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Phone: (207) 780-8611

Address: 482 Congress St Ste 402, Portland, ME 04101

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Criminal Defense
Mr. Berne has been practicing criminal law for over forty-two years. He received a B.S. degree from Harvard College, cum laude, in 1970 and his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1974.
DUI/DWI
When charged with a DUI defense, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) opens a separate case for the purpose of suspending your driver’s license. It’s possible to fight license suspension my asking for a hearing, but time is of the essence. The results of this hearing have no bearing on the criminal case.
Traffic Violations
Richard Berne has handled a variety of cases in State and Federal courts including (but not limited to) drug crimes, fraud defense, embezzlement, larceny, assault, OUI, traffic violations, felony possession of a firearm, burglary, kidnapping, manslaughter, criminal threatening, protection order violations, habitual offender crimes, and more.
Sex Crimes
We represented an individual charged by the state with possessing child pornography based on a search of a computer discovered in his home without a search warrant. Fortunately the entire search was recorded by the officers. After reviewing the several hour audio recording we filed a Motion to Suppress which persuaded the prosecutors that the search and seizure of the client’s computer was illegal resulting in dismissal of all charges.
Fraud
His partner in the business venture was indicted, tied and sentenced to several years incarceration. Similarly we achieved a deferred prosecution agreement and ultimately dismissal of all charges in a recent state investigation of a client for theft of computer information from his employer. In other federal white collar matters we obtained a sentence of probation for a client charged with hiring undocumented workers in his multi store franchise business and probation for a client charged in a wide-ranging multi defendant education/ tax fraud investigation. Our client was the one of two defendants who received probation despite the fact that the government alleged that he was among the most culpable defendants.
Robbery
Burglary
White Collar Crimes
Prior to establishing his office in Portland, Maine, Mr. Berne served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York and the Northern District of California, where he prosecuted cases involving narcotics, bank fraud, and various white collar crimes. Upon leaving the Government in 1981, he entered private practice with a nationally prominent white collar defense firm in New York City and, in 1992, established his own law practice in Portland, Maine.
Theft
Misdemeanors
We were able to persuade federal prosecutors in Vermont to dismiss the indictment against our client in a multi-state federal drug conspiracy where the other defendants received multi-year prison terms. We have obtained dismissals, misdemeanor dispositions and/or non-custodial sentences in numerous state felony drug prosecutions including involving large quantities of heroin and cocaine. These results are often achieved by filing creative, compelling motions to suppress which prosecutors are not used to receiving particularly in state cases.
Embezzlement
Embezzlement is referred to as a type of “theft by deception.” It’s the act of misappropriating funds that are put in a person’s trust but those funds belong to someone else or an employer. Employee theft is classified as embezzlement. 18 U.S. Code Chapter 31 gives a very broad definition of embezzlement and has a list of codes that address such acts as...
Drug Crimes
Drug trafficking has become a significant issue in the United States and it has made its way to Maine. Communities are being overrun by drugs and medical facilities are dealing with more drug overdoses than ever before. This has the Maine Drug Enforcement agency, local law enforcement, and Federal agencies working together to reduce drugs in the state in an effort to save lives and futures.
Assault
Money Laundering
Mr. Berne specializes in the defense of criminal cases in Federal and State Courts in Maine, Massschusetts, Vermont, and New York. These cases have included investigations and prosecutions of complex narcotics cases, child pornography, fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering, as well as driving, assault, and unlawful sexual conduct matters.
Kidnapping
Manslaughter
Hit and Run

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