Archives: Attorneys

PROFILE David Goldman has a wide ranging litigation practice, representing clients involved in a broad variety of complex civil litigation, including real estate and business disputes, professional negligence matters, and administrative appeals of municipal and state agency decisions.  David also has a particular focus on appellate practice, with significant experience representing clients before the Maine...

PROFILE John Geismar works with taxpayers in tax planning and structuring transactions, and represents businesses and individual clients in audit appeals to the Internal Revenue Service in the United States Tax Court. The extent of John’s tax practice includes advising business organizations on the tax aspects of entity formation, governance, transactions, operations and asset acquisition...

PROFILE Paul Driscoll is a very experienced commercial lawyer and represents real estate developers in both commercial and residential projects throughout the State of Maine.  Paul is involved in project conception, acquisition, entity formation, financing, permitting, construction, sales and occupancy and related land-use dispute resolution.  Paul routinely appears before municipal planning boards, environmental agencies and...

PROFILE Devin Deane is a trial lawyer.  He is a passionate advocate and his skill set is preparing and presenting cases of all types to judges and juries.  Devin has tried cases in each of Maine’s state and federal courts and before several state and federal agencies.  He has obtained multi-million dollar jury verdicts on...

PROFILE Katlyn Davidson joined Norman Hanson & DeTroy as an associate in 2011. She focuses her practice on workers’ compensation matters. Prior to joining the firm, Katlyn worked in the Federal Defender’s Office for the District of Maine. While in law school, she participated in Vanderbilt Law School’s Civil Practice Clinic, handling appeals for social...

PROFILE Daniel Cummings is a commercial lawyer who enjoys a varied practice involving all aspects of commercial law and real estate, with a focus on dispute resolution and litigation, including representation in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. District Court, U.S. Tax Court, and the Maine Probate Court.  He also has represented clients in appeals filed...

PROFILE Jonathan Brogan has been a trial attorney for more than 35 years and concentrates his practice in the trial of complex cases in personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice and commercial matters.  Jonathan is chair of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group and a member of its Management Committee. He has tried more than 250...

PROFILE Elizabeth Brogan rejoined Norman, Hanson & DeTroy in 2016. She initially joined the firm in 1987, as a member of the Workers’ Compensation practice group, becoming a partner in 1995. Ms. Brogan is Executive Director of the Workers’ Compensation Coordinating Council and the Maine Council of Self-Insurers, and Administrator of the Maine Self-Insurance Guarantee...

PROFILE Bob Bower adds value to the firm’s institutional clients by providing practical legal advice to senior management to solve both routine – and extraordinary – human resource challenges. Bob knows from more than 30 years in practice, that gearing down on personnel issues before adverse employment action occurs limits exposure to the risk and...

PROFILE Honored to be one of the few Maine trusts and estate attorneys inducted into the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel by virtue of his distinguished tenure in the field, John Bonneau provides legal counsel and representation in the planning of complex estates and in business succession planning. Many of John’s clients are...

PROFILE Emily Bloch joined Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC in 1997 after practicing at another Portland law firm for seven and a half years. As a member of the professional litigation practice group, she concentrates her practice representing the interests of health care providers statewide before state licensure boards and against medical negligence claims. Her clients include...

PROFILE Aaron Baltes represents businesses and individuals in an active trial practice that includes family law, personal injury, property damage, landlord-tenant disputes, real estate, contracts, construction litigation and criminal defense.  Representing diverse businesses and individual clients, Aaron has developed accomplished skills in negotiation, case preparation and persuasive trial advocacy. He has extensive jury trial experience...