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| | Address | | 45 Memorial Circle, P.O. Box 1058 | | Augusta, Maine 04332-1058 | | (Kennebec Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 207-623-5300 | | Telecopier: 207-623-2914 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.preti.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice. Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property and Technology, Trademark, Product Liability, Construction, Insurance Defense, Antitrust, Medical Malpractice Defense, Civil Rights, Media Communications, Defamation, First Amendment, Workers' Compensation Defense, Arbitration, Mediation, Corporate, Commercial, Business Services, Contracts, General and Limited Partnerships, Joint Ventures, Syndications, Commercial Lending Transactions, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Troubled Loan Workouts, Creditors' Rights, Lender Liability, Foreclosures, State and Federal Taxation, Municipal Bond Financing, Labor and Employment, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Probate, Wills, Estate Planning, Legislative, Regulatory, Governmental Services, Administrative, Lobbying, Environmental, Energy, Utilities, Aviation, Admiralty, Health Care, Trials and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts, and International Law. | | Year Established: 1971 | Firm Profile:
The firm has a diverse and broad-based general practice and provides aggressive and innovative legal services at a reasonable cost to individuals, businesses and institutions. They represent the interests of national corporations and institutions both in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and nationally. The firm is best known for its practice in the areas of intellectual property; technology; civil litigation; corporate, commercial and business services; labor and employment; legislative, regulatory and governmental services; environmental permitting and compliance; energy and utilities; health care; and media law. | | Firm Size: 90 | Law Firm Affiliations:
TERRALEX | Representative Clients:
Acordia/Pettit-Morry Co.; Aetna Life Insurance Co.; American Ash Recycling Corp.; American Express; American Insurance Association; American International Group; Anheuser-Busch; Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.; Bath Iron Works Corp.; Blethen-Maine Newspapers; Bosch Braking Systems; Bowater, Inc.; Canadian Pacific, Ltd.; The Chinet Company; Cianbro Corp.; Colt's Manufacturing Co.; Compania Chilena de Fosforos, S.A. (Chile); Community Service Telephone Co.; Connected Corporation; Construction Services Group; Crawford and Co.; Direct Mail Assn.; Distributors and Suppliers Group; Dunlap Corporation; Eastern Fine Paper Co.; Eastern Maine Electrical Cooperative; Environmental Compliance Corporation; Exchange Applications; Forest Products Group; Fort James Corp.; FrontierVision; Gallagher Bassett Services; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Great Northern Paper; Hannaford Brothers Co.; Harry C. Crooker & Sons; HoltraChem Manufacturing Co.; Hussey Seating Company; Industrial Energy Consumer Group (Energy Purchasers); International Business Machines Corp. (IBM); International Paper - Bucksport Mill; Kennebec Health Systems; Key Corp.; Kimberly-Clark Corp.; KTI; Leiner Health Products Inc.; Lincoln Pulpt Paper, Co.; Lincolnville Telephone Company; LL Bean, Inc.; Maine Automobile Dealers Association; Maine Association of Broadcasters; Maine Bonding & Casualty Company; Maine Chamber of Commerce Group Trust; Maine Hospital Association; Maine Manufacturers Group; Maine Motor Transport Association; Maine Municipal Association; Maine Oil Dealers Association; Maine Optometry Association; Maine Turnpike Authority; McCormick & Company, Incorporated; MCI Telecommunications; Mead Corp.; Medco Containment Service, Inc.; Metropolitan Property & Casualty Co.; Mid-Maine Medical Center; Mid-Maine Telecom; Monsanto Corp.; National Association of Independent Insurers; National Council on Compensation Insurance; National Semiconductor Corp.; New England Financial Services Association; Northern Utilities; NYLCare Health Plans of Maine; Paine Webber Inc.; PHICO Insurance Co.; Proctor and Gamble; Prudential Insurance Co.; Saco Defense Co.; Sesco Inc.; Sherwin Williams Co.; Signature Brands, LLC; Ski Maine Association; Southern Maine Medical Center; Subaru of New England; Telephone Association of Maine; The Hartford; The Saint Paul Companies; Theater Owners of New England; Tidewater Telcom, Inc.; Travelsmith Outfitters; Tri-County Solid Waste Advisory Corp.; Unitel, Inc.; UNUM Corp.; U.S. Insurance Group; United Timber Corp.; United Video Cablevision; Vencor; Veryfine, Inc.; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Wasau & Mosinee Paper Corp.; Willis Corroon Corp. |
Other Office Locations of Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP
Portland, Maine, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
