Practice areas

• Corporate and business law
• Bankruptcy, reorganization and insolvency
• Commercial lending and borrowing
• Commercial real estate and land use law
• Commercial litigation

Admitted

• Maine Bar, 1978
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Tax Court, 1979

Education

• J.D., University of Maine School of Law, 1978
• B.A., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1974
• Attended Georgetown University Law Center, 1979–1981 (LL.M., Taxation program)

Associations and memberships

• American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
• Maine Bar Association
• Cumberland Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Turnaround Management Association, Maine Chapter
• Town of Falmouth, Maine Zoning Board of Appeals (Chairman, 1999–2001)
• Portland Country Club, Falmouth, Maine
• Maine State Golf Association
• New England Golf Association
• United States Golf Association

Professional activities

• Has lectured at CLE and corporate employee education programs
• Has served on numerous community and charitable organization boards

Honors and recognition

• New England Super Lawyers (Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights)
• Best Lawyers in America (Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights)
• Recognized by Chambers and Partners for “unusually broad experience” and strong client relationships

Past employment

• Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C., 1978–1981
• Law office of former United States Bankruptcy Court Judge Richard E. Poulos, 1981–1984

Personal interests

• Enjoys golfing and officiates tournaments regionally for the USGA in New England and the Maine State Golf Association in Maine