Making headlines

• Anthony Manhart recently served as a moderator for the Turnaround Management Association Northeast's panel discussion on "Alternative Dispute Resolution as a Workout Tool," which discussed issues related to the utility of ADR in distressed company situations.
  
  
• Firm's successful defense of financial company in claim of electronic security breach
  
  
• November 2011: New England Super Lawyers Includes Five Perkins Thompson Attorneys
  
  
• In October 2011, Jim Katsiaficas presented a "Public Ways" seminar as part of the Maine State Bar Association program on "Maine Roads and Easements 2011".
  
  
• Business Partner of the Year, 2011 Award to Perkins Thompson, for Jim Katsiaficas' and Julie Ray's work to create the Long Creek Watershed Management District
  
  
• June 2011, Sara Moppin has completed the Institute for Civic Leadership's Young Emerging Leaders Pilot Program.
  
  
• Anthony J. Manhart appointed Chapter 7 Trustee for District of Maine
  
  
• Dawn Harmon, whose practice specialties include employment law, was appointed in December 2010 to serve on Cape Elizabeth's Personnel Board of Appeals. The quasi-judicial Board reviews appeals of Town employee disciplinary actions.
  
  
• Perkins Thompson is proud to have represented NORD LB in providing construction financing to Maine's Rollins Wind Power Project.
  
  
• Doug Carr Awarded 2010 Outstanding Lobbyist Award by Rite Aid
  
  
• Long Creek Watershed Management District and Restoration Project
  
  
• Wind Power Ordinance Checklist
  
  
• Probate a Will / Settle an Estate in Maine
  
  
• Maine Estate Planning and Elder Law Blog
  
  
• We wish our long-time colleague, Andy Cadot, a fond farewell.
  
  
• Probate a Will/Settle an Estate in Maine
  
  
• A tribute to the life of John A. Ciraldo, attorney at Perkins Thompson from 1985 to 2010
  
  
• Prevent or Fix an Access, Trespass or Property Ownership Problem in Maine
  
  
• Perkins Thompson congratulates its former law partner, U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine, D. Brock Hornby, for being awarded the prestigious national Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award. In announcing the award, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said that Judge Hornby's "scholarship and dedication","dignity and decency" and "splendid judicial demeanor" made him "a model for all judges". During Judge Hornby's time here at Perkins Thompson, he was, for all these same reasons, a model for our attorneys, and we are proud that his excellence in the law is nationally recognized.
  
  
• Jim Katsiaficas is a presenter on 'Restoring Urban Impaired Streams in Maine' at a MSBA's continuing legal education program on 'Environmental Law in Maine - An Update"; September 22, 2010.