Tag: Attorney Devin Deane

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...