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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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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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Catherine Miller
Portland, ME Attorney with 26 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Divorce and Family
University of Maine School of Law
MillerAsen is a boutique law firm located in Portland, Maine. Our focus is on the legal needs of individuals, their families, and their businesses. With over fifty years of combined experience, our lawyers offer a customized and practical approach to protect the interests of our clients on legal matters that affect their families and businesses during times of change. Whether you are going through a divorce, need to plan for your future, or need help with your business or real estate plans, we tailor our legal services to offer strategic, creative, yet affordable, solutions. Our team is known...
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Barry L. Kohler
Westbrook, ME Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
Cornell University
At this time, I am only offering Mediation and ADR services. Most of my cases are divorce and post-divorce matters and probate matters, although I do mediate a variety of other types of cases (family business, unmarried co-ownership cases, etc.). My particular area of professional interest is the intersection of families and finances. All of my mediation work is now via online video (primarily Zoom). Current email = barry@barrykohlerconsulting.com. Current tel = 207-838-3300.
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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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Amy Fairfield
Lyman, ME Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of Maine School of Law
Amy Fairfield is an accomplished and experienced trial attorney. Amy's commitment and determination to protecting the rights of her clients is legendary. Amy's criminal practice has included numerous high profile cases and she has represented thousands of individuals charged with serious felonies and misdemeanors. Amy's family practice focuses on divorce and parental rights and responsibilities. Amy is also a rostered Guardian ad Litem.
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Christiana Mann
Yarmouth, ME Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
Roger Williams University
Chrissy has specialized in civil litigation for over 17 years. She is well-regarded as a fair, compassionate and zealous advocate on behalf of her clients. During the first half of her career, Chrissy litigated cases for a preeminent insurance defense firm in Easton, MA. This experience provided her valuable insight into how insurance companies and their attorneys operate. In the years prior to establishing Mann Law, Chrissy was fortunate enough to develop her true passion and help people; advocating for injured individuals throughout New England at a Maine personal injury firm. She is a creative and...
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Albert Hansen
Kennebunk, ME Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Attorney Hansen's practice areas include DWI and criminal defense, divorce and family law, as well as civil litigation, including court-approved factoring transactions. He graduated from Bates College in 1991 and Delaware Law School in 1996. He is licensed in NH, ME, and MA. As a former prosecutor and criminal contract attorney for NH and ME, Al has extensive courtroom experience with numerous jury and non-jury trials under his belt. He is a member of the NH, ME, and National Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National College for DUI Defense, as well as the NH Bar Association's...
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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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Chad Hansen
Portland, ME Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Workers' Comp
University of Colorado Law School
Chad represents employees in all manner of employee rights litigation including disability discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, sex discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, sexual harassment, medical leave violations, and failure to accommodate claims. He has both first chaired and second chaired employee rights cases to successful verdicts. Chad is listed in U.S. News "Best Lawyers in America"© directory (Employment Law - Individuals), the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide in the legal profession.
After graduating from the University of Colorado School of Law, Chad worked for the National Organization for Women (“NOW”) National Judicial Education Program which educates the judiciary with regard...
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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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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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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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Sarah Irving Gilbert
Camden, ME Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of Maine - School of Law
“The successful practice of law is so much more than wearing a suit — it takes grit, creativity, and the drive to make things happen.”
Formidable but compassionate; tenacious but fun-loving, Sarah Irving Gilbert has proven herself a force to be reckoned with in courtrooms across midcoast Maine (and across the State). Raised in Machias and fiercely loyal to her Downeast heritage, Sarah left her hometown to study at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, followed by the University of Maine School of Law, where she received scholarships, graduated magna cum laude, and as a professor’s assistant, taught substantive classes in...
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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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Mr. Richard Lyman Hartley
Bangor, ME Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Juvenile
University of Maine School of Law
I grew up on the shores of Sebec Lake in rural Maine. I attended Princeton University and then returned to Maine with the intention of practicing law.
My entire 15 year career has been spent in the Courtroom litigating criminal cases - first as a prosecutor and now for 10 years defending persons charged with crimes in both State and Federal Courts throughout the State.
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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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Peter Clifford
Portland, ME Attorney with 32 years of experience
University of Maine School of Law
Pete has achieved Martindale Hubbell's highest independent Peer Review Rating, "AV- Preeminent," for both legal ability and ethical standards. He has been selected by his peers to inclusion in the publication "New England Super Lawyers," as one of the top 5% of attorneys in Maine. He has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in "Best Lawyers in America."
Pete has managed a statewide personal injury practice since 1991. In March, 2011, he completed his term as President of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association, which has more than 600 trial attorney members statewide. Pete handles wrongful death cases, personal injury...
