Conrad K. Cyr

Conrad Keefe Cyr (December 9, 1931 – July 28, 2016) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.[1]

Conrad K. Cyr
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In office January 31, 1997 – July 28, 2016
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In office November 20, 1989 – January 31, 1997
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Frank M. Coffin
Succeeded by	Kermit Lipez
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
In office 1983–1989
Preceded by	Edward Thaxter Gignoux
Succeeded by	Gene Carter
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
In office September 28, 1981 – November 20, 1989
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	George J. Mitchell
Succeeded by	D. Brock Hornby
Personal details
Born	Conrad Keefe Cyr December 9, 1931 Limestone, Maine
Died	July 28, 2016 (aged 84) Hampton, New Hampshire
Education	College of the Holy Cross (BS) Yale Law School (JD)

Education and early career

Born in Limestone, Maine, Cyr received a Bachelor of Science degree from College of the Holy Cross in 1953 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1956. He was in private practice of law in Limestone, Maine, from 1956 to 1959, and in Bangor, Maine from 1961 to 1962, serving in the interim as an Assistant United States Attorney in Bangor. He was a referee in bankruptcy for the District of Maine from 1961 to 1973.[2]

Federal judicial service

District court service

Cyr served as a federal bankruptcy judge from 1973 to 1981, and was Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit from 1980 to 1981. On August 11, 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Cyr to the United States District Court for the District of Maine vacated by George J. Mitchell, who had resigned following his appointment as a United States Senator. Cyr was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1981, and received his commission on September 28, 1981. Cyr served as Chief Judge of that District from 1983 to 1989. His service terminated on November 20, 1989, due to elevation to the First Circuit.[2]

Appeals court service

On August 4, 1989, President George H.W. Bush nominated Cyr to serve on the First Circuit, in the seat vacated when Frank M. Coffin elected to take senior status. Cyr was confirmed by the Senate on October 24, 1989 and received his commission on November 20, 1989. Cyr assumed senior status on January 31, 1997 and continued to hear cases for several years afterwards. He was succeeded by fellow Maine resident Kermit Lipez.

Death

Cyr died on July 28, 2016, at the age of 84.[3][2] He is interred in Saint Louis Cemetery in his hometown of Limestone, Maine, alongside his parents, Louis and Kathleen, and sister, Marilyn, who preceded him in death by ten months.[4][5][6]

Notes

1. Judges of the United States. Published under the auspice of the Bicentennial Committee of the Judicial Conference of the U.S. 1983-01-01.
2. "Cyr, Conrad Keefe - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
3. Harrison, Judy (July 31, 2016). "Conrad Cyr, former federal judge from Maine, dies at 84". The Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
4. Conrad Cyr Obituary - brookingssmith.com
5. Marilyn A. Cyr - Bangor Daily News, May 10, 2015
6. "Conrad K. Cyr, former federal judge in Maine, dies at 84" - Portland Press Herald, July 31, 2016

References

• Conrad Keefe Cyr at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.