Jennifer Archer successfully obtained political asylum for an individual from Burundi who was persecuted for condemning embezzlement by the Burundian government. The grant of asylum was essential to protect both Ms. Archer’s client and her client’s family from continued persecution at the hands of the Burundian government.

Attorney Tim Norton recently obtained a $2,838,383 judgment on behalf of his client in the Maine Superior Court in a case involving breach of fiduciary duty and fraud.

Jennifer Archer will teach Immigration Law at the University of Maine School of Law for the fall 2011 semester.

John Kelly is teaching a seven week “Trial Practice” course to second and third year law students this summer at the University of Maine Law School.

On June 6, 2011, John A. McArdle, III was a guest speaker at the University of Maine School of Law in Portland. Invited to speak at the Trial Practice Course, John spoke on the identification, establishment and use of case themes for trial. John drew from his background and experience in trial preparation and work… Read more »

Tim Norton along with co-counsel Bill Robitzek successfully overturned the development approval for a 60 unit hotel development project on Great Diamond Island in Maine’s Casco Bay. After two years of litigation and two separate trials in the case of Friends of Great Diamond Island, LLC v. The Inn at Diamond Cove, LLC, attorneys Norton… Read more »

Jennifer Archer received approval of an application for asylum on behalf of an individual persecuted by the Rwandan government for publicly condemning the gacaca system. This approval permits her client to remain within the protective boundaries of United States indefinitely.

R. Terrance Duddy and Timothy Steigelman, attorneys at Kelly Remmel & Zimmerman, gave a presentation on state and federal law to the Maine Harbormasters Association. Their presentation covered a wide range of legal issues that a Harbormaster may face on the waterfront, from town ordinances, to personal civil and criminal liability, and abandoned property and… Read more »

On February 23, 2011, Tim Steigelman, an associate attorney at Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman, was a guest speaker at the University of Maine School of Law in Portland. Invited into a maritime law seminar, Tim spoke on high seas piracy and its effect on maritime law and admiralty. He drew from his academic and professional… Read more »

Jennifer Archer successfully obtains asylum for woman from Angola. The Newark Asylum Office granted asylum to Jennifer Archer’s client, a woman from Angola that was brutally persecuted by Angolan soldiers who incorrectly believed her to be a citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This grant of asylum will allow Ms. Archer’s client to remain… Read more »