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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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Mark Laverdiere
Bangor, ME Attorney with 11 years of experience
Business, Collections, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
University of Maine - School of Law
Mark is a skilled attorney who provides his clients with exceptional legal representation both in and out of the Courtroom. Mark is passionate about his areas of practice. He is an experienced transactional attorney in both business and real estate matters, while he also maintains an active civil and criminal litigation practice. He has protected his client’s interests through numerous multi-million dollar business transactions. He also provides counsel and assistance with business formations, shareholder agreements, noncompete provisions, and other corporate filings. He serves as corporate counsel to companies throughout the State of Maine.
Mark also works extensively in both commercial and...
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Shelley Carter
Fryeburg, ME Attorney with 24 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
My practice is client oriented, providing compassionate and reliable direction. I am a lawyer, not a baker, so sugar coating is not a service I offer. I give each client reliable, effective legal representation through difficult times by providing dependable, honest advice and tenacious representation.
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Thomas Douglas
Westbrook, ME Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Carl McCue
Hampden, ME Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
University of Maine - School of Law and Franklin Pierce Law Center
Attorney Carl D. McCue
Carl McCue obtained his B.A. in Philosophy at the University of Maine in 1976 and went on to the Franklin Pierce School of Law. He then graduated at the University of Maine School of Law in Portland in 1979. Attorney McCue is licensed to practice law in the State of Maine and was admitted to the US District Court and District of Maine in 1980. Carl enjoys basketball, karate, farming, his work and most of all his family. Carl has always been known to assist and help those that are less fortunate.
McCue Law Office is a small...
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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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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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Michelle DelMar
Portland, ME Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Business, IP, International and Trademarks
New England Law | Boston
With 20 years experience, Michelle L. DelMar, Esq. provides business, trademark, contract and corporation advice and representation. Michelle helps start new businesses, existing Businesses grow and executives achieve their goals.
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Gregory LeClerc
Standish, ME Attorney with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
University of Maine - School of Law
Located in Standish, Maine, 1820 Law represents clients throughout Maine. Our firm focuses on criminal defense. Whether you’re a teacher, military veteran, or small business owner, we will fight to protect your rights. We bring extensive diligence and professionalism to every case and customize our support to your individual needs and concerns.
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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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Zachary J. Smith
Bangor, ME Lawyer with 9 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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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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Rebecca J Sargent
Ellsworth, ME Attorney with 33 years of experience
Business, Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
University of Maine School of Law and Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Prior to establishing her own law practice in estate planning, probate, trust administration, corporate matters, and real estate, Rebecca was Senior Vice President & Senior Trust Officer at Union Trust Company (now Camden National Bank) from 1994 to 2008. Before that, she practiced law at Loughlin & Wade in Portsmouth, NH. She merged her business with the practices of Jeffrey Jones and Roberta Kuriloff in 2013, thus forming Jones, Kuriloff & Sargent, LLC.
Rebecca, who also goes by Becky, holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from The Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. degree from the University of Maine School...
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Margaret E. Machaiek
Rockport, ME Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationDomestic Violence, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
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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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...
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Parke A Burmeister
Portland, ME Attorney with 13 years of experience
1 Union Street, Suite 501
Portland, ME 04101
Free ConsultationUniversity of Maine School of Law
As an estate, probate, and business attorney in Portland, Maine, I am proud to work with individuals, families, and business owners here in Portland, and across the state.
From drafting simple wills and trusts, to helping favorably resolve probate disputes, to business formations and contract negotiations, I strive to treat every client relationship as a partnership. My goal is to maintain a law practice that is easily approachable, immpeccably responsive, friendly, cost-conscious, and effective at helping clients reach their goals.
I earned my J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Maine School of Law in 2010, and my B.A....
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David Romanow
Pittsburgh, PA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Duquesne University School of Law
I have always found it odd that many lawyers claim to be “experienced” simply based on how long ago they graduated law school. Some lawyers even take this one step further touting “combined experience” by adding together all the time elapsed since graduation of every attorney at the firm. Experience should not be measured by the number of years that have passed since passing the bar exam and number of grey hairs. Experience should be measured by what an attorney has accomplished since graduation, not when he or she graduated.
Prior to starting my own law firm, I served for...
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Lisa Butler
Portland, ME Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Workers' Comp
University of Maine School of Law
Lisa has practiced employment law for employees in Maine, Florida and Maryland for over 15 years. For more than a decade she worked with legal services in Maryland and Florida representing migrant farmworkers on employment conditions, wage, health and safety and worker exploitation issues. Since returning to Maine in 2008, Lisa has represented employees on civil rights cases, including discrimination, retaliation and whistleblower claims in State and Federal Courts. Reported decisions on cases which she with co-counsel litigated include Carmichael v. Verso Paper, 679 F. Supp. 2d 109 (D. Me. 2010) and Osher v. University of Maine...
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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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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...