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Address
One Canal Plaza, P.O. Box 426
Portland, Maine 04112-0426 (Cumberland Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Perkins Thompson has provided the highest quality legal services to its clients since 1871. Priding itself in its ability to exceed client expectations, the firm represents a wide array of local, national, and international businesses and nonprofit foundations, and start-up companies. Headquartered in Portland, Maine, the firm recognizes that legal issues and client projects no longer stop at the State's borders. To serve clients that increasingly operate in multiple states and provinces, Perkins Thompson litigation services on matters of New Hampshire law and on legal issues in other New England states. The firm also has extensive experience in working with attorneys in Canada on issues affecting our Canadian clients. Statement of PracticeAdministrative Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Advertising Law, Affordable Housing, Agricultural Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking Law, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Condominium Law, Conservation Easements, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Consumer Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Corporate Taxation, Creditors Rights, Criminal Law, Debtor and Creditor, Education Law, Election Campaign and Political, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Employment Immigration, Environmental Law, ERISA, Estate Planning, Family Law, Franchises and Franchising, Government Relations, Health Care, Immigration Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Internet Law, Labor and Employment, Landlord and Tenant Law, Lease and Leasing, Like Kind Exchanges, Litigation, Lobbying, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA, Partnership Law, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Real Estate, Real Estate Foreclosure, Secured Transactions, Taxation, Toxic Torts, Trademarks, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Commercial Code, Wills and Probate, Planning and Land Use. Year Established: 1871
Firm Size: 29
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Accepts Major Credit Cards - Visa
- MasterCard
- American Express
AddressOne Canal Plaza P.O. Box 426
Portland, ME 04112-0426, (Cumberland Co.)
PhonePhone: 207-774-2635
Fax: 207-871-8026
Website
http://www.perkinsthompson.com
Office HoursMonday: 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 - 05:30 PM
Douglas S. Carr (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, April 14, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Oberlin College (A.B., 1968); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1971). Practice Areas: Business Law; Nonprofit Corporations; Health Care Law; Lobbying; Administrative Law; Antitrust and Trade Regulation.Email: Douglas S. Carr
Philip C. Hunt (Member) born West Chester, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Maine and U. S. District Court, District of Maine; 1976, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1979, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1972); Harvard University (J.D., 1975). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates Law; Elder Law; Taxation; Probate Law; Wills; Tax Law; Employee Benefits.Email: Philip C. Hunt
John S. Upton (Member) born Concord, New Hampshire, August 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Maine; 1984, New Hampshire. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1975); University of Denver (J.D., 1979). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Petroleum Marketing; Business Law; Corporate Law; Contracts.Email: John S. Upton
Peggy L. McGehee (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, September 26, 1949; admitted to bar, 1980, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., 1972); Princeton University (M.P.A., 1974); University of Maine and Georgetown University (J.D., 1980). Practice Areas: Land Use; Utility Law; Litigation; Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Legislative Practice; Municipal Law; Zoning Law; Natural Resources Law.Email: Peggy L. McGehee
Melissa Hanley Murphy (Member) born Indianapolis, Indiana, December 19, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Maine. Education: Ohio University (B.A., 1979); University of Michigan (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Real Estate Development Law; Condominium Law; Timeshares; Affordable Housing; Senior Citizen Housing; Commercial Leasing; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Melissa Hanley Murphy
John A. Ciraldo (Member) born Port Chester, New York, May 26, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; 1984, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1978); Fordham University (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Maritime Law; Criminal Law; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Eminent Domain; Constitutional Law; White Collar Crime; Transportation.Email: John A. Ciraldo
John A. Hobson (Member) born Springfield, Massachusetts, March 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1983, Maine, Massachusetts and District of Columbia. Education: Hampshire College; University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1977); University of Maine (J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Insurance; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Government Contracts.Email: John A. Hobson
James N. Katsiaficas (Member) born Nashua, New Hampshire, February 9, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Maine; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Vermont (B.S., 1978); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Land Use; Municipal Law; Environmental Law; Government; Administrative Law; Hydroelectricity.Email: James N. Katsiaficas
Timothy P. Benoit (Member) born St. Albans, Vermont, February, 22, 1954; admitted to bar, 1985, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1989, U.S. Tax Court.. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1982); University of Maine (J.D., 1985); Boston University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1987). Practice Areas: Business Reorganization; Limited Liability Company Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Partnership Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Like Kind Exchanges; Trusts and Estates; Wills.Email: Timothy P. Benoit
J. Gordon Scannell, Jr. (Member) born Belmont, Massachusetts, November 13, 1952; admitted to bar, 1985, Maine. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1975); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Land Use; Forestry Law; Timber and Logging Law.Email: J. Gordon Scannell, Jr.
