Lucilius A. (Lucilius Alonzo) Emery

Born in Carmel, Maine, in 1840, Lucilius Alonzo Emery graduated from Bowdoin College in 1861, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1863. He built his career in Ellsworth, where he practiced law and became active in public service.

Emery served in the Maine Senate and was Maine’s attorney general before joining the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 1883. He remained on that court until 1911, becoming one of the state’s best-known judges of his era.

Alongside his legal career, he wrote about the meaning and practice of justice in a thoughtful, accessible way. For listeners interested in law, public life, and American civic ideals, his work offers the perspective of someone who spent decades thinking seriously about how courts should serve society.