Governor Mills Nominates Chief Deputy Attorney General Christopher Taub to Serve on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Governor Janet Mills has nominated Chief Deputy Attorney General Christopher Taub to serve as an Associate Justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Taub has served in the Office of the Attorney General since 1999, overseeing the office’s Litigation Division before rising to his current leadership position in 2021.

Governor Janet Mills:

I am delighted to nominate Christopher Taub to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Through his service to Maine people in the Office of the Attorney General — as a trial lawyer, as Chief of the Office’s Litigation Division and in his current role as Chief Deputy Attorney General — Taub has earned wide respect for his professionalism and legal acumen on a variety of challenging issues. He has represented the people of Maine with integrity and distinction in many complex matters and has earned this nomination to the Supreme Judicial Court.

Christopher Taub:

I am honored… If confirmed, I will continue to serve the people of Maine as I have throughout my 27-year career in the Attorney General’s Office, to ensure the law is upheld fairly and equitably.

As Chief Deputy Attorney General, Taub has served in a leadership position for all the substantive policy and legal matters of the Office, participated in multi-state litigation, represented the Office before the Legislature, and has argued cases on behalf of the State before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.