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Gregory Farris
Gardiner, ME Attorney
Business, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Greg Farris, an attorney since 1973, is licensed to practice in all State of Maine courts and in the United States District Court. Greg's historic practice is in the areas of domestic law, general civil litigation, personal injury and business planning. He currently is available to manage and advise with his partners in all of those areas of practice. His current emphasis, in addition to trial work, has been in real estate, corporate, business law, estate and tax planning. He brings years of experience and savvy to bear in working with clients to resolve their...
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Matthew Govan
Portland, ME Lawyer
(207) 774-2414
97 India Street, 2nd Floor
PO Box 17647
Portland, ME 04112
Divorce and Family
University of Maine - School of Law
Attorney Matthew Govan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of Maine School of Law, and University of Southern Maine at Portland. He most recently obtained his masterâs degree in Social Work at the University of Southern Maine at Portland in May 2012.
Attorney Govan enrolled in every course that the University of Maine School of Law offered at the time in the areas of family law and childrenâs advocacy. He and a fellow student created the curriculum for and led a class titled The Child, Family and State. After becoming a member of the Maine Bar...
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David Lourie
Cape Elizabeth, ME Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Municipal and Personal Injury
Boston College Law School
I have been Corporation Counsel for the City of Portland and other municipalities as well as private clients in land use and related real property, and civil liberties disputes.
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Richard Regan
Topsham, ME Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Criminal Defense, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
University of Maine - School of Law
Why I do this:
In this profession, there is no better gratification than that which comes from solving an important problem for a client. Whether it is from presenting a substantial check to an injured person after a resolution of a personal injury claim, obtaining a discharge of thousands of dollars of debt for a person in a dire financial situation, saving someone’s home, or resolving one’s criminal charges, I experience a lot of satisfaction knowing that I just made a client’s life a bit easier or even better.
Bankruptcy
Folks who come to me with their financial affairs in shambles are often...
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Sebastian Okun
Bangor, ME Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of Maine - School of Law
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Jared S Brewer
Waterville, ME Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Divorce, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
The George Washington University Law School
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Andrew C Hill
Brunswick, ME Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
University of Maine School of Law
Andy is an attorney based in Brunswick and Lewiston, Maine. His statewide practice focuses on Land Use, Real Estate, Conservation, and Business Law. Andy has experience helping clients with municipal land use permitting, real estate transactions, forming business entities, and land use violations.
Prior to starting his own firm, Andy was an associate at a firm in Damariscotta, Maine. During that time, he gained experience in a wide range of practice areas such as Business, Real Estate & Land Use, Estate Planning, and Taxation.
Andrew graduated from the University of Maine School of Law, cum laude, in...
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Nicole S. Williamson
Portland, ME Lawyer with 3 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
University of Maine School of Law
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Elizabeth Stout
Portland, ME Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Divorce and Family
University of Maine - School of Law
Elizabeth (Liz) Stout is the Executive Director, a mentor attorney, and a practicing attorney at the Maine Community Law Center, a non-profit law firm dedicated to increasing access to justice by providing low cost legal services to Mainers of modest means.
Liz received her law degree from the University of Maine School of Law and passed the Maine Bar in 1990. Since then, she has worked as an Assistant District Attorney, a business litigator, an Assistant Attorney General, and since 2002, as a family law attorney, guardian ad litem (GAL) and mediator.
Over the years, Liz has seen many families struggle...
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Luke Rioux
Portland, ME Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
University of Maine School of Law
I am a Criminal Defense Lawyer based in Portland, Maine. I defends clients charged with Operating Under the Influence (OUI), Drunk Driving, Operating After Suspension or Habitual Offender Revocation, Drug Possession and Trafficking, Marijuana Offenses, Assault, Sexual Offenses, Prostitution Charges, Probation Violations, Extradition Cases, and all other Criminal matters.
I Practice in State and Federal Court at the Trial and Appellate Level and handel cases throughout Cumberland, York and Androscoggin Counties.
While, I specialize in Criminal Defense, I work with seven other Lawyers at the FIrm, Fairfield & Associates. Other Attorneys there handel Family Law and divorce, Juvenile Criminal Defense, Personal Injury,...
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Jonathan Steven Handelman
Brunswick, ME Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Juvenile
I have been practicing law since 2005. I represent people charged with crimes in Maine state courts in a number of coastal counties. My practice regularly brings me to Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, York, and Waldo counties. My clients typically have cases in Superior Court and District Court. The people I help range from juveniles to adults. Everyone deserves a vigorous defense, every case is important, and everyone deserves to be treated with respect. I do not judge my clients, I defend them.
