MEMBERS OF FIRM
Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. (Member) born Alexandria, Virginia, December 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Maine; 1993, Colorado. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1975); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1980). Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk to Associate Justice David A. Nichols, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1980-1981. Named, New England Super Lawyers. Member: Penobscot County (President, 1998-1999), Maine State and American Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors; President, 2006-2007); American Association for Justice (Governor); John Waldo Ballou American Inn of Court; Litigation Counsel of America Fellow. Reported Cases: McCann v. Walmart Stores, Inc., 210 F.3d 51 (1st Cir. 2000); Citizens to Establish a Reform Party in Arkansas v. Priest, 970 F.Supp. 690 (E.D. Ark., 1996); Ross Perot v. Federal Election Commission, 97 F.3d 553 (D.C. Cir. 1996); Wyman v. Secretary of State, 625 A.2d 307 (Me. 1993); Parrish v. Wright, 2003 ME 90, 828 A.2d 778; Union River Associates v. Budman, 2004 ME 48, 850 A.2d 334. Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation.Email: Samuel W. Lanham, Jr.
Steven T. Blackwell (Member) born Chevy Chase, Maryland, July 27, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Maine and U. S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Albright College (B.A., cum laude, 1977); University of Baltimore (J.D., 1980). Assistant District Attorney, Kennebec and Somerset Counties, State of Maine, l982. Member: Penobscot County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; John Waldo Ballou Inn of Court. Reported Cases: Patrons Oxford Mutual Insurance Co. v. Marois, 573 A. 2d 16 (Me. 1990); Lalime v. Lalime, 629 A.2d 59 (Me. 1993); Grover v. Minette-Mills, Inc., 638 A.2d 712 (Me. 1994). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Family Law; Products Liability.Email: Steven T. Blackwell
ASSOCIATES
Pamela D. Chute (Associate) born Bangor, Maine, February 18, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Maine (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1976). Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Maine Labor Relations Board, 1990. Public Administrator, Penobscot County, 1995-2000. Member: Penobscot County (President, 1996) and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Land Title Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law; Wills; Probate.Email: Pamela D. Chute
Brett D. Baber (Associate) born September 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Idaho; University of Southern Maine (B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 1982); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985). Research Editor, Maine Law Review, 1984-1985. President, Board of Governors, Maine State Bar Association (1998-2009). Public Address Announcer, University of Maine Black Bears Women's Basketball, Football and Hockey Team. Member: Penobscot County, Maine State (President, 2008) and American Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. [Sergeant, Maine National Guard, 1981-1987]. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Contracts; Real Estate Litigation; Personal Injury; Labor and Employment; Medical Malpractice.