William J. Sheils

bsheils@perkinsthompson.com
Bill Sheils is a shareholder and director of Perkins Thompson, having joined the firm in 1992 following a clerkship with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. His practice includes advising corporations, financial institutions, educational institutions, and individuals on business and commercial transactions, employment matters, immigration and intellectual property issues. Mr. Sheils has appeared before state and federal courts and administrative agencies and regularly advises on wage and hour laws, employment contracts, terminations, discrimination and harassment, OSHA, and labor and employment matters in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Sheils advises the firm's clients on general business and contract matters and has drafted and negotiated numerous agreements in commercial transactions and employment matters.

Mr. Sheils is a member of the Maine State Bar Association and the Cumberland County Bar Association, in which he formerly served as second Vice President and as a member of the General Committee.

Mr. Sheils is a Board member and Secretary of the Ronald McDonald House of Portland, Maine (2007) and a member of the Board of Cultivating Community (2007).