Lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Christopher Taub, Maine’s chief deputy attorney general, to serve on the state’s highest court.

Taub will succeed Justice Andrew Horton, who retired last year, on the seven-member Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

“I am honored by the confidence placed in me by the governor and the Maine Senate,” Taub said in a written statement. “It has been a true privilege to work in the Attorney General’s office for the last 27 years, and I look forward to continuing serving the people of Maine and ensuring that all are treated fairly and the rule of law respected.”

The 58-year-old Brunswick resident has worked in the AG’s office since 1999 and oversaw its litigation division before becoming deputy to Aaron Frey in 2021. He has represented Maine in numerous state and federal cases, covering matters ranging from civil rights to environmental battles to negotiations with tobacco companies over settlement funds.

Taub worked directly for Mills from 2013-19 when she was attorney general.

“I am confident he will serve Maine people with the same integrity and distinction as he has throughout his career in public service,” Mills said in a statement. 

Mills, who is in her final year of her two terms as governor, also had several other judicial nominees confirmed Tuesday: Arnold S. Clark of Calais and Raphaelle A. Silver of Bangor to the Maine District Court; Julia Greenleaf Pitney of Yarmouth to the Maine Superior Court; and Justice John P. O’Neil Jr. of Kennebunk as active retired justice on the Maine Superior Court.