(Courtesy Stephen Betts / Village Soup)
Justin Coffin, right, was sworn into the Maine Bar on Oct. 21 at Knox County Superior Court. He was sponsored by his uncle attorney Edward Collins, left. The young man's grandfather, active retired Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Samuel Collins Jr., administered the oath to his grandson and other lawyers joining the bar. (Image courtesy of Diane Field)
ROCKLAND (Oct 28): The tradition of law for the Collins family continued with another generation last week in Knox County Superior Court.
Justin Coffin was sworn into the Maine Bar on October 21 by his grandfather, active retired Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Samuel Collins Jr. Coffin's uncle attorney Edward Collins made the motion to have his nephew admitted to the bar.
Justice Collins is a Caribou native who graduated from the University of Maine and Harvard School of Law.
The elder Collins was appointed as a state Supreme Court judge in 1988 after a 40-year career as a private attorney. He was state senator for Know County from 1975 through 1984 and served as Senate majority leader. He became an active retired justice in 1994.
His son Edward Collins also became an attorney and practices in Rockland.
Coffin graduated from Gray-New Gloucester High School and the University of Maine School of Law. He is currently seeking employment.
