Cliff Island Appeals & Appellate Lawyers

I am a Criminal Defense Lawyer based in Portland, Maine. I defends clients charged with Operating Under the Influence (OUI), Drunk Driving, Operating After Suspension or Habitual Offender Revocation, Drug Possession and Trafficking, Marijuana Offenses, Assault, Sexual Offenses, Prostitution Charges, Probation Violations, Extradition Cases, and all other Criminal matters. I Practice in State and Federal Court at the Trial and Appellate Level and handel cases throughout Cumberland, York and Androscoggin Counties. While, I specialize in Criminal Defense, I work with seven other Lawyers at the FIrm, Fairfield & Associates. Other Attorneys there handel Family Law and divorce, Juvenile Criminal Defense, Personal Injury,...

I have been Corporation Counsel for the City of Portland and other municipalities as well as private clients in land use and related real property, and civil liberties disputes.

My practice areas include: Family Law - Divorce, Mediation & Child Custody, Business Law - Contracts & Other Legal Agreements, Litigation, New Business Formation, Financing & Acquisitions, Criminal Defense - OUI, OAS, White Collar Crimes, Drug possession, etc., General Litigation - Trials in District & Superior Courts, and Appeals to Maine's Supreme Judicial Court. Client service is my highest priority. Please call for a free 30 minute consultation. Weekend and evening appointments can be scheduled upon request. Phone: 207) 200-5565 email: John@SimpsonLaw.me website:...

I graduated with honors from The University of Maine School of Law. My practice focuses primarily on three areas: Family Law, Estate Planning, and Appeals. I set up Port City Legal with the idea that a small law firm effectively serving the regular legal needs of regular people with intelligence ~and~ compassion could do very nicely here in Portland, ME. Six years later, the idea has proved true. Along the way, I have enjoyed many successes both in and out of the courtroom. My client reviews have been excellent. I've won five of...

Attorney Peter J. Cyr graduated from Piscataquis Community High School in 1989. Following High School, he attended Providence College where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Social Science in 1993. In 1994, attorney Cyr spent a year in Austin Texas as a VISTA Volunteer (Volunteers in Service to America)working with kids to help them stay in school. Attorney Cyr stayed in Texas and worked as a carpenter building houses West of Austin. In 1997, Peter commenced his first year at the University of Maine School of Law. He graduated Cum Laude and received the alumni...

Stephen Sweatt is an attorney who grew up in Scarborough, Maine, where he attended Scarborough High School. He graduated from the University of Southern Maine in with a degree in Biology, followed by earning his Juris Doctor of Laws at the University of Maine School of Law.

While in law school, Stephen served as a student attorney at the York County District Attorney's Office, negotiating at dispositional conferences, conducting case screenings, and representing the State in suppression hearings and various other criminal proceedings. Additionally, during law school, Stephen was a student attorney at the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, where...

Attorney Cory McKenna practices both Civil and Criminal Law. He has extensive trial experience and practices before both State and Federal Courts in Maine. While trial is sometimes necessary, Attorney McKenna is very successful in reaching agreements without a trial - saving you time, money and stress. Whether you need strong representation in court or prefer to reach an agreement without getting a judge involved, Attorney McKenna can provide you what you need at a reasonable cost.

After receiving her B.A. from College of the Atlantic and her M.E.S. from Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Sarah McDaniel worked in the land conservation and planning department at The Trustees of Reservations, a state-wide land trust in Massachusetts, for three years before graduating Harvard Law School in 2003. Sarah founded Maine Land Law in 2009 after developing a law practice focusing on all aspects of real property law, with a particular emphasis on conservation transactions, civil litigation, and land use permitting. In 2013, Sarah joined with colleagues to co-found Douglas McDaniel & Campo LLC, PA...

Attorney Hansen's practice areas include DWI and criminal defense, divorce and family law, as well as civil litigation, including court-approved factoring transactions. He graduated from Bates College in 1991 and Delaware Law School in 1996. He is licensed in NH, ME, and MA. As a former prosecutor and criminal contract attorney for NH and ME, Al has extensive courtroom experience with numerous jury and non-jury trials under his belt. He is a member of the NH, ME, and National Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National College for DUI Defense, as well as the NH Bar Association's...

David G. Webbert specializes in employment, civil rights, and complex litigation. He graduated magna cum laude from both Yale College in 1982 and Harvard Law School in 1985, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. David clerked for Judge Kenneth W. Starr of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and practiced for 5 years with a leading litigation firm in D.C. He has been listed three times as one of only five Maine lawyers on Super Lawyers list of the Top 100 lawyers in New England. David is also listed in The Best Lawyers...

My primary focus in my practice is assisting taxpayers with tax debt resolution. I help my clients by eliminating tax debt when I can, or, arranging affordable tax debt repayment of actual tax liability. I find it extremely rewarding when I watch the relief overcome people during an initial consultation when they learn about their options and strategies available to manage tax debt. As Judge Learned Hand pointed out, "there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible."

I grew up on the shores of Sebec Lake in rural Maine. I attended Princeton University and then returned to Maine with the intention of practicing law. My entire 15 year career has been spent in the Courtroom litigating criminal cases - first as a prosecutor and now for 10 years defending persons charged with crimes in both State and Federal Courts throughout the State.