VISION & VALUES

Experienced. Efficient. Effective.

We serve clients. Whether your needs are in litigation, commercial transactions, employment law, or dealing with state or local governments, we use the law to find answers, solve clients’ challenges, and maximize opportunities for success.

Success requires passion, thorough preparation, tireless pursuit of excellence, and an unwavering commitment to our clients’ goals. The lawyers at NHD understand the challenges in Maine’s legal landscape and know how to efficiently use the law to your best advantage.

Put our experience to work for you.

EXPERIENCED

With forty lawyers serving our clients from offices in Portland, Maine, we boast an exceptional depth of lawyers in all experience ranges and over a broad array of practice areas, serving individuals and businesses alike.

EFFICIENT

We are committed to providing responsive legal services while still being sensitive to the cost involved. We enjoy the confidence of our clients because we offer intelligent, strategic counsel and common-sense, real-world solutions, without wasted time or effort.

EFFECTIVE

Our attorneys have been recognized in their specialties and honored by their peers locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally as advisors, negotiators, advocates, and trial lawyers who get the results clients need.

NEWSWORTHY

Sam Johnson Wins 19-Minute Defense Verdict

Reports of “Nuclear Verdicts” have been greatly exaggerated by the media. In Weeks v. True, Sam Johnson recently obtained a defense verdict in Penobscot County Superior Court after the jury deliberated.... Read More

Pattershall Secures Dismissal for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

Brad Pattershall recently secured the dismissal for his client Tommy Woodward, Inc. d/b/a Columbia Diesel Castings (“Columbia Diesel”), a Mississippi corporation, when the United States District Court determined it lacked personal.... Read More

Hadiaris and Lavoie Successfully Defend Maine Surgeon in Jury Trial

NHD trial attorneys JD Hadiaris and Mark Lavoie recently secured a defense verdict for a Maine surgeon in a medical malpractice jury trial at the York County Superior Court. At trial,.... Read More

Goldman Preserves Deane’s Trial Court Win

David Goldman scored another appellate victory in Vargas v. Riverbend Management. In its decision, the Law Court affirmed the defense verdict secured by Devin Deane in the Superior Court. In Vargas,.... Read More