Sean T. Carnathan practices in the following areas of law: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation Admitted: 1993, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1997, Massachusetts; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit Law School: University of Maine, J.D., summa cum laude, 1993; Harvard University, LL.M., 1997 College: Bowdoin College, A.B., magna cum laude, 1986 Member: Boston and American Bar Associations. Biography: Associate Editor: ABA Litigation News, 2004—; University of Maine Law Review, 1992-1993. Law Clerk to the Honorable Paul L. Rudman, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1993-1994. Author: "Just Say No to Hostile Takeovers in Massachusetts," Mass. Lawyers Weekly (Dec. 1, 2003); "Will the Company Cover an Ex-Officer's Legal Costs?" The New World of Sarbones-Oxley, Business Law Today (Sept./Oct. 2003); "Discovery in Arbitration?," Business Law Today (March/April 2001); "Patent Priority Disputes," - A Proposed Re-Definition of First-to-Invent, 49 Alabama Law Review 755 (1998); "Re-Assessing the Trial Court's Opportunity to Assess Credibility," 13 Me. Bar J. 316 (Nov. 1998); "Presenting an Attorney's Fee Application in the United States District Court for the District of Maine," 11 Me. Bar J. 244 (July 1996); "Hints on Writing Law Court Briefs from Some People Who Read Them," 9 Me. Bar J. 318 (Sept. 1994); "Due Process and the Independent Medical Examiner in the New Maine Workers Compensation Act," 45 Me. L. Rev. 123 (1993), reprinted in the Workers Comp. L. Rev. (1994). Visiting Lecturer, Tufts University, Spring 1998. Ames Fellow, Harvard Law School, 1997-1998. Board of Directors, Government Employees Credit Union of Maine, 1996-1999. Board of Directors, Improv Boston, 2005—. Reported Cases: M and D Cycles, Inc. b/b/a Depot Honda Kawasaki v. American Honda Motor Co., 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 14505 (1st Cir. 2003) (franchise dispute); Morningside Group Ltd. v. Morningside Capital Group LLC, 182 F.3d 133 (2d Cir. 1999) (trademark enforcement); Gentile v. SinglePoint Financial, Inc., 788 A.2d 111 (Del. 2001) (D and O dispute); M and D Cycles d/b/a Depot Honda Kawasaki v. American Honda Motor Co., 2002 DNH 176 (October 4, 2002) (franchise dispute); M and D Cycles d/b/a Depot Honda Kawasaki v. American Honda Motor Co., 2002 DNH 127 (July 8, 2002) (franchise dispute); Cape Ann Investors v. Lepone, 171 F. Supp. 2d 22 (D. Mass. 2001) (alleged securities fraud); Goodwin v. Acadia Group, Inc., 2001 WL 800064 (D. Me. July 17, 2001) (alleged securites fraud in private offering). Born: New York, N.Y., August 22, 1964 |