Fred W. Bopp III (Member) born Cranston, Rhode Island, November 18, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Maine; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1998, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 1999, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., History, 1983); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor; Bankruptcy Trustees Rights; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Asset Protection; Real Estate Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Professional Liability.Email: Fred W. Bopp III
Mark P. Snow (Member) born Lewiston, Maine, April 5, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., 1987); University of Michigan (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Business Law; Commercial Law; Asset Based Finance; Commercial Mortgages; Secured Transactions; Agricultural Credit.Email: Mark P. Snow
William J. Sheils (Member) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, May 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1992, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1999, Massachusetts; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1986); Suffolk University (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; OSHA; Contracts; Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Trademarks; Petroleum Marketing.Email: William J. Sheils
David B. McConnell (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, August 18, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1988); University of Virginia (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate Practice; Contracts; Labor and Employment; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Administrative Law; Trademarks; Copyrights; Intellectual Property Licensing; Commercial Law; Government Contracts; Products Liability; Toxic Torts.Email: David B. McConnell
Paul D. Pietropaoli (Member) born Fort Benning, Georgia, December 16, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Maine; 1994, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2001, New York; 2002, New Hampshire. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1989); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: Paul D. Pietropaoli
Hope Creal Jacobsen (Member) born Greenwich, Connecticut, January 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Maine and Massachusetts; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1990); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Land Use; Environmental Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Hope Creal Jacobsen
Randy J. Creswell (Member) born Worcester, Massachusetts, December 9, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Connecticut; 1999, Maine; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2006, New Hampshire; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire. Education: University of Southern Maine (B.A., 1995); Quinnipiac College School of Law (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor; Bankruptcy Trustees Rights; Litigation; Real Estate Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Asset Protection.Email: Randy J. Creswell
Jennifer H. Pincus (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, June 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Maryland; 2001, District of Columbia; 2002, New York; 2003, Maine. Education: Ithaca College (B.A., 1993); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Products Liability.Email: Jennifer H. Pincus
——————————Dawn M. Harmon (Associate) born Portland, Maine, November 14, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Maine, Massachusetts. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., 1999); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Intellectual Property.Email: Dawn M. Harmon
Christopher M. Dargie (Associate) born Southbridge, Massachusetts, September 28, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Maine. Education: University of New Hampshire (B.A., 2002); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate; Business Immigration; Natural Resources; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Christopher M. Dargie
Anthony J. Manhart (Associate) born Omaha, Nebraska, January 12, 1973; admitted to bar, 2003, Maine; 2004, Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1995); University of Illinois (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation; Debtor and Creditor; Bankruptcy Trustees Rights; Appellate Practice; Asset Protection; Real Estate Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights.Email: Anthony J. Manhart
Stephanie A. Williams (Associate) born Ogden, Utah, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Maine. Education: University of Utah (B.A., 2002); University of Maine (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation; Government Relations; Immigration Law; Foreclosures; Debtor and Creditor.Email: Stephanie A. Williams
Peter J. McDonell (Associate) born Southfield, Michigan, May 26, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: Adrian College (B.A., 2003); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Business Transactions; Real Estate.
Keith J. Dunlap (Associate) born Buffalo, New York, 1958; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: Columbia College (B.A., 1987); Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (M.A., Classics, 1990); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Transactions; Immigration Law.
Sara N. Moppin (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, December 01, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Maine and Massachusetts. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.A., 2003); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Land Use; Municipal Law; Government Relations.
OF COUNSELThomas Schulten (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., August 3, 1936; admitted to bar, 1964, Maine. Education: University of New Hampshire (B.A., 1957); Harvard University (LL.B., 1964). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Thomas Schulten
Owen W. Wells (Of Counsel) born Kittery, Maine, June 10, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Maine. Education: University of Maine (A.B., 1965); George Washington University (J.D., 1968). Practice Areas: Business Law; Estate Planning Law.
Andrew A. Cadot (Of Counsel) born Wilmington, Delaware, April 13, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1967); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1973). Practice Areas: Debtor and Creditor Rights; Bankruptcy; Foreclosures; Commercial Workouts; Mortgages; Conservation Easements.Email: Andrew A. Cadot
Julianne C. Ray (Of Counsel) born Nashua, New Hampshire, May 13, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1984); Cornell University (J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Development; Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions.Email: Julianne C. Ray
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