| | RESIDENT PARTNERS OF FIRM | | Severin M. Beliveau (Partner) born Rumford, Maine, March 15, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Maine; 1964, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1960); Georgetown Law Center (J.D., 1963). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Board of Trustees, University of Maine, 1980-1986. County Attorney, Oxford County, 1965-1966. Member, House of Representatives, 1967-1968; State Senator, 1969-1971, State of Maine. President, Samantha Smith Foundation, 1990—. Honorary French Consul, 1992—. President, Forum Francophone des Affaires, 1997—. Member: Kennebec County and Maine State (Member, Board of Governors, 1970-1974) Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1968-1972). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Government; Litigation; Corporate; Administrative Law; International Law; International Business Law. Email: Severin M. Beliveau | | Anthony W. Buxton (Partner) born Augusta, Maine, December 19, 1946; admitted to bar, 1978, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., 1968); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1978). Law Clerk to Hon. Hugh H. Bownes, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1979-1980. Senior Research Fellow, The Energy Law Institute, 1978-1979. Listed in Best Lawyers in America , 1994-1999. Member, Maine Energy Resources Advisory Board, 1981-1986. Chairman, Maine Democratic Party, 1984-1986. Member, Democratic National Committee, 1984-1986. Director, Mainewatch Institute, 1990—. General Counsel, Industrial Energy Consumer Group, 1985—. Director: Maine Bar Foundation, 1987-1993; Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc., 1987-1989. Member: Kennebec County, Maine State (Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1984-1987) and American (Member, Federal Energy Section) Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Maine Public Utilities Commission; Maine Legislature; ISO New England; New England Power Pool; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Practice Areas: Energy Deregulation; Transition to Competition; Energy Law; Public Utility Regulation; Energy Project Development and Permitting. Email: Anthony W. Buxton | | Virginia E. Davis (Partner) born Orange, New Jersey, March 23, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1977, Maine; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Education: Skidmore College (B.A., 1969); University of Denver (M.A., 1971); Seton Hall University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Law Clerk to Hon. Frederick Hall Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1974-1975. General Counsel: Natural Resources Council of Maine, 1979-1985; Maine State Housing Authority, 1985-1986. Member: Maine State Bar Association Board of Governors; China Board of Appeals. Member: Kennebec County, Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Virginia E. Davis | | Charles F. Dingman (Partner) born Springfield, Massachusetts, October 12, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Maine; 1980, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1975); Columbia University (J.D., 1978). Staff Attorney, Maine Public Utilities Commission, 1978-1984. General Counsel, Maine Health Care Finance Commission, 1984-1992. Board Chair, Maine School Administrative District No. 52, 1984-2002. Moderator, Annual Town Meeting, Town of Leeds, 1985—. Board Member, Maine Equal Justice, 2004—. Member: Maine State Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Special Agencies: Maine Department of Health and Human Services; Bureau of Insurance; Maine Division of Purchases. Practice Areas: Health Law; Administrative Law. Email: Charles F. Dingman | | Joseph G. Donahue (Partner) born Waterville, Maine, October 16, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Massachusetts; 1978, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., 1974); Boston University (J.D., 1977). Law Clerk to Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1978-1979. Staff Attorney, 1979-1982 and General Counsel, 1982-1989, Maine Public Utilities Commission. Member: Maine State and Federal Communications Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Maine Public Utilities Commission; Federal Communications Commission; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Practice Areas: Telecommunications; Energy; Public Utility Law; Administrative Law before Federal, State and Local Agencies. Email: Joseph G. Donahue | | Michael J. Gentile (Partner) born Lewiston, Maine, March 1, 1941; admitted to bar, 1968, Maine; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Maine (B.A., 1963); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1968). Judge of Probate, Franklin County, 1980-1982. Counsel to Towns of: Jay; Fayette; Dixfield; Vienna; Rangeley. Member: Oxford County, Franklin County and Maine State (Member: Real Estate & Title Section, Title Standards Subcommittee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Acquisition; Conveyancing; Municipal Law; Probate. Email: Michael J. Gentile | | Bruce C. Gerrity (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, March 12, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University and University of Maine (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta. Member, Supreme Court Historical Society. Counsel to: Maine Automobile Dealers Association; Maine Optometric Association; American Insurance Association; National Association of Independent Insurers; Canadian Pacific RR; New England Financial Services Association; AFLAC. