AUBURN, Maine (Oct. 17, 2017) – Bryan Dench, Rebecca S. Webber and Stephen B. Wade from the firm of Skelton Taintor & Abbott have been honored on the 2017 New England SuperLawyers list.
Dench, who is honored in the Business and Corporate categories, is chairman of the board of directors of Skelton Taintor & Abbott. His diverse practice areas include mergers & acquisitions, administrative law, business, collective bargaining, corporate real estate, entity formation, estate planning, family business planning, intellectual property, employment law, labor law, media, municipal & government, administration probate, estate & trust administration, schools & higher education, taxation and zoning & land use. This is Dench’s eighth year receiving this honor.
Webber, who is honored in the areas of Employment and Labor, is a shareholder at the firm. Her practice areas include employment litigation, civil rights litigation, employment law, counseling and compliance and employment law training. She represents individuals as well as business and municipal clients in the full range of employment law matters they encounter, such as: retaliation, whistleblower and false claims act, discrimination and civil rights, sexual harassment, Maine Human Rights Act, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), age discrimination in employment (ADEA), USERRA, policies, employee handbooks, severance agreements and employment contracts. This is Webber’s ninth year receiving this honor.
Wade is honored in the area of Personal Injury General, Plaintiff. He has devoted his 30-year career to representing individuals who have been injured as a result of the negligence of others—having represented hundreds of individuals, each of whom has experienced a traumatic event that has resulted in their injury or in the death of a loved one. He is board certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and has received the preeminent AV-rating by Martindale-Hubbell®. Wade sits on the Board of Governors of the International Society of Barristers. This is Wade’s eleventh year receiving this honor.
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. No more than five percent of the lawyers in each state are selected.
Skelton Taintor & Abbott is one of Maine’s leading law firms serving individuals and businesses in litigation and general representation throughout northern New England for more than 150 years. The firm has been named in U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in America. For more information, call 207-784- 3200.