Robert William Clifford[2] (born May 2, 1937) is an American politician, lawyer and retired associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
On June 8, 1979, former Governor Joseph Brennan appointed Clifford to the state's Superior Court.
Another appointment by Chief Justice Vincent L. McKusick made Clifford the first chief justice of the Maine Superior Court in 1984, a position he would hold until his appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court on August 1, 1986 by Governor Brennan.
Justice Clifford served as the Court's liaison to the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure, and to the Maine Assistance Program.
[5][6] Prior to his judicial service, Clifford worked in the state's senate during the 106th and 107th Legislatures as a Democrat.