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| | Address | | 14th Floor, 477 Congress Street, P.O. Box 15215 | | Portland, Maine 04112-5215 | | (Cumberland Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 207-874-4000 | | Telecopier: 207-874-4040 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.lambertcoffin.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Lambert Coffin practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice before all State and Federal Courts and Agencies. Administrative, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Civil Rights, Commercial, Communications, Construction, Contracts, Corporate, Education, Employee Benefits, Environmental Law, Government, Health and Hospital Law, Housing, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Legal Malpractice, Litigation, Lobbying, Medical Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Occupational Safety, Personal Injury and Tort, Probate Trusts & Estates, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate, Taxation, Technology & Science, Toxic Torts, Trademarks, White Collar Criminal Defense, Workers' Compensation, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. | | Year Established: 1987 | Firm Profile:
Lambert Coffin provides legal services that empower businesses and individuals to achieve their goals through strategic counsel, imaginative approaches to preventing and solving problems, and an unwavering commitment to responsive client service. First formed in 1986, the firm has grown steadily ever since. It represents a diverse group of clients-including individuals, entrepreneurs and Maine-based and national corporations-in a broad spectrum of legal matters. | | Firm Size: 15 | Representative Clients:
American States/Safeco Insurance Co.; Bangor Savings Bank; Banknorth, NA; Bath Savings Institution; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.; Camden National Bank; Claims Control, Inc.; Colonial Penn Insurance Co.; CompHealth, Inc.; Cuddledown; Diamond Cove; Diamond Phoenix Corp.; Edwards Systems Technologies; First American Title; Fleet Bank of Maine; Food Service Network Inc., d/b/a Extreme Pita; Formica, Inc.; Forster Inc.; Gerrity Company, Inc.; G.H. Bass & Co.; Gorham Savings Bank; Guptill Farms, Inc.; Hale Trailer & Truck Equipment; Hannaford Bros., Co.; Huhtamaki Packaging Worldwide; Infinity Federal Credit Union; KeyBank National Association; Lawyers Title Insurance Co.; Main Resource, Inc.; Maine Workers' Compensation Residual Market Pool; Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine; Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.; National Grange Mutual Insurance Co.; Northeast Bank, FSB; Philip Morris, Inc.; Pratt Abbot; Reliance National Insurance Co.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.; Sappi Fine Paper North America; South Portland Housing Authority; Subway Real Estate Corp.; Sugarloaf Mountain Corp.; SPX Corp.; Synchrony; Tudor Insurance Co.; U.S. Liability Insurance Group; Westco Claims Management Services; Western World Insurance Co.; Wood Structures, Inc.; Zurich Commercial Insurance Group. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | John F. Lambert, Jr. (Member) born New York, New York, November 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Middlebury College (A.B., cum laude, 1976); George Washington University (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Author: "Land Acquisition in the National Parks," 6 Harvard Environmental Law Review, 1982. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Antitrust; Trade Regulation; Government; Labor and Employment; Toxic Torts; Occupational Safety and Health. Email: John F. Lambert, Jr. | | Philip M. Coffin III (Managing Partner) born Kirkwood, Missouri, November 29, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, 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 and highest distinction, 1978; J.D., cum laude, 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Staff Member, 1979-1980 and Managing Editor, 1980-1981, Maine Law Review. Author: "The Role of Foreseeability in Jurisdictional Inquiry: Tyson v. Whittaker & Son, Inc.," 31 Maine Law Review 497, 1980; Co-Author: "The Development and Consequences of the 'Good Faith' Exception to the Exclusionary Rule and the Qualified 'Good Faith' Immunity From Liability Under Section 1983," 33 Maine Law Review 325, 1981. Law Clerk to Hon. Edward S. Godfrey, Associate Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1981-1982. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Professional Liability; Products Liability; Municipal Litigation; Health Care. Email: Philip M. Coffin III | | Samuel K. Rudman (Member) born Bangor, Maine, November 12, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1979); George Washington University (J.D., 1983). Law Clerk to Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1983-1984. Member, Board of Directors, Regional Transportation Program. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Insurance; Civil Rights; Legal Malpractice. Email: Samuel K. Rudman | | Bruce B. Hochman (Member) born Sidney, Nebraska, December 27, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1984, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Northern Colorado (B.S., 1978); Gonzaga University (J.D., 1981). Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; Association of Federal Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Construction Law; White Collar Criminal Defense; Discrimination; Creditors Rights. Email: Bruce B. Hochman | | H. Peter Del Bianco, Jr. (Member) born Washington, D.C., April 27, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Northeastern University; University of Maryland (B.A., History, 1984); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Member, 1985-1986 and Editor, 1986-1987, Boston University International Law Journal. Author: Note, "Underwater Recovery Operations In Offshore Waters: Vying For Rights to Treasure," 5 Boston University International Law Journal 153, 1987. Law Clerk to the State of Maine Superior Court, 1987-1988. Member, Board of Directors, Maine Civil Liberties Union, 1996— President, MCLU, 2000—. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Civil Rights; Insurance. Email: H. Peter Del Bianco, Jr. | | Jonathan T. Harris (Member) born Worcester, Massachusetts, November 8, 1950; admitted to bar, 1990, Massachusetts; 1991, Maine; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Vassar College (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Harvard University (M.Ed., 1986); Northeastern University Law School (J.D., 1990). Judicial Clerk to Justice Edith W. Fine, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1990-1991. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Technology and Science; Finance; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Wills and Probate. Email: Jonathan T. Harris | | Thomas V. Laprade (Member) born Burlington, Vermont, September 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1994, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., 1988); Loyola University (J.D., 1991). Executive Editor, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal. Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1991-1993. Member, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Cape Elizabeth. Member: Cumberland County, Illinois State and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice. Email: Thomas V. Laprade | | Paul S. Bulger (Member) born Chicago, Illinois September 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, Maine and U.S District Court, District of Maine. Education: Loyola University of Chicago (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1985). ABA Reporter on Probate Issues for the State of Maine, 1995-1999. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations; Maine Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Probate and Estate Administration; Real Estate; Business Finance. Email: Paul S. Bulger | | Robyn G. March (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, August 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine; 1997, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A., high distinction, 1985); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1996). Recipient, Gignoux Appellate Advocacy Prize. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Maine Human Rights Commission; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Merit Systems Protection Board; Office of Workers Compensation Programs; Office of Personnel Programs; Immigration and Naturalization Service. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Immigration; Labor and Employment. Email: Robyn G. March | | Teresa M. Cloutier (Member) born Lewiston, Maine, December 6, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1993); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Staff Member, 1994-1995 and Managing Editor, 1995-1996, Ocean and Coastal Law Journal. Law Clerk to the Hon. Daniel E. Wathen, Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Author: "Conflicts of Interest on Regional Fishery Management Councils: Corruption or Cooperative Management?" 2 Ocean and Coastal Law Journal 101 (1996); "Vietnamese Fisherman Ass'n v. California Department of Fish and Game: Should Regional Fishery Management Councils Determine EEZ Preemption of State Law?" 1 Ocean and Coastal Law Journal 255 ( 1995). Instructor, Legal Writing, University of Maine School of Law, 1995-1996. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Litigation; Artistic Property. Email: Teresa M. Cloutier | | ASSOCIATES | | Ivy L. Frignoca (Associate) born Paterson, New Jersey, June 8, 1961; admitted to bar, 1993, Maine; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., cum laude, 1983); University of Maine (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Member and Prize Arguer, Moot Court Board. Winner and Best Oralist at Marshall Wythe Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition. Recipient, Gignoux Appellate Advocacy Award. Law Clerk, Chief Justice Daniel E. Wathen, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1993. Legal Writing Instructor, University of Maine School of Law, 1992-1993. Member, Gignoux Inns of Court, 1993, 2000—. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Indian and Native Populations; Litigation. Email: Ivy L. Frignoca | | Luis Dennis Carrillo (Associate) born San Diego, California, October 15, 1968; admitted to bar, 2002, Maine. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1991); University of Maine School of Law, Portland (J.D., 2002). Recipient, Faculty Significant Achievement Award, University of Maine. Member: Maine State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Luis Dennis Carrillo | | Michael I. Goldman (Associate) born Glasgow, Scotland, December 4, 1968; admitted to bar, 2004, Maine. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1990); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation. Email: Michael I. Goldman | | Alicia F. Curtis (Associate) born Providence, Rhode Island, May 2, 1967; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine. Education: Reed College (B.A., 1989); Boston University School of Social Work (M.S.W., 1993); University of Maine, Portland (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Author: "Pooled Supplemental Needs Trusts," Maine Bar Journal, January 2006. Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Alicia F. Curtis | | Katherine A. Kerkam (Associate) born Booothbay Harbor, Maine, August 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine; 2007, Massachusetts. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1997); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Insurance; Immigration and Naturalization. Email: Katherine A. Kerkam |
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