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James Wholly
Hampden, ME Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Business
Boston College Law School
James Wholly has substantial experience representing debtors in bankruptcy cases under Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13. He obtained his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell University in 1980. He served as a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from 1980 to 1984 and earned his J.D. (cum laude) from Boston College Law School in 1987. Jim worked as an attorney and partner at the Bangor, Maine law firm of Gross, Minsky & Mogul from 1987 until 2002 practicing primarily in the area of bankruptcy. From 2002 until 2016, he served as a career law clerk to Bankruptcy...
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Russell Goldsmith
Portland, ME Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationAdministrative, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
University of Maine - School of Law
Attorney Goldsmith pursued a liberal arts education at Haverford College where he graduated with a degree in Philosophy in 1987, following those studies with the immediate pursuit of a law degree. While at the University of Maine School of Law, Attorney Goldsmith was the only student in his class selected as a member of both the law school’s Law Review and Moot Court Competition Board, and did publish during his senior year an article entitled Contracting out of Maine’s Employment-At-Will Doctrine, 42 Maine Law Review 553 (July 1990). While in law school, he likewise interned at well-respected law...
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John Scott Logan
Portland, ME Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
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Sidney St. F. Thaxter
PORTLAND, ME Attorney with 52 years of experience
(207) 774-9000
Curtis Thaxter LLC
One Canal Plaza, Ste 1000
PORTLAND, ME 04101
Estate Planning
Boston College Law School
Sidney St. F. ("Pete") Thaxter is the chair of the firm's Litigation and Administrative Law and Estate Planning and Probate Practice Areas. For over 30 years, he has led the firm's litigation practice, which has focused on business disputes and property rights.
Pete also works with multiple generations of the firm's clients and their families to help them through their estate tax and business succession planning.
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John Simpson
Cumberland Foreside, ME Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Family
Vermont Law School
My practice areas include: Family Law - Divorce, Mediation & Child Custody, Business Law - Contracts & Other Legal Agreements, Litigation, New Business Formation, Financing & Acquisitions, Criminal Defense - OUI, OAS, White Collar Crimes, Drug possession, etc., General Litigation - Trials in District & Superior Courts, and Appeals to Maine's Supreme Judicial Court. Client service is my highest priority. Please call for a free 30 minute consultation. Weekend and evening appointments can be scheduled upon request. Phone: 207) 200-5565 email: John@SimpsonLaw.me website:...
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Meredith G. Schmid
York, ME Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Elder
George Mason University School of Law
Meredith G. Schmid, an attorney formerly employed by the United States Department of Justice, aggressively represents clients in York County, Maine, who have found themselves caught up in the legal system. Attorney Meredith Schmid defends clients charged with OUI/DWI and drug-related offenses, as well as other felony and misdemeanor crimes. Meredith also tirelessly represents clients in family matter disputes including child custody, child protection, and guardianship. Prior to moving to Maine, Meredith specialized in National Security Law and Counterterrorism in Washington, D.C. As an attorney with the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, Meredith collaborated with...
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Zachary J. Smith
Bangor, ME Lawyer with 10 years of experience
(207) 573-4229
P.O. Box 1049
304 Hancock St. Suite 1K
Bangor, ME 04401
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
University of Maine - School of Law
While I concentrate in criminal defense and workers' compensation, I have represented a fair number of clients on civil cases and have formed a respectable number of business entities.
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Jamie Tartre
Rumford, ME Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Collections, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
Owner of Tartre & Tartre, LLC., a law firm located in Rumford, Maine serving Oxford, Franklin, Cumberland and Androscoggin Counties.
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Robert Montgomery
Portland, ME Attorney with 39 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence, Family and Juvenile
New York Law School
I provide legal advice and representation for all family matters, including divorce, spousal support, child support, domestic violence, paternity and adoption. I graduated from Middlebury College in 1977 and New York Law School (cum laude) in 1983. Family Law has been my specialty for the last 30 years.
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Adrienne Hansen
Portland, ME Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Workers' Comp
University of Colorado Law School
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Joe Lewis
Portland, ME Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
University of Maine - School of Law
I graduated with honors from The University of Maine School of Law. My practice focuses primarily on three areas: Family Law, Estate Planning, and Appeals. I set up Port City Legal with the idea that a small law firm effectively serving the regular legal needs of regular people with intelligence ~and~ compassion could do very nicely here in Portland, ME. Six years later, the idea has proved true. Along the way, I have enjoyed many successes both in and out of the courtroom. My client reviews have been excellent. I've won five of...
