Tag: Attorney Devin Deane

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.

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...

Spring 2025 Bench-Bar Game

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers in America has again recognized our firm in its Top Tier (Metropolitan Tier 1) of Maine firms in the following areas: Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants, Professional...

Joe Mavodones and Devin Deane recently prevailed in the Law Court in Hogan v. Lincoln Medical Partners, et al., 2025 ME 22, — A.3d —, which affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of various tort claims asserted against medical providers arising out of the alleged administration of a vaccine. The Law Court’s holding was the first...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy was well represented at the recent Maine College of Trial Advocacy with Tom Marjerison, Kelly Hoffman and Devin Deane serving as instructors, and Erika Roberge-Kepler, Joe Mavodones, and Kelsey Kenny attending as students. The Maine College of Trial Advocacy is an intensive two (2) day clinical courtroom experience directed by leading...

Devin Deane’s clients were recently granted asylum by the United States Department of Homeland Security after years of prosecuting their application for asylum.  Devin’s pro bono efforts culminated in a hearing before the Boston Asylum Office in October 2024.   Devin’s clients, a mother and two children, fled to the United States from their home...

Devin Deane successfully defended a local McDonald’s franchisee against a claim of race-based public accommodations discrimination in a multi-day trial in Cumberland County Superior Court.  Devin successfully proved that the offending employee’s actions were based on personal motivations outside the scope of his employment for which the employer could not be held responsible under the...

Devin Deane and Mark Lavoie successfully tried a complex medical malpractice case to a defense verdict after two-week jury trial in Cumberland County Superior Court.  Devin and Mark represented an outstanding neurosurgeon against a claim of malpractice resulting in paralysis.  The trial was hard-fought and well-presented by both sides, but the neurosurgeon’s case was supported...