Maine Lawyers

Over 43 years experience. General practice focusing on Divorce/Family Law. Attorney Guillory is a lifelong resident of the Biddeford/Saco area. He also has many contacts and satisfied clients in the Lewiston/Auburn area. Bob is also an experienced and effective mediator specializing in family matters. When not practicing law you can often find Bob on the golf course.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Attorney Bowser has successfully defended hundreds of cases for clients charged with drunk driving, commonly referred to as Operating Under the Influence (OUI) in Massachusetts and Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) in New Hampshire. He is Board Certified as a DUI Defense Specialist by the National College for DUI Defense. This certification is accredited by the American Bar Association but not regulated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has developed a well earned reputation for being on of the top drunk driving defenders in the area.

Attorney Bowser also handles a variety of personal injury claims for clients sustaining injury due...

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 provide legal services for individuals and small businesses throughout southern Maine. I offer legal analysis and litigation services on real property issues. I represent buyers and sellers in real estate transactions. For business owners I can assist with formation, contract and general consulting matters. For many matters I offer services at flat-rate pricing.

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.

I enjoy helping clients with estate planning and probate administration of estates. I particularly like helping people plan for long-term care while protecting their assets for their families. Let me help you and your family plan for the years ahead.

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.

Walter McKee formed McKee Law in 2012. Mr. McKee’s work focuses on litigation. Mr. McKee's criminal defense practice ranges from traffic offenses to murder. He has been involved in countless high-profile criminal cases in Maine over the past 25 years and is a veteran of over 200 fully contested civil and criminal jury trials. Mr. McKee's practice is statewide and also includes representation of criminal defendants in federal criminal matters in Maine's federal district courts as well as the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. As one Federal judge put it, Mr. McKee's defense of the accused is...

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...

“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...

After 35 years as a civil trial lawyer in all kinds and sizes of cases, Bill Robitzek has formed a practice devoted to serving the needs of other attorneys. He offers alternative dispute resolution services as well as confidential consultations on pending cases. He is the former President of the Maine State Bar Association and the New England Bar Association. He has lectured widely to lawyers and law students on issues relating to trials, evidence, preparation of witnesses, depositions and client relations.

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.

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.

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:...

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...

Elizabeth Kayatta is an impassioned advocate for her clients with a track record of success in the courtroom. As a trial attorney at Berman & Simmons, she helps deliver justice for people who have suffered catastrophic and life-altering injuries. Her practice includes personal injury lawsuits arising out of medical errors, child sexual abuse, reckless driving, and dangerous premises. Elizabeth has a reputation as a strategic and fearless advocate for her clients in medical malpractice cases. She takes on claims against medical providers and hospitals across Maine and Massachusetts. Her experience with handling complex healthcare negligence includes cases...

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...

Dirigo Law LLC, a small Maine firm specializing in Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate transactions. Remote services available to serve Mainers everywhere.

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Michael is a graduate of the University of Maine and the University of Maine School of Law. He has been practicing law in the Bangor, Maine, area since 1974. Michael’s law practice is diverse, with a special emphasis on residential and commercial real estate, estate planning and corporate law. He is well recognized as one of Maine's preeminent real estate minds. During his career, he has conducted nearly 10,000 residential and commercial closings as well as crafting hundreds of estates plans and trusts for his clients. Michael is active in the Maine Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, and other professional...

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...

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...

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.

I am a Social Security disability lawyer. I represent clients with Social Security disability and SSI claims in Maine and New Hampshire. I help clients with: *Social Security disability benefits *SSI benefits *Initial Claims *Reconsideration *Hearings *Appeals My practice concentrates on Social Security disability and SSI claims at all administrative levels. I have conducted hundreds of Social Security disability hearings, and I am familiar with the administrative law judges who decide the claims in Maine and New Hampshire.