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Anthony K. Ferguson
Lewiston, ME Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationDUI & DWI, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of Maine School of Law
Fales & Fales has been serving the needs of personal injury clients in Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin Counties for over a century. Our mission is to assure complete client satisfaction and to obtain on behalf of the client the maximum possible settlement or verdict. We are professional, dedicated, and skillful.
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Tyler Lauzon
Saco, ME Attorney
Divorce, Family and Landlord Tenant
University of Maine - School of Law
As a staff attorney at the Maine Community Law Center, Tyler is focused on providing affordable legal services to clients in the areas of wills and estate planning, probate matters, transactional law, real estate, and general practice.
Maine Community Law Center is a non-profit law firm dedicated to increasing access to justice by providing low cost legal services to Mainers of modest means. The lawyers at MCLC practice law in a variety of fields. While they are recently admitted to the Maine bar, they have the support and guidance of many experienced Maine attorneys. Your case will benefit from professional care...
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Jennifer Nichols Ferguson
Lewiston, ME Attorney with 40 years of experience
Personal Injury and Probate
University of Maine School of Law
Fales & Fales has been serving the needs of personal injury clients in Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin Counties for over a century. Our mission is to assure complete client satisfaction and to obtain on behalf of the client the maximum possible settlement or verdict. We are professional, dedicated, and skillful.
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Richard Smith Berne
Portland, ME Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime
Boston University School of Law
PORTLAND MAINE CRIMINAL LAWYER & ATTORNEY
Mr. Berne has been practicing criminal law for over forty-two years. He received a B.S. degree from Harvard College, cum laude, in 1970 and his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1974.
Prior to establishing his office in Portland, Maine, Mr. Berne served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York and the Northern District of California, where he prosecuted cases involving narcotics, bank fraud, and various white collar crimes. Upon leaving the Government in 1981, he entered private practice with a nationally prominent white collar defense firm...
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Jason G Litalien
Biddeford, ME Attorney
Business, Estate Planning, Landlord Tenant and Probate
University of Maine - School of Law
I am a civil practice attorney, located in Biddeford, Maine. I focus mostly on Business Law, Cannabis/Marijuana Business Compliance, Evictions for Landlords, Probate Administration, and Estate Planning. I am happy to meet with potential clients and discuss any legal matter you may have.
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Regan A. Sweeney
Portland, ME Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationAdministrative, Business, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
American University
I am a solo practitioner, based out of Portland, Maine, with a unique practice that is both local and international.
Locally, I represent and advise individuals and small businesses in a wide array of legal issues, including, but not limited to: landlord/tenant matters, real estate transfers, LLC and small business formation, and small business consulting.
Internationally, I provide legal advice and guidance to consumer product manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers, to ensure compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state laws and regulations. As a former Trial Attorney with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, I represent companies in compliance and other...
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Thomas P. Elias
York, ME Attorney
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
Suffolk University Law School
Top 2% of Criminal Defense Attorneys, American Society of Legal Advocates. Distinguished Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell. Client Reviews at EliasLawOffices.com. Serving Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Maine State Bar Association. Maine Trial Lawyers Association. York County Bar Assoc. Board of Directors. New Hampshire Bar Association. Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.
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Benjamin Rogoff Gideon
Bangor, ME Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationMaritime, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Yale Law School
Ben grew up in Portland, Maine, attended public schools and graduated from Deering High School in 1989. Ben attended Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and earned his law degree from the Yale Law School.
Ben began his career in private practice at a large, multi-national law firm, Latham & Watkins, in New York City. He practiced there for several years before deciding to return to Maine to join Maine’s largest plaintiff’s law firm. In 2021, Ben left that firm and formed Gideon Asen LLC.
Over the past decade, no other plaintiff’s lawyer in Maine can match Ben’s level of success...
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Francis Jackson
South Portland, ME Lawyer
Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Before launching Jackson & MacNichol, Jack practiced general civil and criminal litigation, including employee benefits and personal injury cases. “We narrowed it down to doing Social Security disability cases,” Jack says. “I decided it was something I enjoyed, and I was good at it.” After he had established his Social Security disability practice, a change in federal legislation allowed Jack to expand the firm’s practice areas to include representation of veterans seeking disability benefits. “It’s nice to give back to people who served our country, and it’s an area where people need enormous help and support,” he says. In addition...
