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AUBURN, Maine – Skelton Taintor & Abbott shareholder Sarah C. Mitchell will be a featured speaker at the National Business Institute™ Divorce Law Boot Camp, to be held at the Holiday Inn Portland-By The Bay on December 10, 2018. The day-long event will be a comprehensive, hands-on approach to divorce practice. It is designed forRead More

Auburn, Maine —  Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorney Jordan Payne Hay has been selected to participate in the Maine State Bar Association’s (MSBA) bi-annual Leadership Academy.  The MSBA Leadership Academy is a select group of up to 12 attorneys who have been practicing between 2 and 10 years.  The MSBA aims to select attorneys fromRead More

AUBURN, Maine (November 1, 2018) – The firm of Skelton Taintor & Abbott has received a Tier 1 ranking for the Portland, Maine, metropolitan region in the U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers® 2019 “Best Law Firms” rankings. The practice areas are Family Law, Medical Malpractice Law/Plaintiffs, Tax Law, and Trusts & Estates Law.Read More

On Tuesday, November 13, 2018, from 7:45 am – 9:30 am, the Central Maine Human Resources Association will be presenting a program on how to inspire a devoted workforce and boost performance, productivity and quality with employee engagement and Lean thinking.  If you have not been to a CMHRA meeting before, sign up as aRead More

AUBURN, Maine – Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorney Rebecca S. Webber will serve as an instructor at the vital training course Drug Impairment in the Workplace, How Does H.R. Respond? The half-day class is being held on Nov. 12 at Dirigo Safety Headquarters in Auburn. With drug abuse in Maine currently at epidemic proportions, itRead More

AUBURN, Maine (October 18, 2018) – Stephen B. Wade and Rebecca S. Webber from the firm of Skelton Taintor & Abbott have been honored on the 2018 New England Super Lawyers list. Braden M. Clement and Amy Dieterich have been named to Rising Stars. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service ofRead More

AUBURN, Maine – Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorneys Rebecca S. Webber, James F. Pross and Jordan Payne Hay will present at the 45th Annual Maine School Management Association (MSMA) Conference. The conference will be held October 25-26, 2018, at the Augusta Civic Center and will feature speakers, product and service vendors and over 50 clinicsRead More

AUBURN, Maine – Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorneys Rebecca S. Webber and Jordan Payne Hay will present at the National Business Institute seminar Human Resource Law: What You Need to Know Now. The seminar will take place on November 7, 2018 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Portland. The day-long seminar is designed forRead More

BANGOR — Equal Rights Maine is hosting a panel discussion of the Equal Rights Amendment 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. A panel of Maine attorneys will discuss sex discrimination in Maine and how well our laws and courts protect women. Panelists are: Kathleen Caldwell, retired attorney specializing inRead More

Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorney Theodore Small will speak at the Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting on October 4, 2018.  The topic will be contracts and Attorney Small will focus on contracts as a means of allocating risks and protecting your bottom line. The breakfast meeting will take place at LaFleur’sRead More