Peggy L. McGehee

pmcgehee@perkinsthompson.com
Peggy McGehee handles land use and environmental permitting, litigates boundary and easement disputes, and negotiates real estate contracts. Her clients include energy companies, utility and manufacturing companies, citizen associations, developers, individual applicants, hotels and motels, and educational institutions. Ms. McGehee is a shareholder and director of Perkins Thompson, having joined the firm in 1981.

Ms. McGehee is co-author with Superior Court Justice Andrew Marcus Horton, of Maine Civil Remedies, 5th Edition (Tower Publishing 2006). She was a presenter at the Maine Bar Association Seminar on How to Get a Land Use Permit (2007); at a Seminar on Maine Land Use: Current Issues in Subdivision & Zoning (2002); and at a Seminar on Unbundling Legal Services on the Internet (2002).

In addition, Ms. McGehee has developed and updated a range of state and municipal forms for the benefit of municipalities and other practitioners. Ms. McGehee is a member of the Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations. Prior to joining the firm, she was a law clerk to the Hon. Edward T. Gignoux, Chief Justice, U.S.D.C., D. Maine.

Ms. McGehee has served as President of the Maine Bar Foundation Board of Directors; a Member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Maine School of Law; a Co-Chair Judicial Non-Adversarial Forum Sub-Committee; and Barrister, Gignoux Inn of Court. She is a Fellow of the Maine Bar Foundation.

Ms. McGehee is a past Member of the Falmouth/MSAD #51 School Consolidation Committee on behalf of the Town of Falmouth (2007); past Member, Falmouth Town Council 2001-2004; past Member, Falmouth School Board; past Chair, Falmouth Diversity in Housing Committee and Ordinance Committees; Organizer: 2002 Regional Property Tax Relief Forum; past Member, Board of Directors of Maine Council of Churches; past President and Investment Trustee Chair, Woodfords Congregational Church in Portland; past Trustee and Member of Advisory Board, MaineWatch; past Member of Board of Directors of Breakwater School; past-Chair, Maine World Affairs Council Board of Directors; and Incorporator, Greater Portland Habitat for Humanity.

Ms. McGehee is AV Peer Review Rated for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability by Martindale-Hubbell.*

Ms. McGehee and her husband, Maine Superior Court Justice Andrew M. Horton, have three daughters and one son.

Publications

• Maine Civil Remedies, Tower Publishing Co., 5th Edition (Tower Publishing 2006)