Best Lawyers Near You in Kennebunk, Maine
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Kellie Fisher focuses her practice on bankruptcy matters, commercial litigation, and transactions involving distressed companies. Kellie routinely represents financial institutions, secured and unsecured creditors (including official and ad hoc committees), lenders, debtors, equity holders, and trustees. Kellie has substantial bankruptcy and litigation experience in New England and around the country. With a sophisticated understanding of the restructuring legal landscape, she advises clients...
Scott Dolan is a former award-winning newspaper reporter who spent years covering Maine’s state and federal courts before becoming a lawyer himself. He is a partner at the law firm Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow in Portland and represents individuals and small business clients in civil and appellate litigation, successful business building and problem solving, and intellectual property. Scott graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 2019. During law school, he served as...
Ariel Pardee works with the Business Practice Group on a wide range of commercial transactions, and with the IP and Data Security teams in areas including cybersecurity, privacy, intellectual property, and technology transactions. Ariel graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maine School of Law, where she also received a Certificate in Information Privacy Law. Ariel is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in U.S. Law (CIPP/US) and European Law (CIPP/E). While in law school, ...
Julia MacDonald represents clients in a range of subject matters, including complex commercial litigation, breach of contract claims, trade secrets theft, toxic tort litigation, antitrust claims, claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), constitutional matters, and appellate litigation. Julia also maintains a robust pro bono practice, which spans from representing individuals facing eviction to authoring amicus briefs on pressing constitutional issues for sta...
Lucas L. Fortier is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation. Lucas L., who practices law in Portland, Maine, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lucas L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
As a former award-winning journalist covering government and politics, James has a knack for tracking down facts and distilling complex information into clear, concise prose. Today, he applies those skills in his litigation practice, where has quickly established his reputation as an aggressive, skilled advocate throughout the course of his work for the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting. While lead attorney, he represented the Committee for Ranked Choice voting in primary arguments, dealing ...
Taylor Johnson is an associate in Pierce Atwood’s Employment Practice Group. Taylor helps clients navigate state and federal employment laws and regulations including the ADA, Title VII, FLSA, FMLA, and related state laws. Taylor is experienced in responding to discrimination and retaliation charges brought before the Maine Human Rights Commission, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, and New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights. Taylor is adept in conducting internal inves...
Bonnie Ball Wahrer represents individuals, families, fiduciaries, and institutional clients in all aspects of trust and estate planning, administration, controversy, and probate litigation. Bonnie enjoys working with families to help implement their goals to reduce gift and estate taxes, generation-skipping transfer taxes, and to put in place a comprehensive estate plan that addresses their families’ needs for transferring wealth to future generations. She is also skilled in preparing a...
Nicholas Salalayko is an associate in Pierce Atwood’s Energy Practice Group. Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Nick worked for a small Boston-based energy-focused law firm where he advised clients on energy regulatory and administrative matters related to solar, wind, hydro, and natural gas projects. He also advised clients on issues ranging from obtaining agency approval for municipal entity financing to compliance strategies related to the Commonwealth’s environmental justice init...
Christopher C. Boots is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs. Christopher C., who practices law in Portland, Maine, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Christopher C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.