In Family Law, each case is unique and often complicated, and our Maine family law and divorce attorneys take the time to learn the family’s needs in each case, mediation, or trial.
Child Support
Child Custody and Visitation
Adoption
Premarital Agreement
Guardianship
We provide representation & legal advice on contesting a will, contested guardianship & more. Our probate litigation & trust litigation lawyers are experienced and ready to help.
Given his approach, John’s practice involves a wide variety of trial and administrative work, including complex corporate litigation, antitrust litigation, majority-minority shareholder disputes, probate and estate-related litigation, and employment benefits and discrimination litigation. John does considerable employment and labor counseling and is the author of the
Mergers and Acquisitions
Whether your business is large or small, we begin by understanding how your enterprise works. Our approach to corporate and commercial transactions is detailed, pragmatic, insightful, and focused on your goals. Our experience in startups, mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt, equity financing, and all forms of partnerships is comprehensive. All matters, regardless of size, are analyzed for tax considerations. At every level, we provide exemplary service to keep your business on the road to a prosperous future. We consider ourselves your partner for growth.
Business Disputes
Our office staff is dedicated to ensuring efficiency when it comes to your legal matters whether you're looking for family law mediation, a civil attorney, business law, & much more.
Theriault v. Burnham, 2010 ME 82. In 2011, John completed his representation of a coalition of Maine employers and trade groups that through a successful lawsuit and enactment of legislation that he drafted and negotiated, compelled the Maine Workers' Compensation Board to promulgate a medical fee schedule that will yield substantial savings for Maine employers.
Employment Discrimination
American Economy Insurance Company v. Maine Workers' Compensation Residual Market Pool, a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of state legislation that established a $220 million deficit funding package for the Pool. For more than a decade, John has served as general counsel to the Pool, an unincorporated association of more than 160 insurance companies, and guided the Pool from deficits estimated to be in excess of $500 million to solvency. John has also successfully defended oil companies alleged by the State of Maine to have ruined town aquifers. In the employment arena he has handled employment discrimination claims from the agency level through the First Circuit, ERISA defense work for a paper company, a national bank and a life insurance company. More recently John has been involved in many probate disputes and is believed to be the only Maine lawyer to have successfully obtained jury verdicts for two plaintiffs in will contests involving substantial estates. See
Employment Contract
Assistance with Development, Review and Enforcement of all types of Contracts – Licensing Agreements, Partnership Agreements, Employment Contracts, and all other kinds of business contracts
Construction litigation can range from a simple lien collection matter on a home construction contract to highly complex multi-party construction defect claims. The experience of our attorneys allows us to handle the full range of these disputes. We bring a creative approach to each case that is equal parts detail-oriented and focused on the big picture for our clients.
Property Damage
For more than thirty-five years, Sam has vigorously pursued the interests of his clients in tort, employment, and other civil litigation matters. He has served as a skillful advocate for clients in personal injury and property damage cases, advancing their causes with success in state and federal courts and before a variety of administrative agencies, at all levels. Through his work with clients, Sam has handled a wide variety of insurance-related litigation, including products liability, personal injury and professional malpractice.
Samuel K. Rudman is a Maine attorney focused on tort, employment, personal injury, worker's compensation and other civil litigation matters at the state and federal level.
Our lawyers are experienced in civil litigation, business litigation, probate litigation, personal injury, estate planning, employment law, & other areas.
Wills
Our attorneys understand the unfortunate surprises that sometimes arise after death despite your best efforts to plan ahead carefully with all family members and heirs. These cases can be legal and emotionally complex. Creative advocacy and attention to detail are key. We have a proven record of winning will contests, contested guardianship and conservatorship cases and cases involving the exploitation of elders in our multi-state practice.
We cover everything in Maine from the formation of corporations, corporate & personal tax planning, mergers & acquisitions, business sale or purchase, and more.