30 Years of Trial Experience, Including:

Business Dissolution

• The break-up of incorporated and un-incorporated business partnerships and joint ventures, including many reported decisions which have affected Maine corporate law.

Borrower Protection

• Protection from bad faith practices by banks and other financial institutions, including the enforcement of loan commitments and the prosecution of alleged predatory actions by bank officers.

Trade Practices

• Broad experience in trade regulation, securities law issues, deceptive trade practices, and RICO claims. Successful in a number of situations involving fraud or wrongful competitive practices.

Insurance Coverage

• Dealing with issues of regulation and coverage, including federal litigation in the area of workers' compensation; scope of policy exclusions.

Constitutionality of Business Regulation

• Successful litigation of "flow control" ordinances on constitutional grounds including petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court and federal pre-emption questions.

Investor Defense

• Defense of fraudulent transfer claims against entrepreneurial investors involved in LBO transactions.

Loan/Investment Recovery

• Representation of venture capital firms, investors and financial institutions to recover investments and, in some instances, to act as an interim manager to stabilize the business of the troubled venture.

Legal Malpractice

• Defense and prosecution of lawyers in business related malpractice cases.

Shareholder Representation

• Representation of shareholders in securities law matters and in arbitration with brokerage firms before the NASD, including acting as the representative of minority shareholders of the board of a publicly held bank.

Franchise Protection

• Protection of the rights of franchisees including enforcement of the rights of auto dealers under state and federal statutes upon wrongful termination of the franchise.