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| | Address | | One Monument Square | | Portland, Maine 04101 | | (Cumberland Co.) | | | |
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| Reviser of the Maine Law Digest for this Directory. | Pierce Atwood LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Aquaculture, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Bids and Bidding, Biotechnology, Business Planning, Charitable Organizations, Civil and Complex Litigation, Commercial, Construction, Consumer Credit, Contracts, Copyright, Corporate, Creditors' Rights, Discrimination, Education, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Employee Retirement Services, Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, ERISA, Estate Planning, Foreclosures, Franchising, Health Care, Hydropower, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Land Use and Zoning, Legislative, Lender Liability, Lobbying, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Patent, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Public Utilities, Railroads, Real Estate, Resort and Hospitality, Secured Lending, Securities, State and Federal Taxation and Trust, Surety, Technology, Telecommunications, Trade Regulation, Trademark, Trust and Estate Administration, Utilities Litigation, Utility Privatization, Utility Reorganizations, Venture Capital, White Collar Defense, Wills and Trusts, Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. | Firm Profile:
Pierce Atwood LLP is a leading New England commercial law firm, recognized nationally and internationally in selected areas of expertise. Its non-metro location enhances the value of its services to clients, who range from regional and local enterprises, utilities, financiers, middle-market companies and entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, and foreign governments. Among the firm's 125 attorneys are a past President of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a former Independent Counsel, two Special Masters serving by appointment of the U.S. Supreme Court, two former Chief Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, and four fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The firm's international practice spans 50 countries worldwide. | | Firm Size: 126 |
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
| | Bruce A. Coggeshall (Managing Partner) born Brattleboro, Vermont, September 24, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Maine; 1972, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1963); Cornell University (LL.B., with distinction, 1967). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Editor, Cornell Law Review. Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Member, Drafting Committees to revise Article 2 and Article 5 of the UCC. Member: American Law Institute; National Association of Maine Small Enterprise Growth Board; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Maine Economic Development Incentive Commission. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate; Municipal Finance; Commercial; General Business. Email: Bruce A. Coggeshall | | PARTNERS | | Jotham D. Pierce (1918-1990). | | Fred C. Scribner, Jr. (1908-1994). | | Jotham D. Pierce, Jr. (Partner) born Bangor, Maine, June 5, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Maine and U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., 1965) Phi Beta Kappa; Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1968). Chairman, Practicing Law Institute, Construction Contracts and Litigation Seminar, 1974-2002, Panelist, 1987-1991, 1993, 1998-2002. Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Jotham D. Pierce, Jr. | | Everett P. Ingalls (Partner) born Portland, Maine, November 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Maine. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1969); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1972). Phi Beta Kappa. Chair, Maine Medical Center Planned Giving Committee. Co-author: "Advanced Estate Planning in Maine," (NBI 2003). Member: Cumberland County and Maine State (Member, Probate Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate and Trust Administration. Email: Everett P. Ingalls | | James B. Zimpritch (Partner) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 8, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Maine. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1970); Duke Law School (J.D., 1973). Order of the Coif; Duke Law Journal. Author: Maine Corporation Law & Practice (1990). Frequent Lecturer on Corporate Law Issues. Governor's Task Force on Interstate Banking and Branching (1995). Member: Maine State (Chair, Corporate Law Revision Committee) and American (Member, Committee on Corporate Laws, 1986-1992; 2002—) Bar Associations; American Law Institute. Reported Cases: Ziegler v. American Maize Products Company, 658 A.2d 219 (Me. 1995). Practice Areas: Business Acquisitions; Corporate; Securities; Banking; Insurance; Commercial Law. Email: James B. Zimpritch | | Peter W. Culley (Partner) born Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, October 17, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Maine. Education: University of Maine (B.A., 1965); Boston University (J.D., 1968). Member, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, 1988-1997 and Member, Civil Justice Advisory Committee, District of Maine, 1991-1998. Member: American Board of Trial Advocates; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil and Criminal Litigation. Email: Peter W. Culley | | Jeffrey M. White (Partner) born Lewiston, Maine, January 16, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Wisconsin. Education: Tufts University (B.S., magna cum laude applied physics, 1970); Boston College (J.D., 1975). Listed in Best Lawyers in America and Who's Who in America. Director, New England Bar Association, 1982-1985. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Co-Chairman, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1981-1983) and American Bar Associations; Maine Bar Foundation; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil and Commercial Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Intellectual Property and Technology. Email: Jeffrey M. White | | Louise K. Thomas (Partner) born Portland, Maine, January 5, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2008, New Hampshire. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1974); University of Maine (J.D., cum laude, 1977). American Arbitration Association; Commercial Arbitration Panel. Author: numerous insurance coverage and energy contract presentations and papers, including "Restructuring, Renegotiating and Auditing Power Purchase Agreements," Nat. Assn. Regulatory Counsel (2003). Practice Areas: Complex Contract Disputes; Energy Litigation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage. Email: Louise K. Thomas | | John W. Gulliver (Partner) born Portland, Maine, November 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974; J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Assistant in Instruction, Yale Law School, 1976-1977. Law Clerk, Hon. Edward T. Gignoux, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1977-1978. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State, American, Inter-American, International and Federal Energy Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Energy Regulation Law; International Law. Email: John W. Gulliver | | John D. Delahanty (Partner) born Lewiston, Maine, March 26, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., 1970); Boston College (J.D., 1978). Assistant to U.S. Senator Edmund S. Muskie, 1973-1975. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law (Chair) and Natural Resources and Environmental Law) and American (Member, Administrative Law Section) Bar Associations. (Also at Augusta, Maine). Special Agencies: Maine State Legislature; Maine Department of Environmental Protection; Maine Bureau of Insurance; Maine Land Use Regulatory Commission; Maine Department of Conservation. Practice Areas: Administrative; Environmental; Legislative. Email: John D. Delahanty | | Charles S. Einsiedler, Jr. (Partner) born Summit, New Jersey, January 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Maine; 2001, New Hampshire. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Practice Group Leader, Employee Benefits Practice Group. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Labor and Employment Law Section), New Hampshire and American (Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. (Also at Portsmouth, New Hampshire Office). Special Agencies: Maine Human Rights Commission; National Labor Relations Board; Maine Labor Relations Board; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; National Mediation Board; Surface Transportation Board. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Railway and Airline Law. Email: Charles S. Einsiedler, Jr. | | Daniel M. Snow (Partner) born New York, N.Y., February 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1976); Notre Dame Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Notre Dame Law Review. Member: American Board of Trial Advocates; Maine Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1994-1995; Board of Governors, 1987—); American Association for Justice (Governor, 1992-1994). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Daniel M. Snow | | Richard P. Hackett (Partner) born New York, N.Y., February 21, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, Maine; 2002, Massachusetts. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1972); Cornell University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1978). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Note Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1977-1978. Law Clerk, Chief Judge Frank M. Coffin, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1978-1979. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Chairman, Consumer and Financial Institution Section, 1998-1999) and American (Vice Chair, Internet Delivery and Electronic Banking, Consumer Financial Services Committee) Bar Associations. (Also at Boston, Massachusetts Office). Practice Areas: Consumer Financial Services; Commercial Law. Email: Richard P. Hackett | | William J. Kayatta, Jr. (Partner) born Pawtucket, Rhode Island, October 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Maine. Education: Amherst College (1976); Harvard University (1979). Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1977-1979. Law Clerk, Chief Judge Frank M. Coffin, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1979-1980. Chair, Maine Professional Ethics Commission, 2002. President-Elect, Maine Bar Foundation, 2003. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation. Email: William J. Kayatta, Jr. | | Thomas R. Doyle (Partner) born Mishawaka, Indiana, October 13, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Maine; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1975); Suffolk Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Co-Chair, Environmental Department. Recipient, James River Corporation's Bronze Key Award for Environmental Achievement, 1994. Author: "Unscrambling the Site Law Omelet," MSBA, 1999. Co-author: "Listing Distinct Population Segments of Endangered Species: Has it Gone Too Far?" ABA's Natural Resources & Environment, 2001; "Spotting Issues and Counseling Clients on Hazardous and Solid Waste Matters," MSBA, 1996. State Planning Office Solid Waste Management Policy Task Force, 1999-2000. Practice Areas: Environmental; Land Use. Email: Thomas R. Doyle | | Dennis C. Keeler (Partner) born Englewood, New Jersey, January 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Colorado; 1984, Maine; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1975); University of Denver (J.D., 1981). Member, Order of St. Ives. Editor, Denver Law Journal. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers. Member: Cumberland County, Colorado State and Maine State Bar Associations; Trade Organizations; Maine Real Estate Development Association (Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Secretary); International Council of Shopping Centers. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance. Email: Dennis C. Keeler | | Philip F. W. Ahrens, III (Partner) born Mount Vernon, New York, July 17, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Amherst College (B.A., cum laude, 1968); University of Michigan (J.D., 1975). Co-Chair, Environmental Department of the Firm. Author: "Maine Environmental and Land Use Statutes Deskbook," 1991-2003. Assistant Attorney General, 1977-1983, Deputy Attorney General and Chief, Natural Resources Division, 1983-1990, State of Maine, Office of the Attorney General. Special Agencies: Maine Department of Environmental Protection; Maine Land Use Regulation Commission; United States Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Practice Areas: Environmental; Administrative; Litigation. Email: Philip F. W. Ahrens, III | | James R. Erwin (Partner) born York, Maine, June 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Maine; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., high distinction, 1975); Boston University (J.D., 1978). Chair, Labor & Employment Practice Group. Contributing Author: "Employment Litigation Handbook," American Bar Association, 1998; "Model Jury Instructions, Employment Litigation," American Bar Association, 1994, 2001. Former Member, Maine Human Rights Commission. Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Subcommittee, Litigation Section); American Judicature Society (Director, 2001—); American Counsel Association (Director, 2002—). Practice Areas: Employment; Litigation. Email: James R. Erwin | | Robert H. Stier, Jr. (Partner) born Illinois, December 19, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Maryland; 1983, District of Columbia; 1986, Virginia; 1988, Maine; 2000, Massachusetts, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Fourth, Fifth, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits. Education: Harvard University (A.B., with honors, 1975; J.D., with honors, 1980); University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1976-1977. Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association; Product Liability Advisory Council (Sustaining Member). Languages: Swedish. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Intellectual Property. Email: Robert H. Stier, Jr. | | Jacob A. Manheimer (Partner) born New York, N.Y., January 16, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1986, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1978); Fordham University (J.D., 1983). Articles Editor, Fordham Law Review. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Reorganization; Creditors Rights; Commercial Finance. Email: Jacob A. Manheimer | | Margaret Coughlin LePage (Partner) born Manchester, New Hampshire, June 9, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Washington and U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1987, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1980); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Maine Human Rights Commission; Equal Employment Opportunities Commission. Practice Areas: Labor; Employment; School Law. Email: Margaret Coughlin LePage | | Kenneth F. Gray (Partner) born San Diego, California, September 16, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, California; 1982, District of Columbia; 1988, Maine; 2004, New Hampshire. Education: The College of William and Mary (B.A., 1976); The University of Santa Clara School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, 1978-1979. Attorney, Office of Toxic Substances and Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1979-1986. Vice Chair and Chair Elect, Maine State Bar Natural Resources Section; Vice Chair, ABA Section of Environmental Energy and Resources. Listed, Best Lawyers in the U.S. Practice Areas: Environmental; Occupational Health and Safety; Administrative. Email: Kenneth F. Gray | | John J. Aromando (Partner) born Worcester, Massachusetts, June 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1985, Maine. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.S., cum laude, 1981); Boston College (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Justice Elmer H. Violette, Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Author: "The Surety's Liability for 'Bad Faith' Claims for Extra-Contractual Damages by an Obligee Under the Payment Bond," 47 Maine L. Review 389 (1995). Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Environmental; Commercial; Fidelity and Surety Law; Health Care; Disability Insurance; Personal Injury. Email: John J. Aromando | | David J. Champoux (Partner) born Lynn, Massachusetts, July 25, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1987, Maine. Education: Harvard College (A.B., cum laude, 1981); University of Virginia (J.D., 1984). Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1982-1984. Author: "Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors and Majority Shareholders After Rosenthal," 7 Me. Bar J. 250 (1992). Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Commercial. Email: David J. Champoux | | Gloria A. Pinza (Partner) born Santa Monica, California, December 15, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Maine; 1979, California; 2008, Massachusetts. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; E-Commerce; Technology; Licensing; Commercial; Corporate; Entertainment. Email: Gloria A. Pinza | | William E. Taylor (Partner) born Hyannis, Massachusetts, October 4, 1949; admitted to bar, 1984, Maine; 2008, Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., cum laude, 1980); Vermont Law School (Master of Studies, Environmental Law and J.D., 1983). Co-Author: "Environmental Law in Maine," The Cambridge Institute, 1991 and 1992; "Tackling Environmental Issues in Maine," The Cambridge Institute, 1993; "Major Land Use Laws Affecting Industrial, Commercial and Residential Development in Maine," NBI, 1990 and "A Wetlands Primer," Natural Resources and Environment, 1992; "The Watershed Protection Approach," Natural Resources and Environment, 1997. Commissioner, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, 1991-2000. Member, Maine Ambient Toxics Monitoring Program Committee, 1992-1993. Member, Maine State Wetlands Conservation Plan Task Force. Member: Maine State and International Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Water Law; Wetland Regulation Law; International Law. Email: William E. Taylor | | Catherine R. Connors (Partner) born East Orange, New Jersey, January 26, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1986, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981; J.D., cum laude 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Northwestern University Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge John F. Grady, 1985-1986. Practice Areas: Appellate Litigation; Energy and Utilities Law. Email: Catherine R. Connors | | David E. Barry (Partner) born Springfield, Massachusetts, April 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1988, Maine, U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Third Circuits and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1982); University of Notre Dame (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Chief Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., 1998-2000. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Environmental Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Internal Investigations. Email: David E. Barry | | Dixon P. Pike (Partner) born Rochester, New York, September 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Maine. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1983); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Co-Author: "The Maine Air Permitting Handbook," 1996; "Environmental Law in Maine," 1991-2003. Member: Maine Air Toxics Advisory Committee, 2003—; Maine Air Quality Advisory Committee, 1992—; Maine Ozone Attainment Committee, 1993-1994; Governor's Emissions Trading Advisory Committee, 1989-1999, and Chair, 1996-1999. Practice Areas: Environmental; Administrative; Legislative. Email: Dixon P. Pike | | Sarah H. Beard (Partner) born Concord, Massachusetts, May 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Maine; 1987, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); University of Michigan; New York University (J.D., 1986). Law Clerk, Chief Justice Vincent L. McKusick, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1986-1987. Author: "Maine," American Bar Association's The State and Local Tax Lawyer. Correspondent: CCH's E-Commerce Tax Alert and Tax Analysts' State Tax Notes. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Former Co-chair, State and Federal Taxation Section) and American (Member, Committee on State and Local Taxes) Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Maine Revenue Services. Practice Areas: State and Local Taxes. Email: Sarah H. Beard | | Anthony R. Derosby (Partner) born Lewiston, Maine, February 22, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1995, Massachusetts. Education: Bates College (B.A., with honors, 1980); University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1988). Chair, Immigration Practice Group. Best Lawyers in America, 2002—. Member: American Immigration Lawyers Association; ABA Labor and Employment, Occupational Safety and Health Committees. Special Agencies: Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services; Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Department of Labor (Employment and Training, Wage and Hour, Occupational Safety and Health Administrations); Maine Bureau of Labor Standards. Practice Areas: Employment; Immigration. Email: Anthony R. Derosby | | Barbara K. Wheaton (Partner) born Warwick, Rhode Island, November 17, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1984); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Ames Moot Court Finalist. Member: American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections) and Maine State Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. United Way Investment Comm., 1998—. Member, Executive Committee and Trustee, Maine College of Art, 2000—. Maine Estate Planning Council (Director, 1999-2002; President, 2003—). Practice Areas: Estate and Trust Administration; Estate Planning; Estate; Gift Taxation. Email: Barbara K. Wheaton | | Matthew D. Manahan (Partner) born Mankato, Minnesota, January 26, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., cum laude, 1986); Cornell Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1988-1989. Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission, 1994-1997. Member: Maine State Bar Association (Chair, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section, 2002); National Hydropower Association (Member, Regulatory Affairs Committee). Special Agencies: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; United States Environmental Protection Agency; Maine Department of Environmental Protection; Maine Land Use Regulation Commission; Maine Fund Insurance Review Board; Maine Commission of Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. Practice Areas: Environmental. Email: Matthew D. Manahan | | Judith A. Fletcher Woodbury (Partner) born Englewood, New Jersey, November 6, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Rochester; University of Maine (B.A., highest distinction, 1976; J.D., 1980). Phi Kappa Phi. Public Member, State of Maine Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors (1990-1995). Chairman: Title Standards Committee, 1997-1998; Real Estate Section, 1999-2000, Maine State Bar Association. Associate Member, Maine Society of Land Surveyors. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Land Title Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law. Email: Judith A. Fletcher Woodbury | | Robert B. Ravenelle (Partner) born Warwick, Rhode Island, November 15, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Maine. Education: Bates College (B.A., high honors, 1984); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1987); Boston University (LL.M., highest honors, 1989). Certified Public Accountant, 1991. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate; General Business. Email: Robert B. Ravenelle | | Ryan S. Stinneford (Partner) born Farmington, Maine, March 23, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Maine; 1998, Massachusetts. Education: Colby College (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Comments Editor, Maine Law Review, 1987-1988. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Member, Consumer and Financial Institutions Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section and Computer Financial Services Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking; Consumer Law. Email: Ryan S. Stinneford | | Elizabeth R. Butler (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, October 10, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Maine; 1980, Massachusetts; 1983, New Hampshire; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Smith College (A.B., cum laude, 1976); University of Geneva, Switzerland; University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1979). Editor, Maine Law Review, 1978-1979. Practice Areas: Corporate; Economic Development; Public and Administrative Law. | | Deborah L. Shaw (Partner) born Presque Isle, Maine, April 21, 1951; admitted to bar, 1991, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Maine (B.S., 1973; J.D., cum laude, 1991). Editor, Maine Law Review, 1990-1991. Law Clerk, Chief Justice Daniel E. Wathen, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1991-1992. Chair, Edmund S. Muskie Access to Justice Dinner Committee, 2000-2003. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and Energy Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Energy and Utility Law. Email: Deborah L. Shaw | | James M. Saffian (Partner) born Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 30, 1961; admitted to bar, 1992, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1993, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1983); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Moot Court Board. Maine Law Review. Recognized in: "The Best Lawyers in America" for Public Finance. Author: "Tax Exempt Bond Financing," Business Profile, June 1997. Law Clerk, Justice David Roberts, Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and New Hampshire Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Bond Counsel; Underwriter's Counsel; General Corporate. Email: James M. Saffian | | Jonathan A. Block (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1995, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1985); University of Maine (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992); Boston University School of Law (LL.M., Tax, 2000). Executive Editor, Maine Law Review, 1992. Recipient, Faculty Significant Achievement Award, 1992. Maine Commission to Study Single Sales Tax Apportionment, 1999. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and New Hampshire Bar Associations. (Also at Portsmouth, New Hampshire Office). Practice Areas: State and Local Tax; Federal Tax; Economic Development. Email: Jonathan A. Block | | Peter J. Guffin (Partner) born New York, N.Y., February 14, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1984, New Jersey; 1987, Maine; 2001, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Henry Rutgers Scholar in Economics. Member: Maine Software Developers Association (MESDA) (Board Member, 2002—); Maine Techonology Institute, Information Technology (Board Member, 2001—); Maine State, New Hampshire and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section; Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Databases, 2001-2002) Bar Associations. (Also at Portsmouth, New Hampshire Office). