Administrator (1961-64)
Development Loan Fund Managing Director (1961)
US Congressman, Maine 2nd (3-Jan-1957 to 3-Jan-1961)
Verrill Dana Partner
Maine Democratic State Committee Chairman (1954-56)
Maine State Official Corporation Council, Lewiston, ME (1951-54)
Law Clerk to Judge John Clifford, District of Maine (1947-49)
Maine State Bar Association

Author of books:
Witness for AID (1964)
The Ways of a Judge: Views from the Federal Appellate Bench (1980)
A Lexicon of Oral Advocacy (1985)
On Appeal: Courts, Lawyering and Judging (1994)

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