Verrill Dana LLP

About this office:

Verrill Dana LLP is one of the leading law firms in New England, widely known for delivering high quality legal services in a thoughtful and responsive manner. In addition to its primary offices in Portland and Boston, the firm also maintains offices in Augusta, Maine; Washington, D.C.; and West Hartford, Connecticut.

For nearly 150 years, Verrill Dana has helped businesses, governmental agencies and individuals navigate changing economic and regulatory climates. The firm is known for broad expertise in a wide variety of areas, including general litigation, real estate, business law, securities law, commercial finance, labor and employment law, and commercial disputes, employee benefits and executive compensation, environmental law, legislative advocacy, and administrative agency proceedings, health law, bankruptcy, construction law, intellectual property and patents, financial services regulation, utilities and energy, immigration, nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, charitable giving, and estate planning and estate administration.

The firm prides itself on teamwork, assembling small groups of lawyers from diverse practice areas to tackle complex matters. The firm's culture of collegiality and continuous improvement has enabled it to attract outstanding lawyers from top law schools and top law firms from around the country. Forty-five Verrill Dana lawyers from 23 different practice areas are listed in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and 28 Verrill Dana lawyers in three offices were named as New England Super Lawyers for 2007. Quality hiring extends as well to its support staff, and the firm in 2006 was recognized as a #1 Best Place to Work in Maine. With experienced and talented attorneys and a well-trained staff, Verrill Dana, is well-equipped to handle complicated legal issues as capably as large national firms.

Verrill Dana is Maine's leader in support for pro bono legal services. The firm maintains an active pro bono program, and each lawyer is expected to contribute volunteer services to pro bono causes. In 2008, the firm was honored by the Maine Bar Foundation and the Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) with the Pro Bono Publico award for the most hours on completed VLP cases by a law firm.

Verrill Dana is committed to public and community service, both in the Greater Portland area and throughout all of our local communities. Individually and collectively as a firm, our lawyers and staff actively support countless civic, social service and non-profit organizations that, together, make our communities such desirable places in which to live and work.

General Practice. Administrative, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Business Planning, Charitable Giving, Civil Litigation, College and University Law, Commercial, Commercial Lending, Construction, Copyright, Corporate, Criminal, Environmental and Natural Resources, Estate Planning and Estate Administration, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Finance, Health Care, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Land Use and Zoning, Legislative, Lobbying, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Non-Profit and Tax-Exempt Organizations, Patent, Partnerships, Probate, Real Estate, Regulatory, Securities, Sports, Tax, Technology, Trademark, Trusts and Estates, Utilities and Energy, Wills and Probate, Workers' Compensation and Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts.

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