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Brann & Isaacson, was formed in the late 1920's as a partnership between former Maine Governor Louis J. Brann and Peter A. Isaacson. During the eighty years since its founding, the firm has been retained by local, regional and national clients who have looked to Brann & Isaacson's creative problem-solving in commercial litigation, the buying and selling of businesses, commercial lending and real estate transactions, trade regulation, state and local tax matters, labor and employment law, and estate planning.

Statement of Practice

General Practice. Online and Direct Marketing Law, Corporate, State and Federal Taxation, Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Administrative Law, Labor, Employment Law, Municipal and School Law, Construction, Antitrust, Trade Regulation, International, Commercial Agreements, Intellectual Property, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Charitable Giving, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Business Torts, Privacy Law, Appeals, Arbitration.

Representative Clients:

L.L. Bean, Inc.
Direct Marketing Assn.
New England Mail Order Assn.
Readers Digest Assn.
Barnes & Noble.com
Consumer Source, Inc.
BMG Columbia House
AOL, LLC
EarthLink, Inc.
Bertelsmann, Inc.
Garnet Hill
Smith & Noble
PetEdge
Vermont Teddy Bear
Country Curtains
Time, Inc.
Frontgate
TravelSmith
Random House, Inc.
Scholastic, Inc.
Talbot's, Inc.
PC Connection
Crutchfield Corp.
Renovator's Supply
GEICO
Coldwater Creek
Highsmith Company
QSP, Inc.
Reiman Publications
Arvato Services, Inc.
Haband
Norm Thompson
Appleseeds
King Arthur Flour
Cuddledown, Inc.
Gorton's Seafood, Inc.
Woot, Inc.
United Egg Producers
Eggland's Best, Inc.
Midwest Egg Marketers
Midwest Food Association
National Wildlife Federation
PC Mall
Office Max
Oriental Trading
Epson America
Danbury Mint
Geiger Bros.
Formed Fiber Technology
Mafcote, Inc.
FC Meyer Packaging LLC
Erving Paper Mills, Inc.
Office Depot
Delorme Publishing Company, Inc.
Seaman Paper Co.
Safe Handling, Inc.
Finance Authority of Maine
Lee Auto Malls
Maine Oxy-Acetylene Supply Company
Cartier
Richemont Company
Industrial Roofing Corporation
Marubeni America Corporation
Concordia Partners LLC
Timoney Technologies, Ltd.
City of Lewiston
City of Auburn
School Boards of Augusta, Bangor, Freeport, Jay, Lewiston
S.A.D. #75
MedTech Publishing
Koch Industries, Inc.
Miller Hydro Group.

Address

184 Main Street P.O. Box 3070
Lewiston, ME 04243-3070, (Androscoggin Co.)

Phone

Phone: 207-786-3566
Telecopier: 207-783-9325

Website

http://www.brannlaw.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Louis J. Brann (1876-1948).

Peter A. Isaacson (1895-1980).

Irving Isaacson (Member) born Auburn, Maine, 1915; admitted to bar, 1939, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1948, U.S. Tax Court; 1960, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit. Education: Bates College (B.A., 1936); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1939). Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: Irving Isaacson

George S. Isaacson (Member) born New York, New York, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Maine and Massachusetts; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., cum laude, 1970); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1973). Listed, Best Lawyers in America. Law Clerk to Hon. Justice Thomas E. Delahanty, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1973-1974. Lecturer in Law, Bowdoin College, 1974—. Lecturer, University of Maine School of Law, 1979. Member, 1983-1987 and Chairman, 1988-1992, Maine Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence. Member: First Circuit Court of Appeals Advisory Committee on Rules, 1989-1993; State Advisory Committee to U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1985-1988; Steering Committee of National Tax Association Project on Taxation of Electronic Commerce, 1999-2000. Member, Advisory Board, CCH Sales and Use Tax Alert, 1990-1993, 2001—. Legal Columnist, Catalog Success Magazine, 2007—. Chairman, Education and Research Committee. Trustee, Maine Health, 2004—; Chairman, Strategic Planning Committee; Maine Medical Center, 1994-2003; Maine Public Broadcasting Network, 2008—. Chairman, Maine Council of School Board Attorneys, 1998-2000. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Fellow: Maine Bar Foundation.Email: George S. Isaacson

Martin I. Eisenstein (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; 1984, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Fourth and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with high honors, 1972; J.D., with distinction, 1975); University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (Masters of Law, 1976). Order of the Coif, University of Illinois. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1972. U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division and U.S. Attorney's Office, E.D. VA., 1977-1983. Chair, Maine State Bar Association Tax Section. Member, Governor Baldacci's Judicial Selection Committee. Chair of the Board of Directors of State of Maine Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority. Member and Past Chair, Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council Board of Directors. Member and Past Chair, Central Maine Community College Foundation. Member, Board of Directors, Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce. Selected by peers for inclusion in "Best Lawyers in America" and New England "Super Lawyers" List. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: Martin I. Eisenstein

Martha E. Greene (Member) born Greenfield, Massachusetts, 1954; admitted to bar, 1983, Maine; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Managing Editor, Maine Law Review, 1982-1983. Vice Chair, Maine Philanthropy Center Board of Directors, 2009—. Member, Maine Probate Rules Committee, 2005—. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Maine Estate Planning Council.Email: Martha E. Greene

