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| | Location: 100 Middle Street, P.O. Box 9729, Portland, Maine 04104-5029, (Cumberland Co.) | | |
(Main Office)
| Bernstein Shur practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Aviation, Business Law, Business Restructuring and Insolvency, Construction, Education, Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, Estate Planning, Trusts, and Probate, Finance, Franchise, Health Care, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Land Conservation, Legislative and Government Affairs, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Technology, Utilities. | | Year Established: 1915 | Firm Profile:
Bernstein Shur is one of northern New England's largest multi-service law firms, with more than 85 attorneys in Portland and Augusta, Maine and Manchester, New Hampshire. Established in 1915, the firm provides practical legal counsel to a diverse group of public and private clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur's commercial, litigation, and municipal practices are complemented by the services of the firm's affiliates, which include Bernstein Shur Government Solutions LLC, a government consulting firm; Stratex LLC, an environmental and engineering consultancy; and Monument Title Company. | | Firm Size: 95 | Law Firm Affiliations:
LEX MUNDI |
Other Office Locations of Bernstein Shur
Augusta, Maine, U.S.A.
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
| | SHAREHOLDERS | | Leonard M. Nelson (Shareholder) born Maine, 1935; admitted to bar, 1960, Maine; 1961, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1957; LL.B., 1960). Phi Beta Kappa. Trustee, 1979— and President, 1982-1984, Portland Museum of Art. President, Board of Trustees, Portland Symphony Orchestra, 1963-1966. Trustee, The Waynflete School, 1967-1976. Chairman, Maine State Commission on the Arts and the Humanities, 1967-1975. Trustee: Portland Public Library, 1969-1974; National Endowment for the Arts, 1975—. Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts Music Policy Panel, 1979-1982. Member, 1993-1998 and Chairman, 1994, Falmouth Town Council. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1966-1976) and American Bar Associations. Email: Leonard M. Nelson | | Peter J. Rubin (Shareholder) born Maine, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Maine and Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, Rhode Island. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1967); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1970). Member, Harvard Law Review, 1969-1970. President, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, 1998—. Member: Cumberland County (President, General Committee, 1983), Maine State, Federal (President, Maine Chapter, 1978-1982; Second Vice President, First Circuit, 1980-1981) and American Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America in Appellate Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Legal Malpractice Law, Mass Tort Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense; Chambers, USA in General Commercial and Medical Malpractice Litigation. Fellow, Maine Bar Foundation. Member, Board of Visitors, University of Maine School of Law. Executive Secretary to Maine Judicial Council, 1978-1981. Member, Advisory Board, National Center for State Courts Project for use of voluntary lawyers as supplemental judicial resources, 1983-1987. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice. Email: Peter J. Rubin | | Eric F. Saunders (Shareholder) born Maine, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Maine. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1969); Boston University (J.D., 1973). Member, Boston University Law Review, 1972-1973. Member, 1975-1978 and Chairman, 1976-1977, Planning Board, Town of Freeport, Maine. Member, Town Council, Town of Freeport, Maine, 1978. Chairman, Board of Trustees, Portland School of Art, 1986-1988. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Law. Email: Eric F. Saunders | | Gordon F. Grimes (Shareholder) born New Hampshire, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Maine, New Hampshire, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1971); Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (B.A., 1973); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Keasbey Scholar, 1971-1973. Member, Board of Overseers, Bowdoin College, 1986-1996; Trustee, 1996-1998. Trustee, Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Educational Telecasting Corporation (WCBB), 1987-1992. Member, Historic District Commission, Dover, New Hampshire, 1975. Trustee, 1976-1983; Vice-President, 1978-1979; President, 1979-1980, Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc. Trustee: Maine Citizens for Historic Preservation, 1977-1983; Greater Portland Arts Council, 1977-1978. Member, Maine Council, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1979-1983. Trustee, 1981-1988, Vice President, 1982-1984 and President, 1984-1986. Maine Historical Society. Steering Committee, Osher Map Library Campaign, 1994-1995. Member, Maine State Capitol Planning Commission, 1980-1983. Member, Maine Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Records, 1985-1993. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member: Cumberland County, New Hampshire, Maine State (Member, Special Committee on Revision of Trademark Laws, 1978) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Independent Power; Municipal Solid Waste; Public Utility Law; Construction Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance. Email: Gordon F. Grimes | | George F. Burns (Shareholder) born Massachusetts, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1978, Maine. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., 1969); New York University (J.D., 1972). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America. Mediator, Arbitrator, and Early Neutral Evaluator for Maine Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADRES)Program. Member, Maine Securities Law Revision Committee, 1978-1981. Member, Board of Directors, 1980-1995 and President, 1993-1995, Lark Society for Chamber Music. Member, 1981-1984 and Chairman, 1984, Falmouth Town Council. President, Spurwink School, 1997-1999. Member, Board of Directors, Spurwink Institute, 1997-2002. Member, Board of Directors, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 2002—. Member, Board of Directors, Portland Harbor Museum. Member, Panel of Arbitrators (Commercial), American Arbitration Association. Member, ABA Construction Law Forum. Member, Maine Business and Consumer Court Advisory Committee. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Fellow: Maine Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Fischbach & Moore, Inc. v. Presteel Corp., 398 A2d 397 (Me. 1978); First Hartford Corp. v. Central Maine Power Co., 425 A. 2d 174 (Me. 1980); York Mutual Insurance Co. of Maine v. Mooers, 415 A.2d 564 (Me. 1980); Cianbro Corporation v. Curran Lavoie, Inc., 814 F. 2d 7 (1st Cir. 1987); Bateman v. FDIC, 970 F. 2d 924 (1st Cir. 1992); and Alexander v. Fairway Villas, 719 A. 2d 103 (Me. 1998). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: George F. Burns | | Philip H. Gleason (Shareholder) born Pennsylvania, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Maine; 1976, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970); University of Virginia (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1975-1976. Member, 1980-1986, Vice Chairman, 1981-1983 and Chairman, 1983-1985, Planning Board, Town of Cumberland, Maine. Director, 1978-1990 and President, 1985-1988, Portland Concert Association. Director, The Woodlands Club, 1989-1990. Director, Portland Yacht Club, 1990-1992. Member, 1993-1999 and Chairman, 1995-1997, Cumberland Town Council. Member, Executive Board, 2001—, Coastal Conservation Association-Maine, and Chairman, Governmental Relations Committee, 2001-2004. Trustee, Bangor Theological Seminary, 2007—. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1986-1987) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Financing; Tax Exempt Bonds; Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Transactions. Email: Philip H. Gleason | | Geoffrey H. Hole (Shareholder) born Connecticut, 1942; admitted to bar, 1973, Maine. Education: University of Maine (B.A., 1967; J.D., 1972). Director, Legal Services, Maine Municipal Association, 1975-1979. Member: Maine State Bar Association (Secretary: Labor and Employment Law Section, 1983; Chairman, Municipal Law Section, 1986, 1987); Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Municipal Finance; Municipal Labor Law; Municipal Taxation; Construction Law; Land Use; Municipal Litigation; Mediation and Court Appointed Master. Email: Geoffrey H. Hole | | John M. R. Paterson (Shareholder) born England, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., 1966); New York University (J.D., 1969). Chief, Environmental Protection Division, Maine Attorney General Department, 1971-1976. Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation, Maine Attorney General Department, 1976-1981. Member: Freeport, Maine School Committee, 1983-1987; Freeport, Maine Town Council, 1987-1990; Maine Professional Ethics Commission, 1985-2000. Chair, Baxter Compensation Authority, 2002—. Listed in Best Lawyers in America: First Amendment Law; Antitrust Law. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Health Law; Antitrust; Media; Corporate Litigation. Email: John M. R. Paterson | | Charles E. Miller (Managing Shareholder) born Connecticut, 1947; admitted to bar, 1979, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1969); University of Maine (M.Ed., 1973); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Managing Editor, University of Maine Law Review, 1978-1979. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, (Real Estate Law); Chambers & Partners, America's Leading Business Lawyers (Real Estate Law); Super Lawyers (Real Estate Law). President, State of Maine Council, B'nai B'rith, 1981-1990. President, 1986-1988, Chairman, Endowment Committee, and Board Member, 1980-2006, Temple Beth El. Member, Board of Directors and Immediate Past President, Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine. Member, Board of Directors: Maine Bar Foundation (Co-chair, Coffin Fellows Sub-Committee); Muskie Fund for Legal Justice. Member, Friends of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, Maine Real Estate Developers' Association (MEREDA). Member, AIPAC. Member, Hon. Morton Brody Judicial Excellence Award Selection Committee. Division Chair: Campaign For Justice. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Member, Real Estate Section) and American (Member, Commercial Leasing Section) Bar Associations; LEX MUNDI (Member, Managing Shareholders and Marketing Sections); Maine Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors; Co-chair, Coffin Fellows Sub-Committee); Muskie Fund For Legal Justice (Member, Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Sales; Corporate Law. Email: Charles E. Miller | | Lee K. Bragg (Shareholder) (See Augusta, Maine Listing). | | John H. Montgomery, III (Shareholder) born New Jersey, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., cum laude, 1972); University of Maine (J.D., 1977). Assistant District Attorney, 1978-1979. Representative, Governor's Trade Mission to Halifax, Nova Scotia, June, 1988. Designated Mediator, Supreme Judicial Court Alternate Dispute Resolution Pilot Project, 1988. Member: Maine Supreme Judicial Court's Alternative Dispute Resolution Implementation Committee, 1994-2000; Superior Court Roster of Mediators and Arbitrators (current). Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Speaker: "Insurance Fundamentals for Real Estate Lawyers," Maine State Bar Association Annual Summer Meeting, June/July 2006 (Chair); "Insurance Fundamentals for Camp Owners," American Camping Association seminar, March 25, 2006; "The Duties of Counsel in the Electronic Age," Maine State Bar Association Electronic Discovery Seminar, May 20, 2005 (Chair); "Highlights of Proposed Changes in the Federal Discovery Rules," Maine State Bar Association Annual Winter Meeting, January 2005; "Insurance in the Construction Process," Associated General Contractors of Maine, December 2004; "Issues and Problems Under Maine's Late Payment and Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Statute," Maine State Bar Association Annual Winter Meeting, January 2004 (Moderator); "Insurance Considerations In Public Contracts," Construction Contracting for Public Entities in Maine, November 21, 2002. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Chair, Insurance Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Torts and Insurance Law; International Law and Practice) Bar Associations; Lex Mundi College of Mediators. Practice Areas: Insurance; Business Interruption; Property Damage; Lawyers Professional Liability Defense; Power Plant and Pipeline Construction; Energy; Contracts; Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Computer Law; Art Law; Artists Rights; First Amendment. Email: John H. Montgomery, III | | Christopher L. Vaniotis (Shareholder) born Massachusetts, 1948; admitted to bar, 1981, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1983, Massachusetts; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Suffolk University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); Harvard University (J.D., 1981). Editor, The Legal Column," Journal of Maine EMS, 1992-1996. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State (Chairman, Public Affairs Committee, 1985-1989) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Land Use Law. Email: Christopher L. Vaniotis | | Nathan H. Smith (Shareholder) born Maryland, 1948; admitted to bar, 1982, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1971); McMaster University (M.A., 1975); Washington & Lee University (J.D., cum laude, 1982).. Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. President, Portland Trails, 1991-1992; President, United Way of Greater Portland, 1992-1994; Lecturer, University of Maine School of Law. Appointed by Governor King to be a Commissioner of the Maine State Housing Authority, 1996-2000. Elected to Portland City Council, 1998-2001, re-elected 2001. Mayor, City of Portland 2003-2004. Listed in: Chamber's USA, Real Estate Law; The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate. Email: Nathan H. Smith | | Robert J. Keach (Shareholder) born Vermont, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1994, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Maine (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Research Editor, Maine Law Review, 1979-1980. Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Ten-Year Certificate). Author: "Dead Man Filing Redux: Is the New Individual Chapter 11 Unconstitutional?," 13 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. J. 483 (Winter 2005); "Solvent Debtors and Myths of Good Faith and Fiduciary Duty," 23 ABI Journal 36 (Jan. 2005); "Stalking-Horse Lenders and Good Faith: The Availability of Appellate Protection Under Sections 363(m) and 364(e) for Asset Purchasers Extending DIP Financing," 23 ABI Journal 28 (June 2004); "When the Committee is Not and When the Committee is No More," 22 ABI Journal 34 (Jan. 2004); "A Hole in the Glove: Why 'Negotiation' Should Trump 'Solicitation'," 22 ABI Journal 22 (June 2003); "The Case Against KERPS," American Bankruptcy Institute (2003); "LaSalle, the 'Market Test' and Competing Plans: Still in the Fog," 21 ABI Journal 18 (Jan. 2003). Member: Maine State (Committee on Bankruptcy and Reorganization) and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, Board of Directors; Vice President for Education); American Board of Certification (Member, Board of Directors). Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy. (Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Workouts; Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert J. Keach | | Jeffrey A. Thaler (Shareholder) born New York, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, New York; 1979, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1980, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Williams College (B.A., magna cum laude, highest honors, 1974); Yale University (J.D., 1977). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, Environmental and Natural Resources Law, 1989— and Business Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation, 2004—; Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Environmental Law 2005— and Commercial Litigation 2006—. Author: Maine Environmental Law Handbook, 2d edition 2002. Recipient, Maine Civil Liberties Union Scolnik Award, 2007. Adjunct Professor, University of Maine School of Law, 2000. Member, Governor's Select Commission on Bail, 1982-1984. Member, 1988-2001 and Chair, 1996-2000, Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Professional Responsibility. Member, Governor's Task Force on Lead Poisoning Liability and Insurance Availability, 1996-2001. Panel Chair, Maine Medical Malpractice Screening Panels, 2002-2004. Board Member and Treasurer, Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine, 2002—. Member, Land for Maine's Future Board, 2004—. Board Member, World Affairs Council of Maine, 2006—. Member and Team Leader, Edward T. Gignoux Inn of Court, 1997-2003. Law Clerk, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1979-1980. Member: Maine State (Chair, Environmental Law Section, 1997-1999) and American Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1998—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: State Cases: Anderson v. Town of Durham, 895 A.2d 944 (Me. 2006); Stenzel v. Dell, Inc., 870 A.2d 133 (Me. 2005); Thompson v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc., 847 A.2d 406 (Me. 2004); Pease v. Jasper Wyman & Son, 845 A.2d 552 (Me. 2004); Conservation Law Foundation v. Department of Environmental Protection, 823 A.2d 551 (Me. 2003); Millett v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 760 A.2d 250 (Me. 2000); Capodilupo v. Town of Bristol, 730 A.2d 1257 (Me. 1999); McCullough v. Visiting Nurse Service of Southern Maine, Inc., 691 A.2d 1201 (Me. 1997); SCI Testing Tech. v. Dept. of Environmental Protection, 688 A.2d 421 (Me. 1996); Atlantic Salmon Federation v. Board of Environmental Protection, 662 A.2d 206 (Me. 1995); Barnes v. Zappia, 658 A.2d 1086 (Me. 1995); Ziegler v. American Maize-Products Co., 658 A.2d 219 (Me. 1995); Barnes v. McGough, 623 A.2d 144 (Me. 1993); Petit v. Key Bancshares of Maine, Inc., 614 A.2d 946 (Me. 1992); Bangor Hydro-Elec. V. Bd. of Env. Prot., 595 A.2d 438 (Me. 1991); Poulin v. Aquaboggan Waterslide, 567 A.2d 925 (Me. 1989); Waste Disposal Inc. v. Town of Porter, 563 A.2d 779 (Me. 1989); Parker-Danner Co. v. Nickerson, 554 A.2d 1193 (Me. 1989); MacKerron v. Downing, 534 A.2d 359 (Me. 1987); Hall v. Bd. of Env. Prot., 498 A.2d 260 (Me. 1985); Smith v. State, 479 A.2d 1309 (Me. 1984); Herrick v. Theberge, 474 A.2d 870 (Me. 1984); Pierce v. State, 463 A.2d 756 (Me. 1983); Marquis v. Keyes Fibre Co. 434 A.2d 514 (Me. 1981); Martin v. Scott Paper Co. 479 A.2d 1309 (Me. 1984); Smith v. State Porter 474 A.2d 870 (Me. 1984); Stadler v. Nativity Lutheran Church, 438 A.2d 898 (Me. 1981); Stadler v. Nativity Lutheran Church, 436 A.2d 892 (Me. 1981); Martin v. Scott Paper Co., 434 A.2d 514 (Me. 1981); Marquis v. Keyes Fibre Co., 428 A.2d 69 (Me. 1981); Federal District Court: Central Maine Power Co. v. Foster Wheeler Corp.116 F.R.D. 339 (D.Me. 1987); In re One Bancorp Securities Litigation,134 F.R.D. 4 (D.Me. 1991); Sewall v. Taylor , 672 F.Supp. 542 (D.Me. 1987); Hill v. Phillips, Barratt, Kaiser Engineering Ltd., 586 F.Supp. 944 (D.Me. 1984); All Maine Asbestos Litigation (PNS Cases), 589 F.Supp. 1571 (D.Me. 1984); In re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (BIW Cases), 589 F.Supp. 1563 (D.Me. 1984); In re All Maine Asbestos Litigation, 581 F.Supp.963 (D. Me. 1984); U.S. v. Cresta, 592 F.Supp. 889 (D.Me. 1984); DeSalle v. Key Bank of Southern Maine, 685 F.Supp. 282 (D.Me. 1988); Inhabitants of City of Saco v. General Elec. Co., 779 F.Supp.186 (D. Me. 1991); Nensel v. Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc., 815 F.Supp. 26 (D.Me. 1993); Karofsky v. Abbott Laboratories, 921 F.Supp. 18 (D.Me. 1996); Allwaste Environmental Services/North Atlantic, Inc. v. Pastore, 911 F.Supp. 29 (D.Me. 1996); Bohrmann v. Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., 926 F.Supp. 211 (D.Me. 1996); Penobscot Indian Nation v. Key Bank of Maine, 906 F.Supp. 13 (D.Me. 1995); U.S. v. Maine Dept. of Transp., 980 F.Supp. 546 (D.Me. 1997); U.S. Public Interest Research Group v. Atlantic Salmon of Maine, LLC., 273 F.Supp.2d 126 (D.Me. 2003); White v. Meador, 215 F.Supp.2d 215 (D.Me. 2002); U.S. Public Interest Research Group v. Atlantic Salmon of Maine, LLC., 257 F.Supp.2d 407 (D.Me. 2003); U.S. Public Interest Research Group v. Atlantic Salmon of Maine, LLC, 307 F.Supp.2d 187 (D. Me. 2004); City of Bangor v. Citizens Communications Co., 339 F.Supp.2d 135 (D.Me. 2004); Federal Circuit Court of Appeals: United Technologies Corp. v. Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., 33 F.3d 96 (C.A.1 (Me.) 1994); Hegarty v. Somerset County, 53 F.3d 1367 (C.A.1 (Me.) 1995); Penobscot Indian Nation v. Key Bank of Maine, 112 F.3d 538 (C.A.1 (Me.) 1997); Strout v. Albanese, 178 F.3d 57 (C.A.1 (Me.) 1999); Eulitt ex rel. Eulitt v. Maine, Dept. of Educ., 386 F.3d 344 (C.A.1 (Me.) 2004). Practice Areas: State and Federal Civil Litigation; Energy; Environmental Law; Commercial Litigation; Toxic Torts; Personal Injury Litigation. Email: Jeffrey A. Thaler | | James A. Houle (Shareholder) born Washington, D.C., 1948; admitted to bar, 1981, Maine; 1983, New York. Education: Boston College (B.A., with honors, 1971); University of Massachusetts (M.F.A, 1976); University of Maine (J.D., 1981); New York University; Boston University (LL.M., Taxation, 1984). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Estate Planning and Employee Benefits. Member, Board of Directors: Portland Museum of Art; Maine Trust for People with Disabilities; Creative Work System. Member: Maine State and American (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Section; Tax Section) Bar Associations; Maine Trust and Estates Council; Maine Employee Benefits Council. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Trusts and Estates; Estate and Gift Taxation. Email: James A. Houle | | John L. Carpenter (Shareholder) born Ohio, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Colby College (A.B., cum laude, 1980); Washington & Lee University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Order of the Coif. Contributor, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1983-1984. Listed in Best Lawyers in America and Chambers. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Transactions and Financing; Franchising; Corporate Governance. Email: John L. Carpenter | | Patrick J. Scully (Shareholder) born New York, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1979); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Comments Editor, Maine Law Review. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Public Utility Law. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; International Municipal Lawyers Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers; National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisers. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Municipal Law; Utility Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Energy Law; Telecommunications Law; Public Finance. Email: Patrick J. Scully | | Anthony E. Perkins (Shareholder) born Maine, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Maine; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Colby College (B.A., cum laude, with distinction in Government, 1982); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Board Member, Maine Investment Exchange, 2004—. SubCommittee Chair, Regional Relations, Cumberland County Strategic Planning Committee, 2006. Board Member, Gorham Times. Member, State Legislative Commission for Internet Policy for Maine, 2001-2002. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Member, Computer Law and Internet Committee, 1998-2003; Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Section, 1996-1998) and American (Sections on: Business Law; Science and Technology; Intellectual Property) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Technology; Intellectual Property; Computer Software Law; Financing. Email: Anthony E. Perkins | | Nelson A. Toner (Shareholder) born Maine, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1987, Maine. Education: Trinity College (B.S., 1981); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1984); Boston University (LL.M., Tax, 1988). Instructor, Research Advocacy and Writing, Case Western Reserve University, 1983-1984. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Tax Practice, 2003-2007. Member: Maine State, Massachusetts and American (Section of Taxation; Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Taxation; Like Kind Exchanges; State Taxation. Email: Nelson A. Toner | | David A. Soley (Shareholder) born Maryland, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Georgia; 1985, District of Columbia and Maryland; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, Maine. Education: Bates College (B.A., with honors, 1980); Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; Emory University (J.D., 1984). Notes and Comments Editor, Emory Law Journal, 1982-1984. Member, Moot Court Society, 1983-1984. Recipient, John Gilbert Gornall International Studies Award. Editor, Business Torts Litigation Handbook, 2005. Member, 1996-2002 and Chair, 1998-2000, Town Council of Freeport Maine. Chair, Anti-Defamation League of Maine, 1996-1999. Member and Owner, East Brown Cow (Commercial Real Estate Acquisition and Development). Recipient, ABA Award of Excellence, 2006. Member: Maine State and American (Chair, Business Torts Litigation Committee, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Constitutional Law; Real Estate Litigation. Email: David A. Soley | | Lester F. Wilkinson, Jr. (Shareholder) (See Augusta, Maine Listing). | | Kenneth W. Lehman (Shareholder) born New York, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New York and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1986, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Hamilton College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1978); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Lecturer, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1991—. Assistant Attorney General, Maine Department of Attorney General, 1986- 1992. Member, Board of Directors, 1987-2001, 2004— (Vice-President, 1988-1990; Chair Capital Campaign, 2004—) Congregation Bet Ha'am. Member, Board of Directors, Jewish Community Alliance, 2002-2004. Chair, Law Enforcement Group and Steering Committee, Maine Prescription Abuse Data Synthesis (P.A.D.S.) Study, 1987-1988. Commissioner, Maine Commission on Legal Needs (Steering Committee), 1989-1990. Chair, Maine Volunteer Lawyer's Project Committee, 1990-1994; 1996-2001; 2003-2005. Member, Board of Directors, Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Portland, Inc., 1992-1994. American Lung Association of Maine, 1993-1999. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law. Member: Maine State Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section, Chair, 2004—); American Health Lawyers Association. Maine Bar Foundation (Director, 1990-1996; 1997—2003). Fellow, Maine Bar Foundation (Director, 1990-1996; 1997-2003). Practice Areas: Health Law; Litigation. Email: Kenneth W. Lehman | | Patricia A. Peard (Shareholder) born Maryland, 1946; admitted to bar, 1988, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2007, New Hampshire; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Wilson College (B.A., 1968); University of Minnesota (M.A., 1970); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; National Association of College and University Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Education Law; Employment Law; First Amendment; Disability Insurance Defense; Civil Rights. Email: Patricia A. Peard | | David P. Ray (Chair, Construction Law Practice Group) born Eastport, Maine, July 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Maine (B.A. with high honors, 1974) Phi Beta Kappa; Cornell University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1980. Counsel to U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell, 1981-1982. Member, 2002-2008 and Chair, 2004-2005 and 2007-2008, Town of Yarmouth School Committee. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Construction Law. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Insurance Law; Civil Litigation; Arbitration; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: David P. Ray | | Leonard M. Gulino (Shareholder) born New York, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and Massachusetts; 1987, Maine. Education: State University of New York at Oswego (B.A., 1978); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1984; M.B.A., 1985). Speaker, Relocation Litigation, Advanced Family Law Seminar, Maine State Bar Association 2006. Author and Speaker: "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - a Lawyer's Perspective" and "Divorcing Spouses and Their Creditors," New Hampshire Bar Association, 2004 and 2005. Chair and Speaker, "Advance Financial Issues in Divorce," Maine State Bar Association 2005. Author and Speaker: "Hot Topics in Asset Sales," Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2001. Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Spurwink Institute, Portland, Maine. Confidential Clerk to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John W. Creahan, 1984-1986. Member, Moot Court Board. First Place Appellate Advocacy Competition, 1983. Member: Maine State Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Divorce; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Civil Litigation; Real Estate. Email: Leonard M. Gulino | | Karen B. Lovell (Shareholder) born Michigan, 1948; admitted to bar, 1979, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1970); University of Maine (J.D., 1979). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Listed in Best Lawyers in America in Trusts & Estates and Tax. Appointed by the Governor of Maine as York County Public Administrator in 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2005. Appointed by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court as a Member of the Board of Overseers of the Bar, 1998 and 2002; Vice-Chair, 2003; Chair, 2004. Member, Fee Arbitration Commission, 1995-2000. Chair, Panel 1-A, Fee Arbitration Commission, 1998-2000. Adjunct Professor, University of Maine School of Law, 2007. Member: York County, Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; Maine Estate Planning Council. Maine Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust and Estate Administration; Estate and Gift Taxation. Email: Karen B. Lovell | | Linda D. McGill (Shareholder) born 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Randolph-Macon Woman's College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1971); Northeastern University (J.D., 1978). Author: "Public Policy Claims in Employee Termination Disputes," 15 Employment Relations Today No. 3, Autumn, 1988; "OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard: Guidelines for Compliance," 16 Employment Relations Today No. 3, Autumn, 1989; "Reproductive Hazards and Sex Discrimination: A Delicate Balance," 17 Employment Relations Today, No. 1, Spring, 1990; "Nonunion Grievances and Arbitration Procedures," 3 Labor and Employment Arbitration 72-1, Bornstein and Gosline Eds., Matthew Bender, 1988; "Union Security," 2 NLRA: Law and Practice, 16-1, Matthew Bender, 1991—. Adjunct Faculty Member, Employment Discrimination, University of Maine School of Law, 1994—. Immediate Past Chair, Maine State Civil Service Board. Member, Executive Committee, Maine Bar Foundation. Chair, Advisory Committee, Volunteer Lawyers Project, 2001—. Member, International Senior Lawyers Project. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1994—and Co-Chair, Women's Law Section, 2001-2002) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. | | Robert F. Macdonald, Jr. (Shareholder) born Maine, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: London School of Economics, London, England; Colby College (B.A., cum laude, 1987); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1990). Recipient, Charles A. Dana Scholarship. Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law. Email: Robert F. Macdonald, Jr. | | Paul McDonald (Shareholder) born New York, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, New York and New Jersey; 1988, Pennsylvania; 1998, Maine. Education: Carleton College (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Rutgers University (J.D., 1986). Notes and Comments Editor, Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal, 1985-1986. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Paul McDonald | | Andru H. Volinsky (Shareholder) (See Manchester, New Hampshire Office). | | Robert J. Crawford (Shareholder) born Massachusetts, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, Minnesota; 1989, Maine. Education: Colgate University; The Evergreen State College (B.A., 1977); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Member, University of Minnesota Law School Moot Court Board. National Moot Court Competition Region 14 Champions, 1987. Trustee, President Cumberland Mainland and Islands Trust. Member, Town of Cumberland, Board of Assessment Review. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Administrative Law; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Complex Property Tax and Valuation Appeals; Permitting, Litigation and Appeals; Legislative Counsel and Lobbying Services; Land Use Reviews; Representation of Special District; Sales and Use Tax Appeals. Email: Robert J. Crawford | | Arnold C. Macdonald (Shareholder) born Massachusetts, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Colorado; 1988, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., cum laude, 1981); University of Denver (J.D., 1985). Trustee, Maine Bar Foundation, 2003—, Member, Volunteer Lawyers Project Advisory Committee, 2004—. Editor, Denver University Law Review, 1985. President, South Freeport Church, 1995-1999. Trustee, 2000— and President, 2003—, Freeport Conservation Trust. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Chair, Business Law Section), Colorado and American Bar Associations; Maine Bar Foundation (Director). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law; Securities. Email: Arnold C. Macdonald | | Jaimie P. Schwartz (Shareholder) born New York, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Cincinnati; Ohio State University (B.A., Journalism, 1984); Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1991). Chair, Real Estate Practice Group, Director, Maine Real Estate Developers Association. Listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, Real Estate. Member: Maine State (Member: Real Estate Section; Real Estate Title Standards Committee) and American (Member, Real Estate Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate Title; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Leases and Leasing. Email: Jaimie P. Schwartz | | Eliza M. Cope Nolan (Shareholder) born Massachusetts, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1994, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Brown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Land Conservation Law; Conservation Easements; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations. Email: Eliza M. Cope Nolan | | Daniel P. Riley, Jr. (Shareholder) born South Korea, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Siena College (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1993). Chair: Legislative and Governmental Relations Practice Group; Political Affairs Committee; Lex Mundi Government Affairs Practice Group. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. [Lieut., Deep Sea Diving Officer, USNR, 1985-1993]. Practice Areas: Legislative Lobbying; Administrative; Regulatory; Energy; Environmental; Telecommunications; Marine Resources. Email: Daniel P. Riley, Jr. | | Glenn Israel (Shareholder) born New York, 1958; admitted to bar, 1993, Massachusetts; 1994, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., 1980); Boston College (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Glenn Israel | | William M. Welch (Shareholder) born Massachusetts, 1960; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1982); Tulane Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., 1983); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Barons. Editor-in-Chief, Houston Journal of International Law. Board of Directors, World Affairs Council of Maine. Vice President, Monument Title Company. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1983-1988]. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Aircraft Sales; Aircraft Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Aircraft Finance and Leasing; Airport Law. Email: William M. Welch | | Tom S. Hanson (Shareholder) born Minnesota; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., cum laude, high departmental honors in Economics, 1988); University of Minnesota, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (Master of Arts, 1992); Vermont Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Law Clerk to Hon. Frederic W. Allen, Supreme Court of Vermont, 1995-1996. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Mortgages; Construction Law; Finance; Commercial Law; Housing Law. Email: Tom S. Hanson | | Frederick L. Lipp (Shareholder) born Massachusetts, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Maine; 1998, U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1991). Senior Advisor, Maine Governor's Trade Mission to Canada, 1998 and Asia, 1999. Appointed by Maine Economic Commissioner as Attorney on State of Maine Applied Technology Board, 2002—. Director, Greater Portland Chambers of Commerce, 2002—. Member: Maine State (Chair, International Practice Section, 1998—) and American (Member, Steering Committees: E-Commerce Task Force; Inter-American Law) Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish and German. Practice Areas: International Trade; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Computers and Software; Biotechnology; Domestic Business Transactions; International Business Transactions. Email: Frederick L. Lipp | | Michael A. Hodgins (Shareholder) (See Augusta, Maine Listing). | | Jennifer Rood (Shareholder) (See Manchester, New Hampshire Office). | | Daniel J. Mitchell (Shareholder) born Rhode Island, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine and New Hampshire; U.S. District Court, District of Maine, U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire and U.S. Court of Appeals, First and District of Columbia Circuits. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1989); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Member, Maine Law Review. Recipient, 1996, Faculty Significant Achievement Award; 1996, Faculty Award for Clinical Advocacy. Law Clerk to Hon. Justice David G. Roberts, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1996-1997. Member: Maine State and New Hampshire Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Daniel J. Mitchell | | Joan M. Fortin (Shareholder) born Maine, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1997, Massachusetts; 1998, Alaska and U.S. District Court, District of Alaska; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1988); University of Maine at Orono (M.Ed., 1991); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Kroeger v. Department of Environmental Protection, 870 A.2d 566 (Me. 2005); Gensheimer v. Town of Phippsburg, 868 A.2d 161 (Me. 2005); Tarason v. Town of South Berwick, 868 A.2d 230 (Me. 2005); Cushing Nature and Preservation Center v. Town of Cushing, 785 A.2d 342 (Me. 2001); Ocwen Federal Bank, FSB v. Gile, 777 A.2d 275 (Me. 2001); Stanton v. University of Maine System, 773 A.2d 1045 (Me. 2001); Yusem v. Town of Raymond, 769 A.2d 865 (Me. 2001); Wright v. Town of Kennebunkport, 715 A.2d 162 (Me. 1998); Mason v. Town of Readfield, 715 A.2d 179 (Me. 1998); Irving v. Town of Clinton, 711 A.2d 141 (Me. 1998); Town of North Yarmouth v. Moulton, 710 A.2d 252 (Me. 1998). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Administrative Agency Practice; Administrative Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Land Development; Land Entitlement; Land Use; Land Use Permitting; Land Use Regulation; Rezoning; Subdivisions; Zoning Law; Zoning Variances. Email: Joan M. Fortin | | John G. Osborn (Shareholder) born New Jersey, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts; 1999, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1990); George Mason University (M.A., 1992); College of William & Mary (M.P.P., 1997; J.D., 1997). Staff Member, 1995-1996 and Professional Articles Editor, 1996-1997, William & Mary Law Review. Staff Member, William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review, 1994-1996. Member: Maine State and American (Vice Chair, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Energy; Intellectual Property; Insurance. Email: John G. Osborn | | Michael R. Bosse (Shareholder) born Maine, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine and Massachusetts; 1997, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Bates College (B.A., 1993); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1996). Law Clerk, Justice Robert W. Clifford, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1996-1997. Member: Maine State, New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Maguire v. Forster, 905 A.2d 813, 2006 ME 112 (mechanics lien case); McTeague v. Maine Department of Transportation, 724 A.2d 1258, 1999 ME 40, Me., Feb 24, 1999 (eminent domain); Craig v. Barnes, 710 A.2d 258, 1998 ME 110 (insurance coverage); Ricci v. Alternative Energy, Inc., et al., 211 F.3d 157, 1st Cir. (D. Me. 2000) (products liability); Law Review Article, "Standards of Review" cited in State v. Storey, 713 A.2d 331, 1998 ME 161, and State v. Rizzo, 704 A.2d 339, 1997 ME 215. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Litigation; Animal Law. Email: Michael R. Bosse | | Roy W. Tilsley, Jr. (Shareholder) (See Manchester, New Hampshire Office). | | Michael A. Fagone (Shareholder) born Maine, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Maine and New Hampshire. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1993); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1997). Recipient: Faculty Scholastic Achievement Award; West Scholastic Achievement Award for Real Estate Law. Staff Member, 1995-1996 and Articles Editor, 1996-1997, Maine Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. Robert W. Clifford and Hon. Leigh I. Saufley, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1997-1998. Member: Maine State and New Hampshire Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Turnaround Management Association. Practice Areas: Insolvency Law; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy. Email: Michael A. Fagone | | Ronald W. Schneider, Jr. (Shareholder) born Massachusetts, 1965; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine and New Hampshire; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Bates College (B.A., in English, 1988); University of Maine at Portland (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member, Maine Law Review, 1994-1996. Law Clerk, Maine Superior Court. President, Maine Association for Public Interest Law. Member, University of Southern Maine Corporate Partners. Director, Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation Board of Directors. Member: Maine State (Pro Bono Student of the Year, 1995-1996) and New Hampshire Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Reported Cases: Catholic Charities of Maine, Inc. v. City of Portland, 304 F.Supp.2d 77 (D. Me. 2004); Augusta News Co. v. Hudson News Co., 269 F.3d 41 (1st Cir. 2001); Roger Edwards, LLC v. Fiddes & Sons, Ltd., 387 F.3d 90 (1st Cir. 2004); Roger Edwards, LLC v. Fiddes & Son, Ltd., 227 F.R.D. 19 (D. Me. 2005); Burchill v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America, 327 F.Supp.2d 41 (D. Me. 2004); Environamics in McDill v. Environamics, 757 A.2d 162 (N.H. 2000). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Health Law; Litigation; Criminal Law; Education Law; ERISA Litigation. Email: Ronald W. Schneider, Jr. | | James F. Keenan, Jr. (Shareholder) born Maine, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Technology Transactions; Intellectual Property Law. Email: James F. Keenan, Jr. | | Matthew Tarasevich (Shareholder) born New York, 1959; admitted to bar, 1994, Massachusetts; 1995, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.S., Finance, 1982); Northeastern University (J.D., 1994). Co-Editor, Maine Employment Law Letter, 1999-2002. Member, National Financial Honor Society. Member: Massachusetts, Maine State (Co-Chair, Municipal Law Section; Treasurer, Government and Public Sector Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Municipal Law. | | Scot E. Draeger (Shareholder) born Indianapolis, Indiana, April 25, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Maine and District of Columbia. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.S., 1996); University of Maine Law School (J.D., 1999). Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section). Email: Scot E. Draeger | | Jonathan R. Winnick (Shareholder) born Connecticut, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts; 2008, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member: Massachusetts and Maine State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: Jonathan R. Winnick | | Edward E. Shumaker, III (Shareholder) (See Manchester, New Hampshire Office). | | D. Sam Anderson (Shareholder) born Quebec, Canada, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2005, Maine. Education: University of New Hampshire (B.A., cum laude, 1993); Rutgers University (J.D., with honors, 2000). Member: Maine State, New Jersey State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy. Email: D. Sam Anderson | | Dana A. Lukens (Shareholder) born Hyannis, Massachusetts, April 23, 1962; admitted to bar, 1992, Massachusetts. (Not admitted in Maine). Education: Bates College (B.A., 1984); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Editor-in-Chief, Annual Review of Banking Law, 1989-1990. Author: "Coordinated Regulation for the Securities Markets," 10 Annual Review of Banking Law, 1991. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Taxation Law. Email: Dana A. Lukens | | Jay S. Geller (Shareholder) born New York, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois; 2000, Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1982); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Speaker, Various Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy Litigation Issues. Editor, American Journal of Law and Medicine. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Dartmouth Lawyers Association. (Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Corporate Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Commercial and Bankruptcy Litigation. Email: Jay S. Geller | | ASSOCIATES | | Karen Aframe (Associate) (See Manchester, New Hampshire Office). | | Amanda A. Meader (Associate) (See Augusta, Maine Listing). | | Wendy J. Paradis (Attorney) born Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1983); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Foreclosure Litigation; Mortgage Lien Foreclosure; Mortgage Workouts; Landlord and Tenant Law; Evictions; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law. Email: Wendy J. Paradis | | Elizabeth A. Burns (Associate) born Maine, 1947; admitted to bar, 1986, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1974; M.A., 1977); University of Maine (J.D., 1985). Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Maine Bar Journal Law Clerk to the Honorable D. Brock Hornby and David M. Cohen, U.S. District Court, 1986-1989. Member, Judicial Task Force on Protection from Harassment. Member: Maine State Bar Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Family Law; Tax. Email: Elizabeth A. Burns | | Peter J. Van Hemel (Associate) born Pennsylvania, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Maine. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1995); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member, 1999-2001, and Case and Note Editor, 2000-2001, American Journal of Law and Medicine. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Transactions. Email: Peter J. Van Hemel | | Theodore A. Small (Associate) born Massachusetts, 1968; admitted to bar, 2002, Maine. Education: University of Maine (B.A., 1989); Univerisity of Maine School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Co-Chair, Maine Association of Public Interest Law, 2000-2001. Writing Instructor, University of Maine School of Law, 2000-2001. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Theodore A. Small | | Daniel Murphy (Associate) born Maine; admitted to bar, 2002, Massachusetts; 2003, Maine. Education: St. Michael's College (B.A., 1993); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Maine Law Review, 2000-2002. Maine Bar Journal, Editorial Committee, 2006—. Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Daniel Murphy | | Dawnangela Minton (Associate) (See Manchester, New Hampshire Office). | | Sarah B. Tracy (Associate) born Washington, D.C., 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Maine and Massachusetts; 2003, Connecticut; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and District of Maine; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1997); University of Connecticut (J.D., 2002). Law Review, 2001-2002. Member: Boston, Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Sarah B. Tracy | | Katherine R. Knox (Associate) born Connecticut, 1968; admitted to bar, 2004, Maine. Education: Skidmore College (B.S., 1990); University of Maine School of Social Work (M.S.W., 1993); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; National Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Municipal; Governmental Relations. Email: Katherine R. Knox | | Joel T. Shaw (Associate) (See Manchester, New Hampshire Office). | | Lori K. Londis (Associate) born Massachusetts, 1967; admitted to bar, 2005, Maine. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1989); University of Alabama (M.A., 1992); University of Maine (J.D., 2005). Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Lori K. Londis | | Lynne D. Houle (Associate) born Ohio, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, Massachusetts; 2003, Maine. Education: Ohio University (B.S., Communications Systems, 1986); Stanford University Law School (J.D., 1991). Member: Maine State and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; International Business Law. Email: Lynne D. Houle | | Brita J. Forssberg (Associate) born New Jersey, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey; 1992, New York; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1997, Maine. Education: Skidmore College (B.A., 1986); Fordham University (J.D., 1991). Member, Moot Court Board, 1988-1991. Editor-in-Chief, Fordham Environmental Law Journal, 1990-1991. Author: "Toxic Torts," West Publishing, Environmental Law, 1996; International Insurance Law Review, Case Commentaries, "Punitive Damages Against Insurers in New York State," Aug. 1994, Vol. 2, Issue 8; "Choice of Law in Insurance Coverage Disputes," April 1995, Vol. 3, Issue 4. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Toxic Torts; Environmental Law; Products Liability; Insurance Law. Email: Brita J. Forssberg | | Jessica Lewis (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Maine; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., 1998); Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Insolvency. Email: Jessica Lewis | | Kevan Lee Rinehart (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Maine, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., 1995); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Law. Email: Kevan Lee Rinehart | | Joshua T. Silver (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Maine. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1999); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Law Clerk to: U.S. Attorneys Office, District of Maine, 2003; Hon. John A. Woodcock Jr., 2005-2006. Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Technology Law. Email: Joshua T. Silver | | Shana Cook Mueller (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Maine; 2006, Massachusetts. Education: Brown University (B.A., with honors, 1999); University of Connecticut, Department of Public Policy (M.P.A., 2006); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Maine State Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Public Finance. Email: Shana Cook Mueller | | Hawley R. Strait (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine; 2006, Massachusetts. Education: Bates College (B.A., cum laude, 2000); Pace University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: Maine State Bar Association; Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law. Email: Hawley R. Strait | | Steven R. Gerlach (Associate) born 1961; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1983); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Taxation; Employee Benefits. Email: Steven R. Gerlach | | Katherine A. Joyce (Associate) born New York, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., cum laude, 1998); Vermont Law School (M.S.E.L., cum laude, 2000); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Land Use; Litigation. Email: Katherine A. Joyce | | Christopher Aslin (Associate) (See Manchester, New Hampshire Office). | | Caleb DuBois (Associate) born Maine, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., magna cum laude, 2002); Northeastern University (J.D., 2007). Member: Maine State Bar Association. Email: Caleb DuBois | | Asha Echeverria (Associate) born Illinois, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E., magna cum laude, 2007); George Washington University (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Professional Engineer, Pennsylvania. Member: Maine State Bar Association; American Society of Civil Engineers; Transportation Systems Alumni Club. Email: Asha Echeverria | | Kathryn W. McGintee (Associate) born Vermont, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 2003); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Case Note and Comment Editor, Maine Law Review. Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Kathryn W. McGintee | | Daniel J. Edwards (Associate) born Maine, 1967; admitted to bar, 2004, Maine, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Maine (B.A., 1990; J.D., cum laude, 2004 ). Member: Maine State Bar Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Litigation. Email: Daniel J. Edwards | | Eben Albert-Knopp (Associate) born Maine, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Maine. Education: College of the Atlantic (B.A., 2003); Vermont Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008); Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France (Master 1, 2008). Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Eben Albert-Knopp | | Courtney Homan (Associate) born Massachusetts, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Massachusetts. (Not admitted in Maine). Education: Bucknell University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2005); University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Courtney Homan | | OF COUNSEL | | Gregory A. Tselikis (Of Counsel) born Rhode Island, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1964); University of Maine (J.D., cum laude, 1969). Editor-in-Chief, Maine Law Review, 1968-1969. Member, 1977-1982, Vice-Chairman, 1977-1978 and Chairman, 1978-1979, 1982-1983, Planning Board, Town of Scarborough. Listed, Best Lawyers in America. Member: Cumberland County (General Committee, 1996-2000), Maine State (Chairman, Bankruptcy Section, 1981) and American (Member, Litigation and Business Bankruptcy Committee, 1980-1987) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; American College of Bankruptcy (Fellow, 1994—). (Managing Shareholder). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Business Transactions; Creditors Rights. Email: Gregory A. Tselikis | | F. Paul Frinsko (Of Counsel) born New York, 1939; admitted to bar, 1969, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Middlebury College (A.B., 1961); University of Maine (J.D. cum laude, 1969). Member and Chairman, Maine Waterfowl Advisory Council, 1978-1984. Member and Interim Chairman, Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission, 1982-1988. Member, Panel of Arbitrators (Labor) American Arbitration Association. Member, Commission to Study the Statutory Procedures for Local Property Tax Abatement Appeals, 1994—. Member and Chairman, Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council, 1984-1990. Public Member, Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission, 2000-2004. Member, Governor's Task Force on the Planning and Development of Marine Aquaculture in Maine, 2004. Member, Maine Intergovernmental Advisory Commission, 2004—. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Chairman, Municipal Law Section, 1973-1983) and American (Member, Section of Local Government Law) Bar Associations; National Institute of Municipal Law Officers; National Association of College and University Attorneys; National Association of Bond Lawyers. [Capt., USAR, 1962-1965]. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Public Finance; Property Taxation; Economic Development; Labor and Employment. Email: F. Paul Frinsko | | Angus S. King, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Virginia, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Virginia; 1970, Maine. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1966); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1969). Special Agencies: Governor, State of Maine, 1995-2003. Practice Areas: Business Development; Legislative Law; Administrative Law. Email: Angus S. King, Jr. | | Diane S. Lukac (Of Counsel) born Pennsylvania, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Moravian College (B.A., summa cum laude, with distinction in Political Science, 1979); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Law Clerk, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1985-1986. Member: Maine State and American (Member, Sections on Litigation and Insurance) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Insurance; Medical Malpractice; Business Litigation. Email: Diane S. Lukac | | Joseph J. Hahn (Of Counsel) born California, 1939; admitted to bar, 1970, Missouri; 1981, District of Columbia; 1986, Illinois; 1988, Maine; U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Northern District of Illinois and Maryland; U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1962; J.D., 1970); George Washington University (LL.M., Int'l. Law, 1977; LL.M., Labor, with highest honors, 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Research Editor, University of Missouri Law Review, 1969-1970. Member: Maine State, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Lawyer-Pilot Bar Association; National Transportation Bar Association. [Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Retired. Naval Aviator, A6 Pilot]. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Aviation. Email: Joseph J. Hahn | | Richard W. Smith (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1973, Maine and Massachusetts. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., 1969); Boston University (J.D., 1973). Member: Maine State Bar Association (Member, Title Standards Committee); Maine Association of Dispute Resolution Professionals (Real Estate Mediator). [U.S. Army National Guard, 1969-1976]. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Estate Mediation. Email: Richard W. Smith | | Elizabeth M. Sellers (Of Counsel) born Ohio, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania; 1995, District of Columbia; 2000, Maine. Education: Yale University (A.B., 1988); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1991); Georgetown University (M.L.T., with distinction, 1995). Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1989-1991. Law Clerk, Hon. Keith M. Lundin, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1991-1992. Practice Areas: Tax; Tax Exempt Organizations; Estate Planning. Email: Elizabeth M. Sellers | | Clare T. Tully (Of Counsel) born Michigan, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia; 1987, New York. (Not admitted in Maine). Education: Brandeis University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); The University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1985). Senior Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1983-1984. Author: Note, "Challenging the Employment-at-Will Doctrine Through Implied Contract Theory," 16 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1983; "Proposal for a Non-Reinstatement Rule in Unfair Labor Practice Cases Involving Patient Abuse," 11 American Journal of Law and Medicine 319, 1985. Member: Atlanta, New York State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member: Section on Labor and Employment Law; Committee on Individual Rights and Responsibilities in the Work Place) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Business Law. Email: Clare T. Tully | | Edward C. Lawrence (Of Counsel) born Rhode Island, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Missouri; 2004, Maine. Education: Clark University (B.A., 1991); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Securities; Financial Institutions Law. Email: Edward C. Lawrence | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Augusta, Maine Office: 146 Capitol Street, PO Box 5057, 04330-5057. Telephone: 207-623-1596. Telecopier: 207-626-0200.
Manchester, New Hampshire Office: 670 North Commercial Street, PO Box 1120, 03101. Telephone: 603-623-8700. Telecopier: 603-623-7775.
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