Attorney And Director
CurrentI joined Murray, Plumb & Murray as an associate in 1981 and became a director of the firm in 1987. Since 1981, I have worked intensively with virtually every type of law governing land in Maine. I have assisted clients in obtaining development permits for projects ranging from small day care centers, to large shopping centers, to multi-million dollar electricity generating plants. I also have devoted much of my practice to helping persons who are opposed to objectionable projects, or who wish to keep development within reasonable limits. Since the early 1980s, I have represented municipalities and private persons in litigation against municipalities, and have appeared before the EPA, FERC, FAA, and Army Corps of Engineers at the federal level, the BEP, DEP and LURC, at the state level and before the zoning and planning boards, Boards of Selectmen, and Town Councils of most municipalities in Maine. I am knowledgeable in all aspects of governmental law. Finally, I have devoted much of my attention to the investigation and litigation of complex boundary and easement disputes. I frequently argue cases before the Maine Law Court and and try cases before the Superior Courts throughout the State.I head the firm's Land Use Department. I have been included in “The Best Lawyers in America” in the specialty of Land Use Law beginning with its 2008 edition. Bar Admissions Maine (1980).Judicial Clerkship: Hon. Edward S. Godfrey, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1980-81. Education Bowdoin College, A.B., summa cum laude, 1977. University of Maine School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1980. Editor-in-Chief, Maine Law Review, 1979-80. Practice AreasLitigation and Dispute ResolutionLand Use Law and RegulationBoundary LawMunicipal LawLand Use LawReal Estate LawEnvironmental Regulation Law
