David G. Roberts

David G. Roberts (July 17, 1928 – January 26, 1999), of Portland, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from January 11, 1980, to August 31, 1998.

Born in Penobscot County, Maine,[1] he attended the Mount Hermon School for Boys in Gill, Massachusetts and received an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College in 1950, and a law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1956. He "served in the United States Army and was stationed in both Japan and Korea".[2][3] Roberts "began his law practice in Caribou in 1960, then shortly afterwards moved to Bangor".[1] From 1961 to 1966, Roberts served as an assistant United States Attorney for District of Maine.[4] In 1967, Roberts was appointed as a Maine Superior Court judge.[4]

On November 30, 1979, Governor Joseph E. Brennan named Roberts to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.[4] In 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated Roberts to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maine vacated by George J. Mitchell, but Carter's term as president expired without a vote on confirmation being taken.[2][5] Roberts remained on the state supreme court until his retirement on August 31, 1998.[2]

Roberts was killed in an automobile accident in Portland, Maine, less than six months after retiring from the court.[2]