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Sumner H. Lipman was an American politician and attorney from
Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
. Lipman, a Republican from
Augusta, Maine Augusta is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Kennebec County. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Maine, and third-least populous state capital in the Un ...
, served in the
Maine House of Representatives The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via p ...
from 1991 to 1994. Lipman sought the Republican Party's nomination for governor in
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. He finished in second place behind future U.S. Senator Susan Collins with 17.3% of the vote. Lipman is a founding partner of Lipman & Katz, P.A., which began in 1971. Lipman & Katz focuses on personal injury and medical malpractice. He graduated from
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with a B.A. in 1963 and a J.D. in 1966.


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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Politicians from Augusta, Maine Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Maine lawyers Boston University alumni Boston University School of Law alumni {{Maine-politician-stub