Shawmut Lawyers

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.

I'm a self-employed family practice attorney with areas of expertise in small business and election law.

Kathleen E. Kienitz, Esq., CELA, has practiced elder law and estate planning in Lewiston since 1991. Her firm, Elder Law Offices of Kathleen Kienitz, PA, concentrates in elder law and disability planning, estate planning and probate. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and is a certified elder law attorney (CELA) through the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF). She served on the board of Directors of National Law Foundation, and serves on committees on occassion. She is a board member and current vice chair of Maine Legal Services for the Elderly. She was selected...

Meryl is a Maine native and attended Colby College and the University of Maine School of Law. At Maine Law school, Meryl distinguished herself as an appellate advocate, winning the distinction of "Prize Arguer" in her class and the Gignoux Award for Appellate Advocacy. Meryl was a part of two moot court teams that competed on a national level. In her third year, she and her moot court partner finished in the top three of a competition of more than forty. After law school, Meryl worked at a large law firm in Portland defending medical malpractice and personal injury cases....

I was born to extreme poverty, raised by a single parent until age 11, in a foster home until 18. I put myself through College, served 3 years in the Kentucky National Guard, 4 years on active duty in the US Army, left the Army to attend law school at the University of Louisville, started my own practice shortly after law school. Proud father of 6 great kids! What can I do to help?

Christopher K. Ring, Esq. is licensed with the Maine Bar and US Patent and Trademark Office.

George Washington University, JD, Harvard University B.A. Fifty years experience in cases great and small including winning felony charges by going to jail for contempt, badge of honor, in other words, zealous fighter who thinks and acts outside of the box. Done time for conspiracy to sell Marijuana sale (wrong move, not honorable) then reinstated - like Thomas Moore lay down to bleed awhile and then rise up to fight again! Extensive experience across the board.

Taylor Asen is a founding partner of Gideon Asen LLC, a firm that specializes in medical malpractice and catastrophic injury cases in Northern New New England. Taylor is a graduate of Yale Law School.

Ted retired from the active practice of Family Law in 2021.

Attorney Christian Lewis joined the firm in 2006. He is an active trial attorney handling personal injury and professional negligence cases. He is a graduate of the Duquesne University School of Law, (J.D., 2006), and James Madison University, (B.A., 1996). Christian is a member of the Maine State Bar Association and the Maine Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors and Legislative Committee), and Town of Cumberland, Board of Adjustment and Appeals. Before attending law school, Christian was an analyst with the U.S. Department of Justice. While working for the federal government, he attended the Joint Military Intelligence College and earned...