Publications / Presentations

John Ciraldo

• Adjunct Law Professor, Trial Practice and Criminal Procedure at the University of Maine School of Law (2006-07)
• Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions, co-author (West 1998)

Gordon Scannell

• Co-Author, Maine Real Estate Law and Practice 2nd ed. (Thomson/West 2007)

Peggy McGehee

• Co-Author with Superior Court Justice Andrew Marcus Horton, Maine Civil Remedies, 4th ed. (Tower Publishing 2006)
• Presenter, Maine State Bar Association Seminar on How to Get a Land Use Permit (2007)
• Presenter, Seminar on Maine Land Use: Current Issues in Subdivision & Zoning (2002)
• Presenter, Seminar on Unbundling Legal Services on the Internet (2002)

John Hobson

• Author, State of Maine section for Lien Law Online (available at lienlawonline.com)
• Author, Chapter in Inside the Minds: Construction Laws, Settlement and Negotiation Aspatore Books (2007)
• Author, Maine State Construction Law Handbook
• Author, State Public Construction Law Source Book (CCH 2002)
• Presenter of numerous seminars on Public Construction Contracts with Public Entities

Phil Hunt

• Adjunct Faculty Professor, Estate Planning at the University of Maine School of Law (2007)
• Author, Maine Probate Law
• Co-author of Maine Probate Procedure
• Author, Maine Code Comments for Part IV of the Uniform Trust Code
• Presenter, Seminar on Counseling the Elder Client (2006)
• Presenter, Seminar on Probate Administration (2005)
• Presenter, Seminar on Partnership and LLC Taxation (2007)
• Presenter, Seminar on Estate Planning and Administration (2006)
• Presenter, Seminar on the Uniform Trust Code for the Maine Bar Association (2005)
• Presenter of various programs on Charitable Giving, Advanced Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning and Elder Law

Tim Benoit

• Presenter, Seminar on Selecting and Forming Business Entities in Maine: Legal and Tax Implications (2007)
• Presenter, Maine State Bar Association Seminar on Tax Law for the Non-Tax Lawyers (2001)
• Presenter, Maine State Bar Association Seminar on Business Entities: How to Choose and How to Use (2003)
• Presenter, Seminar on Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs: Organization and Operations in Maine (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
• Presenter, Essentials of Section 1031 Exchanges in Maine (2004)
• Presenter, Limited Liability Company Update in Maine (2004)

Hope Jacobsen

• Moderator, Maine State Bar Association Seminar on How to Get a Land Use Permit (2007)
• Author, Securing Local Land Use Permits, Maine Bar Journal (2001)
• Presenter, Seminar on New Environmental Liability Protections (2006)

James Katsiaficas

• Presenter, "Environmental Regulations Impacting Land Development and Construction" as part of "Maine Land Use Law For Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors" Program (March 2008)
• Presenter on Paper Streets Law, Seminar on Law of Easements, Legal Issues and Practical Considerations (2007)
• Presenter, Seminar on Legal Issues for Maine Design Professional on Practical Considerations regarding Maine Environmental regulations (2006)
• Presenter, Seminar on Eminent Domain Law for NSI (2006)
• Presenter, Workshop Seminar on Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law for Maine Municipal Association Convention (2006)

Randy Creswell

• Presenter, Seminar on Complex Issues in Individual Chapter 11 Bankruptcy at the Judicial Conference of the United States District Court for the District of Maine (2006)
• Presenter, Seminar on Bankruptcy Issues in Divorce for the Family Law Institute Section of the Maine State Bar Association (2006)
• Presenter, Seminar on Practice Pointers for Counsel under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 for the State of Maine, Cumberland Bar Association (2006)

Melissa Murphy

• Presenter, numerous state-wide seminars on Condominium Law, including the Maine State Bar Association's Seminar on Maine Condominium Law: Déjá Vu All Over Again (2005)

Mark Snow

• Author, Digest of Commercial Laws of the World -- State Variations of Commercial Law: Maine, Oceana Publications, Inc. (January,1997)

Paul Pietropaoli

• Instructor, Maine chapter of the American Institute of Banking

Doug Carr

• Presenter, Seminar on Governance of Non-Profit Organizations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Bill (2007)
• Presenter, Seminar on Legal and Financial Aspects of Tax-Exempt Organizations (2007)

Fred Bopp

• Author, To Reaffirm or not to Reaffirm: Much Ado About Nothing or the Tempest, Maine Bar Journal, 2000
• Author, The Unwarranted Implications of a Warranty of Fitness in Commercial Leases: An Alternative Approach, 41 Vand. L. Rev.1057 (1988)

Dave McConnell

• Presenter, Seminar on Antitrust Law (2007)
• Presenter, Seminar on Applying HIPAA (2005 and 2006)
• Presenter, Seminar on Legal Research (2001)

William Sheils

• Author, Employer Harassment Liability in the Workplace, Maine Community Banker
• Presenter, "The Law of Discrimination and Harassment in Employment and Education," Seminar on School Law in Maine

Lauren Epstein

• Presenter, Seminar on Medicaid and Elder Planning in Light of DRA 2005 in Maine (2007)
• Presenter, Seminar on Medicaid and Elder Law Issues in Maine (2006)
• Presenter, Seminar on Medicaid/MaineCare and Elder Law Issues (2005)
• Presenter, Seminar on Estate, Financial and Health Care Planning (2005)

Anthony Manhart

• Presenter, Maine State Bar Association Seminar on Maine's Freedom of Access Act