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Stephen Hayes
Augusta, ME Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
Harvard Law School and University of Maine - School of Law
I provide efficient, effective and principled legal representation.
I no longer accept cases involving litigation, including divorce and other family law matters.
We jointly plan your case as though it is a business project -- identify your goals, the best ways to accomplish your desired end and determine the work required (and who will do it). We evaluate each step to determine its impact on progress and your budget. We refrain from "tit for tat" retaliation because that lets others control your case. My decades of experience in business planning and execution of projects, litigation and dispute resolution and our...
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Cassandra Morin
Westbrook, ME Lawyer with 2 years of experience
Animal, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
University of Maine School of Law
Cassandra is Maine's estate planning attorney for animal lovers. She is passionate about assisting clients in ensuring that their pets receive the care that they deserve if they can no longer care for their pets on their own. Her areas of practice include estate planning, trusts, probate administration and litigation, guardianships and conservatorships, and animal law, as well as contracts and real estate transactions.
She has experience working on personal injury cases, contract drafting and litigation, estate planning document preparation and execution, deed preparation and execution, and business formation and administration (forming LLCs, corporations, annual reports, etc).
She is interested in...
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Nicholas Walsh
Portland, ME Attorney
(207) 772-2191
120 Exchange Street
P.O. Box 7206
Portland, ME 04112-7206
Free ConsultationBusiness, Maritime, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
A former Coast Guard Officer, commercial fisherman and merchant mariner, since 1988 Nicholas H. Walsh has used his practical knowledge to assist hundreds of New Englanders. The firm has two areas of emphasis: Jones Act work for injured sailors, and injuries occurring because of deficient medical or nursing care (medical malpractice).
The “Articles” section of the site nicholaswalsh.com contains useful information on these areas of the law. “From Injury to Judgment: Medical Malpractice Law in Maine” and “Where Does it Hurt: A Survey of Seaman’s Personal Injury Remedies” are just two useful articles. We suggest you review that material, and give...
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Michael Turndorf
Portland, ME Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Highly experienced and highly rated trial attorney. Many jury trials and hearings under his belt. Practice areas include: personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, criminal defense, family law and litigation.
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Andrew Sarapas
Brunswick, ME Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
University of Maine School of Law
Andrew (Andy) Sarapas of the Brunswick, Maine law firm Ranger Copeland French, P.A. practices bankruptcy and real estate law, helping individuals and businesses in the Midcoast and Greater Portland, Maine regions resolve financial difficulties through workouts and in bankruptcy proceedings. Andy has served as lead counsel to debtors, committees and trustees in small to large Chapter 11 cases, and has assisted hundreds of clients in Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcies. He has also brought to successful resolution many real property disputes that become complicated when defective title and mortgage issues come to light in bankruptcy cases.
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Vincent S. LoConte
Portland, ME Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
University of Maine School of Law
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Christian Foster
Portland , ME Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal Defense, Employment and Medical Malpractice
Attorney Foster has won jury trials in courtrooms from Kittery to Caribou Maine over the past 23 years. He has represented thousands of injured Mainers and is one of the few trial lawyers who has obtained settlements in excess of 8 figures and multiple jury verdicts in the 7 figure range.
Foster Law is committed to spending time with their clients to learn their truth and passionately and unrelentingly advocate for justice to the bitter end.
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Timothy W Stanley
Ellsworth, ME Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Business, Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
University of Maine School of Law
I am a practicing attorney in Ellsworth, Maine. I was born and raised on Mount Desert Island, and have long ties to the island community. I am practicing with Jones, Kuriloff, & Sargent, LLC, a firm which primarily deals with estate planning, real estate transactions, and small businesses.
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Peter J Cyr
Portland, ME Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Insurance Claims
University of Maine - School of Law
Attorney Peter J. Cyr graduated from Piscataquis Community High School in 1989. Following High School, he attended Providence College where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Social Science in 1993.
In 1994, attorney Cyr spent a year in Austin Texas as a VISTA Volunteer (Volunteers in Service to America)working with kids to help them stay in school.
Attorney Cyr stayed in Texas and worked as a carpenter building houses West of Austin.
In 1997, Peter commenced his first year at the University of Maine School of Law. He graduated Cum Laude and received the alumni...