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Special Agencies: Bureau of Insurance; Maine Legislature. Email: Bruce C. Gerrity | | Stephen E. F. Langsdorf (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, October 16, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 1983); University of Texas (J.D., 1986). Instructor, Peoples Law School, Augusta, Maine. Chairman, Sidney Board of Tax Appeals, 1988-1991. Speaker, PFBP&H Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. Law Columnist, Maine Business Monthly Publications, 1998—. Corporation Counsel, City of Augusta, Maine, 1999—. Member: Kennebec County, Maine State and American (Member, Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation; Business Arbitration; Business Law; Civil Appeals; International. Email: Stephen E. F. Langsdorf | | Michael L. Lane (Partner) born 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Maine; 2006, New Hampshire. Education: University of Maine (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Penobscot, Maine State, New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Michael L. Lane | | James C. Pitney, Jr. (Partner) born New York, N.Y., April 21, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1977, Maine; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1971); Seton Hall University Law School (J.D., 1975). General Counsel, Maine State Housing Authority, 1980-1983. General Counsel, Finance Authority of Maine, 1983-1985. Member: Kennebec County, Maine State and American (Member, Sections on Urban, State and Local Government Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Business Law) Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Business. Email: James C. Pitney, Jr. | | Ann R. Robinson (Partner) born Lewiston, Maine, June 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Maine; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Federal Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1983); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1988). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Torts. Republican Nominee for State Attorney General, 1996. Commissioner, Maine Human Rights Commission, 1992-1994. Member, Executive Board, Republican State Committee. Director, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, 2003-2005. Member: Kennebec County, Maine State (Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1989-1992) and American (Member, Administrative Law Section) Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Maine State Legislature; Department of Environmental Protection; Land Use Regulation Commission; Bureau of Insurance. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Legislative; Regulatory; Health Care; Environmental; Cable TV. Email: Ann R. Robinson | | Donald J. Sipe (Partner) born Gunnison, Colorado, August 10, 1957; admitted to bar, 1989, Maine. Education: Central Washington State University (B.A., 1985); University of Southern Maine (J.D., 1989). Staff Attorney, Maine Public Utilities Commission, 1989-1997. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law. Email: Donald J. Sipe | | Daniel W. Walker (Partner) born New York, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine; 1997, Utah. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1991); University of Maine (J.D., 1996). Editor-in-Chief, Ocean and Coastal Journal, 1995-1996. Law Clerk, Utah Court of Appeals, 1996-1998. Litigation Associate, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1998-2000. Counsel to the Speaker, Maine House of Representatives, 2000-2002. Partner, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, 2003-2006. Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Legislative Practice; Municipal Law. Email: Daniel W. Walker | | RESIDENT OF COUNSEL | | Andrew Landry (Of Counsel) born Biddeford, Maine, June 25, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., cum laude, 1983); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1987). Corporate Counsel, 1987-1995 and General Counsel, 1995-2002, Bangor Hydro-Electric Company. Member: Penobscot County (Vice President, 2005; President 2006) and Maine State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Energy; Telecommunications Law. Email: Andrew Landry | | Linda S. Lockhart (Of Counsel) born Bath, Maine, December 17, 1950; admitted to bar, 1997, Maine. Education: Lesley College (B.S., 1992); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1996). Volunteer, Domestic Violence Pro Bono Panel, Municipal Office, Gray, Maine. Member: Maine State Bar Association; Economic Development Council of Maine. Practice Areas: Energy; Utility Law; Legislative Practice; Business Transactions. Email: Linda S. Lockhart | | RESIDENT ASSOCIATE | | Bethany K. Beausang (Associate) born Portland, Maine, July 28, 1971; admitted to bar, 2003, Maine; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Maine (B.A.,1996); Columbus School of Law of The Catholic University of America (J.D., 2003). Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Law. Email: Bethany K. Beausang | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Portland, Maine Office: One City Center, P.O. Box 9546, 04112-9546. Telephone: 207-791-3000. Telefax: 207-791-3111.
Concord, New Hampshire Office: Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, PLLP, 57 North Main Street, P.O. Box 1318, 03302-1318. Telephone: 603-410-1500. Telefax: 603-410-1501.
Boston, Massachusetts Office: One Beacon Street, Suite 3400, 02108-3107. Telephone: 617-226-3800. Telefax: 617-226-3801.
| | (For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, see Professional Biographies, Portland, Maine) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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