David W. Bertoni (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia; 1988, District of Columbia; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1990, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Fifth Circuits. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., cum laude, distinction in Philosophy, 1984); George Washington University (J.D., 1987). National Winner, Giles Sutherland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition, 1987. Research Assistant, Government Contracts Program, 1985-1986. Editorial Board, Maine Bar Journal, 2006—. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: David W. Bertoni

Peter D. Lowe (Member) born Oxford, England, 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, England and Wales; 1989, Maine; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Birmingham, England (LL.B., 1983); College of Law, Chester, England. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations; Maine Council of School Board Attorneys (Chairman, 2002-2004); Law Society of England and Wales.Email: Peter D. Lowe

Benjamin W. Lund (Member) born Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); Oxford University; Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Maine Study Commission on Property Rights and the Public Health, Safety and Welfare, 1995. Member, International Council of Shopping Centers. Director, 1995-1999, Secretary, 1995-1997 and President, 1997-1999, Natural Resources Council of Maine. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: Benjamin W. Lund

Daniel C. Stockford (Member) born Fairfax, Virginia, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Maine, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., cum laude, 1986); Boston College Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1989-1990. Law Clerk to Justice Robert W. Clifford, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1990-1991. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations; Maine Council of School Board Attorneys.Email: Daniel C. Stockford

Peter J. Brann (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Maine and Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, Districts of Maine and Massachusetts; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bates College (B.A., 1977); Oxford University; Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Best Speaker and Member, Best Team, Homer Albers Moot Court Competition, 1980. Visiting Lecturer, Tufts University, 1979-1981. Mellon Fellow, Bates College, 2003. Assistant Attorney General and State Solicitor, Maine, 1981-1999. Recipient, Award for Best Brief filed in U.S. Supreme Court by a State, National Association of Attorney Generals, 1998-1999. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: Peter J. Brann

Kevin R. Haley (Member) born Fort Kent, Maine, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., magna cum laude, with honors in History, 1989); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Note and Comment Editor, Maine Law Review, 1993-1994. Instructor, Legal Writing, University of Maine School of Law, 1992-1993. Law Clerk to Justice David G. Roberts, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1994-1995. Member: Maine State (Chair, Intellectual Property Section) and American Bar Associations; International Trademark Association.Email: Kevin R. Haley

Daniel A. Nuzzi (Member) born Glen Ridge, New Jersey, 1955; admitted to bar, 1992, Maryland; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1994, District of Columbia; 1996, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Berklee College (B.M., cum laude, 1981); New England Conservatory of Music (M.M., 1982); University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 1992). Order of the Coif. Assistant Editor, Maryland Law Review, 1990-1992. Author, Survey, "Willful Misconduct in Negligence Claims," 50 Maryland Law Review, 1289 (1990). Author, Case Note, "Saba v. Darling," 50 Maryland Law Review 1289, 1990. Member: Androscoggin County, Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: Daniel A. Nuzzi

Matthew P. Schaefer (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Maine and Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., with high honors, 1991); Cornell Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif. Lead Articles Editor, Cornell International Law Journal (1993-1994). Member: Maine, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations.Email: Matthew P. Schaefer

Regan M. Hornney (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, 1964; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Boston University (B.S., 1986); Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs (M.A., 1996); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1996). Land Use Planner, 1993. Member: Maine State Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Maine Local Rules Committee, 2003—).Email: Regan M. Hornney

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Lynn Gelinas (Associate) born Portland, Maine, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Maine; 1996, Massachusetts. Education: University of Southern Maine (B.A., summa cum laude, 1988); University of Maine (J.D., 1994). Member: Maine State Bar Association.Email: Lynn Gelinas

David Swetnam-Burland (Associate) born San Jose, California, 1973; admitted to bar, 2003, California; 2004, Maine; 2006, Oregon; U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A. with high honors, 1995); University of Michigan (M.A., Philosophy, 1998); University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Honorable Vaughn R. Walker, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Member: State Bar of California; Oregon State Bar; Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: David Swetnam-Burland

David T. Slatery (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Massachusetts; 2007, Maine. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., cum laude, 1984); University of Chicago (J.D., 1987). International Economic Development Council, 2002—. Member: Boston, Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: David T. Slatery

Barbara Slote (Associate) born Armonk, New York, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Maine and Massachusetts. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 2002); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Notes Editor, American Journal of Law & Medicine, 2004-2005. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: Barbara Slote

Stacy Stitham (Associate) born Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude, 2002) Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Senior Editor, Harvard Law School Environmental Law Review. Recipient Kenneth R. Clegg Award for Excellence (2005). Law Clerk to Honorable John A. Woodcock, Jr., U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations.Email: Stacy Stitham

Patricia McAllister (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, 1964; admitted to bar, 2004, Maine; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: United States Coast Guard Academy (B.S., 1986) University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Executive Editor, Maine Law Review, 2004. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. [Lieutenant 0-3, U.S. Coast Guard, 1986-1995].Email: Patricia McAllister

Kenleigh Nicoletta (Associate) born Concord, Massachusetts, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: Elmira College (B.A., 2004) University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Maine State Bar Association.Email: Kenleigh Nicoletta

Anne Torregrossa (Associate) born Tewksbury, Massachusetts, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., 2002); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Articles Editor, Maine Law Review, 2007-2008. Teaching Assistant, Legal Writing, University of Maine School of Law, 2007-2008. Member: Maine State Bar Association.Email: Anne Torregrossa