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
1994
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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
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...
with a B.A. in 1963 and a J.D. in 1966.
References
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
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