Category: Newsworthy

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized with the 2026 Great Benefits Award from Mployer, recognizing employers that demonstrate a strong commitment to the benefits and well-being of their employees. At NHD, we believe that taking care of our people is an important part of taking care of...

Cecilia Shields-Auble and Brad Pattershall recently secured partial summary judgment for the defendants in Shannon Simendinger v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. and Fort Kent Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Maine, Docket No. CARSC-CV-2025-05, a tort case pending in Aroostook County Superior Court in Caribou, Maine.  The Court entered an order granting...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy continued its tradition of sponsoring the biannual Bench-Bar Hockey Game to promote collegiality among members of the Maine legal community. We are happy to report that no injuries were reported and a good time was had by all. Kudos to Sam Johnson for organizing another successful game.

On November 21st, over 400 people joined the Firm’s celebration of its 50th Anniversary at Ocean Gateway in Portland. From the two-person firm of Norman & Hanson founded in 1975, the Firm has steadily grown over the years to its present roster of over fifty attorneys, making it one of Maine’s largest law firms. Befitting...

Russell Pierce, Jr. recently preserved an appellate ruling in our clients’ favor in response to a petition for writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court of the United States. In March 2025, Joe Mavodones and Devin Deane prevailed in the Law Court in Hogan v. Lincoln Medical Partners, et al., 2025 ME 22, 331...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is proud to announce that fourteen of its attorneys have been named to the 32nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal provision. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive, annual peer-review survey comprising of nearly...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is proud to announce that four attorneys have been designated by Best Lawyers as the “Lawyer of the Year” for 2026 for the greater Portland area. We congratulate them for having achieved this impressive recognition. Robert W. Bower, Jr – Labor Law and Worker’s Compensation Law – Employers. Robert C. Hatch...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is proud to announce that Lyndsey Mattus has joined the firm as an Associate in our litigation group focusing primarily on professional malpractice defense. Lyndsey recently served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Richard W. Mulhern and James F. Martemucci of the Maine Superior Court. In her role as...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is pleased to announce that Cecilia J. Shields-Auble has joined the firm as an associate in the firm’s litigation group.  Her practice includes criminal and civil litigation in both state and federal courts. Recently, Cecilia served as a law clerk for Judge Karen Frink Wolf of the U.S. District Court for...

Tom Marjerison was recently appointed to the Local Rules Advisory Committee for the United States District Court for the District of Maine. T­­om represents clients in civil and criminal trials in state and federal courts and is the Vice-Chair of the State Committee for the American College of Trial Lawyers. Tom previously served on the...

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, recently decided the case of Carol Cutting v. Down East Orthopedics.  The Court affirmed a judgment on a defense verdict obtained by JD Hadiaris and Mark Lavoie after a ​seven-day medical malpractice trial.  The Law Court’s decision is the culmination of nearly nine years of...

JD Hadiaris successfully defended an orthopedic surgeon from Maine, obtaining a unanimous defense verdict in a jury trial at Androscoggin County Superior Court. The case arose from the orthopedic surgeon’s repair of a femoral neck fracture (combined with a femoral shaft fracture), which occurred in a snowmobile crash. The plaintiff alleged that the surgeon was...