AUGUSTA – Bangor lawyer Kevin M. Cuddy was sworn in as a member of the Maine Superior Court by Gov. John Baldacci on Tuesday.

“We are very honored,” Baldacci told Cuddy. “You had a wonderful confirmation hearing and you have a tremendous reputation of service. We are honored to have you serving the citizens in this new capacity.”

Cuddy is a former assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., and Maine. He has also worked for the Federal Communications Commission. He has been in private practice since 1973 and has argued cases at every level of the judicial system, including the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Cuddy has served as the president of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association, the Maine Bar Foundation and the Maine Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

He was appointed to the Select Committee on Workers’ Compensation by Govs. Longley and Brennan, and to the Select Committee on Judicial Nominations by Govs. King and Baldacci.

Cuddy is married and lives in Holden. He has three adult sons.

Also Tuesday, Justice Nancy Mills was sworn in for reappointment as a member of the Maine Superior Court.

Mills, of Cornville, has served on the Superior Court since 1993 and was chief justice between 2001 and 2004. She has also been a District Court judge and an assistant district attorney in Kennebec and Somerset counties.