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Technology Law; Internet; E-Commerce; Privacy; Commercial Transactions. Email: Peter J. Guffin | | Richard D. Prentice (Partner) born Manchester, New Hampshire, December 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1986, New Jersey; 2002, Maine. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1976); Fordham University (J.D., 1979). Member: Cumberland County, New York State, New Jersey State and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Real Estate Development Association (Conference Committee); International Council of Shopping Centers. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Richard D. Prentice | | Byrne J. Decker (Partner) born Albany, New York, March 18, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New Hampshire; 1996, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Colby College (B.A., cum laude, 1989); The American University Washington College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1992). Note and Comment Editor, The American University Law Review. (Also at Portsmouth, New Hampshire Office). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Defense; Products Liability Defense. Email: Byrne J. Decker | | Jared S. des Rosiers (Partner) born Middletown, Connecticut, July 4, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., 1989; J.D., summa cum laude, 1992). Member, 1990-1992, Lead Articles Editor, 1991-1992, Notre Dame Law Review. Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., 1998-2001. Public Member, Maine Labor Relations Board, 2000—. Member: Cumberland and Maine Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Insurance. Email: Jared S. des Rosiers | | Allan M. Muir (Partner) born Portland, Oregon, January 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Oregon; 1988, Maine; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1977); University of Oregon (J.D., 1982). Member: Maine State Bar Association; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Workers' Compensation; Regulatory Law; Legislative Lobbying; Employment Discrimination; Family and Medical Leave Act. Email: Allan M. Muir | | Geraldine G. Sanchez (Partner) born New York, N.Y., February 10, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, New York; 1995, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Duke University (A.B., Political Science, 1987); Columbia Law School (J.D., 1992). Member: Cumberland County (President, 2001), New York State and Maine State (Member, Board of Governors, 2002—) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Geraldine G. Sanchez | | William L. Worden (Partner) born Ware, Massachusetts, February 15, 1954; admitted to bar, 1992, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.S., Animal Science/Agricultural Economics, cum laude, 1983; M.S., Resource/Agricultural Economics, 1995); Drake University (J.D., with honors, 1991). Order of the Coif; Member, 1989-1991 and Articles Editor, 1990-1991, Drake Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Harold D. Vietor, District Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, 1991-1993. Member: Cumberland and Maine State Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Agricultural Law Association; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Commercial; Antitrust; Trade Regulation. Email: William L. Worden | | Christopher E. Howard (Partner) born Haverhill, Massachusetts, October 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Maine. Education: Bates College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Cornell University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Former C.A.O. and General Counsel, American Skiing Company. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers; American Insurance Attorneys; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. (Also at Portsmouth, New Hampshire Office). Special Agencies: Maine Bureau of Insurance; Department of Economic and Community Development; Department of Professional Financial Regulation; New Hampshire and Vermont Departments of Insurance. Practice Areas: Corporate; Finance; Corporate Transactions; Securities; Commercial. Email: Christopher E. Howard | | Keith J. Cunningham (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, New Hampshire; 1996, Massachusetts and Maine. Education: University of New Hampshire (B.S., cum laude, 1983); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Executive Notes and Comments Editor, Emory Law Journal, 1987-1988. Law Clerk, Hon. Mark W. Vaughn, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Hampshire, 1993-1995. Instructor, Legal Research, University of New Hampshire, 1993-1995. Member: American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Finance; Commercial Transactions; Bankruptcy. | | Helen L. Edmonds (Partner) born Northridge, California, February 16, 1962; admitted to bar, 1994, Connecticut; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1996, Massachusetts; 1997, Maine; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); University of Massachusetts at Amherst (M.R.P., 1988); Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Senior Editor, Harvard Environmental Law Review, 1993-1994. Member: Maine State and Connecticut Bar Associations; American Planning Association; Maine Association of Planners. (Also at Augusta Office). Practice Areas: Land Use; Environmental; Real Property. Email: Helen L. Edmonds | | Ella L. Brown (Partner) born Beverly, Massachusetts, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Virginia; 1992, California; 2000, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1984); University of Virginia (J.D., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of California; Virginia State Bar. Email: Ella L. Brown | | William D. Hewitt (Partner) born St. Clair, Michigan, May 31, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Maine; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Lake Superior State University (B.S., cum laude, 1987); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Articles Editor, Maine Law Review, 1994-1995. Law Clerk to the York County Superior Court, York County, Maine, 1995-1996. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance; Construction Law; Public Utility; Energy Regulation; Administrative. Email: William D. Hewitt | | Christopher T. Roach (Partner) born Bristol, Connecticut, July 30, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Maine; 1996, Massachusetts; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Maine at Orono (B.S., with distinction, 1988); Maine School of Law (LL.B., cum laude, 1995). Moot Court Board, 1994-1995. Law Clerk to Justices Caroline Glassman and Robert Clifford, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1995-1996. Practice Areas: Litigation; Energy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Regulatory. Email: Christopher T. Roach | | Daniel H. Roberts (Partner) born Buffalo, New York, September 29, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan; 1997, Maine and New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., high honors, 1990; J.D., cum laude, 1994). Beta Gamma Sigma. Notes Editor, Journal of Legislation. