Category: Newsworthy

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is proud to announce that Best Lawyers recognized John Veilleux as its 2022 Lawyer of the Year in the practice area of personal injury law – defense.  John was also highlighted in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his high caliber work in the practice area of insurance law.

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is proud to announce Kelly Hoffman’s settlement of a landmark Title VII and Title IX Discrimination case brought by 5 of the 7 female head coaches at Colby College.  Federal and Maine equal pay laws mandate that employers may not discriminate between employees on the basis of their gender by paying...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is pleased to announce that Isobel Golden, a former Summer Associate, has returned to the firm as an Attorney.  Isobel will be practicing with the firm’s professional services practice group, focusing on medical malpractice and professional liability defense. During her tenure at the University of Maine School of Law, Isobel served...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is pleased to announce that Langdon Thaxter has joined the firm as an associate attorney in our Commercial Group. Langdon is a Maine native who grew up in Portland. He attended Bard College in New York State, where he majored in philosophy with a focus on the philosophy of language. After...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is proud to announce that Joe Mavodones has joined the firm’s Professional Liability Group focusing on professional malpractice defense, general liability defense, and commercial litigation. Before joining Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, Joe worked as a judicial law clerk for Justice Thomas E. Humphrey at the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and, most...

Matthew Mehalic was admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Tuesday, October 19, 2021.  Matthew focuses his practice on insurance coverage and defense matters, but also handles general litigation matters, including, but not limited to, construction litigation, product liability, and personal injury.  Matthew is willing to assist all of...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is proud to announce that Best Lawyers recognized Bob Bower as its 2022 Lawyer of the Year in the practice area of workers’ compensation law.  Bob has also been highlighted in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his high caliber work in the practice area of labor...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC is pleased to announce the election of Noah Wuesthoff as a Member of the firm. Noah is a 1991 graduate of McGill University and graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 1994.  Noah worked at a local law firm before joining Norman, Hanson & DeTroy. Noah is...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC is pleased to announce the election of Grant Henderson as a Member of the firm. Grant is a 2007 graduate of Boston University and graduated cum laude from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2013.  While at Temple Law, Grant was a Staff Editor of the Temple Law Review....

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is pleased to announce that John V. Bonneau was recognized last month by the Maine State Bar Association and presented with the Life Member Award.  The Maine State Bar Association’s Life Member Award expresses its appreciation to Attorney Bonneau whose 50 years of faithful and meritorious service to the Bar have...

The Law Court upended practitioners’ expectations regarding how local municipal land use officials are expected to act in the face of a property rights dispute between neighbors in its decision in Tomasino v. Town of Casco that a recent Maine Bar Journal article referred to as “arguably the most significant land use decision of 2020.”...

The coronavirus pandemic may have changed how we do business, but it is has not reduced the need for up-to-date information on legal trends and decisions issued by the state and federal courts.  To provide clients with fast and concise information on a variety of legal topics, Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is rolling out Maine...