Publications / Presentations

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)

Prevent or Fix an Access, Trespass or Property Ownership Problem in Maine
Presenter, Seminar on The Development Approval Process in Maine (2008)
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)

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

Probate a Will / Settle an Estate in Maine
Presenter, Seminar on Advanced Probate (2008)
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

Presenter, Tax Exempt Organizations (2009)
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)

Moderator, Maine Bar Association's Natural Resources and Environmental Law Sectionâ€™s Environmental Law Update at the Bar Association's June 2009 Meeting
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)

Presenter, "Red Flags Rules," Maine Municipal Association Convention (October 2009)
Presenter, "Regulation of Commercial Wind Power Projects," Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments Planning Day (November 2009)
Presenter, "Public Roads" and "Controlling the Roads" at Seminar on "Road and Access Law" (2008)
Presenter, "Municipal Land Use and Environmental Pemitting" and "Municipal Administrative Appeals" as part of "Environmental Permitting in Maine: Traps for the Unwary" (May 2008).
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, Workshop Seminar on Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law for Maine Municipal Association Convention (2006)

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)

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)

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

Presenter, Seminar on Legal and Financial Aspects of Tax-Exempt Organizations (2008)
Presenter, Seminar on Legal and Financial Aspects of Tax-Exempt Organizations (2007)
Presenter, Seminar on Governance of Non-Profit Organizations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Bill (2007)

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)

Co-Author, "Surgeon Demographics and Medical Malpractice in Adult Reconstruction," Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, November 7, 2008
Presenter, Seminar on Antitrust Law (2007)
Presenter, Seminar on Applying HIPAA (2005 and 2006)
Presenter, Seminar on Legal Research (2001)

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

Presenter, Seminar on Foreclosure and Bankruptcy (2009)
Presenter, Seminar on Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy Law (2008)
Presenter, Maine State Bar Association Seminar on Maine's Freedom of Access Act (2006)

Accomplishments & Contributions