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Daniel H. Roberts | | Brian M. Rayback (Partner) born State College, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Maine; 1999, Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1995); Georgetown University (J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Book Reviews and Symposia Editor, Georgetown Law Journal. Law Clerk to Justices Paul Rudman and Susan Calkins, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1998-1999. Member: Maine State, Massachussetts and American Bar Associations; Cleaves Law Library (Board Member). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Environmental; Land Use. Email: Brian M. Rayback | | Clifford H. Ruprecht (Partner) born New York, N.Y., October 24, 1964; admitted to bar, 1998, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1986); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1997-1998. Law Clerk, Hon. D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1998-1999. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Clifford H. Ruprecht | | Mark E. Porada (Partner) born New Britain, Connecticut, March 4, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 1998, District of Columbia; 2001, Maine. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1994); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., summa cum laude, 1997). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Moot Court Board. Scarborough Planning Board Member. Former Law Clerk to Hon. Norma Shapiro, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Member: District of Columbia Bar; Maine State Bar Association; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; DRI. Practice Areas: Litigation; ERISA. Email: Mark E. Porada | | Thomas L. Welch (Partner) born Princeton, New Jersey, December 1, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, California; 1982, Pennsylvania; 1983, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in Maine). Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1971); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Chair, Maine Public Utilities Commission, 1993-2005. | | ASSOCIATES | | Margaret Gordon Smith (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine and Massachusetts. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1999); Boston College Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Margaret Gordon Smith | | M. Kathleen Nokes (Associate) born 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member, Inter-American Law Review. Member: H.O.P.E. Public Interest Resource Center; Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center. Member: Society of Bar and Gavel; Florida Bar Foundation Fellowship. Practice Areas: Employment Law. Email: M. Kathleen Nokes | | Jana Magnuson (Associate) born 1967; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: Duke University (B.S., cum laude, 1989); University of Maine, School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Articles Editor, Ocean and Coastal Law Journal. Transactions: Glacier Bay and Alaska v. United States: Who Owns Submerged Lands in Federal Reserves, 2006. Practice Areas: Business Law; Tax Law. Email: Jana Magnuson | | Daniel Kleban (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: University of Southern Maine (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); Boston College Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Daniel Kleban | | John K. Hatch (Associate) born Manchester, New Hampshire, July 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, New Hampshire; 2005, Maine. Education: Hobart and William Smith Colleges (B.A., 1997); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: New Hampshire, Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: John K. Hatch | | Mark Bower (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); University of Maine, School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Article Editor, Maine Law Review. Law Clerk to Honorable John A. Woodcock, Jr., United States District Court for the District of Maine. Practice Areas: Energy. Email: Mark Bower | | Frank Bishop, Jr. (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2007, Maine. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1997); University of Maine (M.A., 2000); University of Maine, School of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Retail Financial Services. | | Eric J. Wycoff (Associate) born Wahoo, Nebraska, May 26, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Iowa; 2000, District of Columbia; 2004, Maine. Education: Briar Cliff College (B.A., History, summa cum aude, 1996); University of Notre Dame (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Law Clerk to the Hon. Jerry L. Larson, Iowa Supreme Court, 1999-2000. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Eric J. Wycoff | | Joanne S. Pearson (Associate) born Portland, Maine, December 28, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Maine; 2001, New Hampshire. Education: University of Southern Maine (B.S., summa cum laude, 1995); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member: Cumberland County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Joanne S. Pearson | | Nikolas P. Kerest (Associate) born New York, N.Y., October 4, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Massachusetts; 2004, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Cornell Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1999-2000. Law Clerk to the Honorable Fred I. Parker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2000-2001. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Nikolas P. Kerest | | Gavin G. McCarthy (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Maine. Education: Haverford College (B.A., History, 2000); Boston College Law School (J.D., 2003). Issue and Speaker Consultant, National Lawyer's Guild. Email: Gavin G. McCarthy | | Marianna W. Putnam Liddell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Maine; 2004, Massachusetts. Education: University of Maine (B.A., Anthropology, cum laude, 1997; Master of Student Development in Higher Education, 2000); Boston College Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Order of the Coif. Senior Executive Editor, Boston College International and Comparative Law Review. Email: Marianna W. Putnam Liddell | | Rebecca W. Greenfield (Associate) born New York, N.Y., July 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Maine. Education: Amherst College (B.A., Anthropology, magna cum laude, 1999); Boston University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Editor, American Journal of Law and Medicine. Author, "Doctor-Patient Relationship with a Fetus: Examining the Parameters of a Duty to the Unborn," Nold v. Binyon, 28 AM. J. L. & Med. 130 (2002). Consulting Editor, Legislative Clinic, 2002. Legal Intern, Hrones & Garrity, 2001. Email: Rebecca W. Greenfield | | Nancy Haller (Associate) born Winfield, Illinois, April 30, 1971; admitted to bar, 2004, Maine. Education: Tufts University (B.A., English, 1993); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Financial Services Law. Email: Nancy Haller | | Michael R. Estell (Associate) born October 31, 1971; admitted to bar, 2003, Massachusetts. (Not admitted in Maine). Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B., summa cum laude); Yale University (Ph.D., 2000; J.D., 2003). Member: Boston and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law. Email: Michael R. Estell | | Eben Adams (Associate) born Palisades, New York, September 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Maine; 2000, Massachusetts. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., Government and Legal Studies, magna cum laude, 1992); University of Maine (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Managing Editor, Maine Law Review, 1998-1999. Law Clerk to the Honorable Gene Carter, U.S. District Court Judge. Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator William S. Cohen. Member: Maine State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Eben Adams | | Joanna R. Tourangeau (Associate) born Ellsworth, Maine; admitted to bar, 2001, Maine and Massachusetts; 2002, New Hampshire. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1996; J.D., 2000). Member: New Hampshire Bar Association. Email: Joanna R. Tourangeau | | Adam R. Cote (Associate) born Portland, Maine, March 24, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Maine; U.S. District Court, Districts of Maine and Massachusetts. Education: Colby College (B.A., with honors, 1995); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Town Meeting Representative, Sanford, Maine, 1992-1995; 1998-2000. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations. [Army Reserves, 1996-1998 (Bosnia); Maine National Guard, 1998—]. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: International Energy Law; Utilities; Telecommunications Law. Email: Adam R. Cote | | Brandon M. Dell'Aglio (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, November 30, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Maryland; 2001, District of Columbia; 2005, Maine. Education: George Washington University (B.A., International Affairs, 1997); Georgetown University (J.D., 2000). Member, Editorial Board, International Environmental Law Review. Delegate, Student Bar Association, Georgetown University Law Center. Practice Areas: Retail Financial Services. Email: Brandon M. Dell'Aglio | | Nicholas Livesay (Associate) born Brunswick, Maine, December 14, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1998); Boston University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. | | Charles M. Graceffa (Associate) born Waterville, Maine, February 7, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Massachusetts; 2005, Maine. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1995); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate; Tax. Email: Charles M. Graceffa | | Michael J. Sullivan (Associate) born June 13, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, New York and Minnesota; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Maine). Education: St. John's University (B.A., Chemistry); Georgia Institute of Technology (M.S., Paper Science Engineering-Biochemistry); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 2003). | | Travis P. Meek (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, March 30, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Maine. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 2001); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member, Dartmouth Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. | | Lucus A. Ritchie (Associate) born Houlton, Maine, September 11, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Maine. Education: Boston College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Phi Beta Kappa. | | Hallie Flint Gilman (Associate) born Barre, Vermont, June 13, 1972; admitted to bar, 2005, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1994); Georgetown University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Energy. | | Robert A. Creamer (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2005, Maine and Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., History; M.A., History); Tufts University (Certificate in Museum Studies); Boston College (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Energy. | | Matthew D. Stein (Associate) born Waterville, Maine, May 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine. Education: University of Maine (B.S., Ecology, B.S., Environmental Science, summa cum laude, 2003); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. | | Kristin M. Schelfhaudt (Associate) born Holyoke, Massachusetts, December 6, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine and Massachusetts. Education: Boston College (B.S., Management, summa cum laude, 2003); Boston College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Business Law; Taxation. | | Sean Sweeney (Associate) born Falls Church, Virginia, April 8, 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1998); Boston University (Master of Public Health, M.A., Medical Science, 2000); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | William P. Saxe (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, January 12, 1976; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Occidental College (B.A., Politics and Sociology, 1998); Boston College (M.Ed., Administration, 2006); Boston College School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Marcel A. Quinn (Associate) born Kalispell, Montana, February 12, 1982; admitted to bar, 2006, Maine. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Criminal Justice, summa cum laude, 2003); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | COUNSEL | | Michael S. Wilson (Counsel) born Quincy, Massachusetts, June 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts and New York; 1986, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; 1990, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Holyoke Community College; Western New England College (B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 1979; J.D., cum laude, 1984). Delta Mu Delta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Trusts and Estates. Certified Public Accountant, 1981. Law Clerk to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department. Member: Maine State, Massachusetts, New York State, Virginia and American (Member, Litigation and Taxation Sections) Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Taxation; Civil Litigation. Email: Michael S. Wilson | | Jacquelyn M. Kurz (Counsel) born Burlington, Vermont, May 16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1983, Maine. Education: University of Vermont; University of Southern Maine (B.S., summa cum laude, 1977); New England School of Law; University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 19 83). Member, Board of Appeals, Town of Gorham, Maine, 1986-1989. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Jacquelyn M. Kurz | | Thomas P. Quinn, Jr. (Counsel) born July 22, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Massachusetts. (Not admitted in Maine). Education: Fairfield University (B.A., History, 1991); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1994). (Also at Boston, Massachusetts Office). Practice Areas: Financial Services Law. Email: Thomas P. Quinn, Jr. | | Susan C. Steiner (Counsel) born Niagara Falls, New York, October 30, 1948; admitted to bar, 1994, Maine. Education: Skidmore College (B.A., American Studies, 1970); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1994). Editor, Law Review, University of Maine School of Law. Law Clerk to the Honorable Daniel E. Wathen, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1994-1995. Legal Writing Instructor, University of Maine School of Law. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. | | Sarah A. Verville (Counsel) born Del Rio, Texas, September 18, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Maine. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1978); Suffolk University (J.D., 1984). Articles Editor, Transnational Law Journal, Suffolk University. Member: Maine State Bar Association (Advisory Board Member, National Hydropower Association; NHA Regulatory Affairs Committee). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. | | Elizabeth Eddy Griffin (Counsel) born Portland, Maine, May 3, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Colby College (A.B., 1985); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Labor and Employment. Email: Elizabeth Eddy Griffin | | Lori A. Desjardins (Counsel) born Presque Isle, Maine, December 8, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Maine. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Labor and Employment; Real Estate. | | OF COUNSEL | | Vincent L. McKusick (Of Counsel) born Parkman, Maine, October 21, 1921; admitted to bar, 1952, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1956, U.S. Supreme Court; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Bates College (A.B., 1943); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., S.M., 1947); Harvard University (LL.B., 1950). President, Harvard Law Review, 1949-1950. Law Clerk: Chief Judge Learned Hand, 1950-1951; Justice Felix Frankfurter, 1951-1952. Associated with Pierce Atwood and predecessor firms since 1952 except for service as Chief Justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1977-1992. Co-author, "Maine Civil Practice". Practice Areas: Special Master; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: Vincent L. McKusick | | Jeremiah D. Newbury (Of Counsel) born Providence, Rhode Island, July 23, 1934; admitted to bar, 1960, Maine; 1961, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1956); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1959). Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Edward T. Gignoux, 1959-1961. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State (Member, Corporations Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Trusts and Estates. Email: Jeremiah D. Newbury | | Daniel E. Wathen (Of Counsel) born Easton, Maine, November 4, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, Maine. Education: Ricker College (A.B., 1962); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., 1965). Editor-in-Chief, Maine Law Review. Justice, Maine Superior Court, 1977-1981; Justice, 1981-1992, Chief Justice, 1992-2001, Maine Supreme Court. Member: Maine State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Daniel E. Wathen | | Peter H. Jacobs (Of Counsel) born Newton, Massachusetts, October 19, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Massachusetts; 1975, Maine. Education: Brown University; London School of Economics & Political Science; Cambridge University; Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Law Clerk to Justice Sidney W. Wernick, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1974-1975. Member, Maine Board of Bar Examiners, 1978-1982; Chair, Maine Commission for the Evaluation of the Bar Admission Process, 1980-1983. Chair, Special Commission to Review the Maine Electoral Process, 1993. Practice Areas: Labor; Employment. Email: Peter H. Jacobs | | Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Bangor, Maine, May 9, 1930; admitted to bar, 1955, Maine and Massachusetts; 1958, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B., cum laude, 1952); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1955). Practice Areas: Civil and Criminal Litigation. Email: Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr. | | James G. Good (Of Counsel) born Portland, Maine, March 8, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Maine. Education: University of Maine (B.A., 1971); Duke University (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Former Editor-in-Chief, Duke Legal Research Program. Contributing Editor, CCH State Tax Advisory Board. Correspondent, State Tax Notes. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Member, State and Federal Taxation Section) and American (Member, Committee on State and Local Taxes, Section on Taxation and Member, State and Local Taxation Subcommittee, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Maine Revenue Services; State Board of Property Tax Review; Maine State Legislature. Practice Areas: State and Local Taxation. Email: James G. Good | | S. Mason Pratt, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Portland, Maine, August 6, 1938; admitted to bar, 1967, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., cum laude, 1961); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1967). Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Section, 1989-1991) and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; EEO Committee; Litigation Section; Former Chair, Americans with Disabilities Subcommittee) Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Maine Human Rights Commission; OSHA; OSHA Review Commission. Practice Areas: Labor; Employment; Employee Benefits; Health; Education. Email: S. Mason Pratt, Jr. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Augusta, Maine Office: 77 Winthrop Street. Telephone: 207-622-6311. Fax: 207-623-9367.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire Office: Pease International Tradesport, 1 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 350. Telephone: 603-433-6300. Fax: 603-433-6372.
Concord, New Hampshire Office: 114 North Main Street. Telephone: 603-223-0360. Fax: 603-223-0312.
Boston, Massachusetts Office: 160 Federal Street, 10th Floor. Telephone: 857-277-6900. Fax: 617-426-2321.
Washington, D.C. Office: 1875 I Street NW, 5th Floor. Telephone: 202-429-2090. Fax: 202-429-2093.
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