KRZ attorneys Chuck Remmel, Lauri Boxer-Macomber, and Tim Norton were again included on the 2024 list of New England Super Lawyers. The 2024 list marks the 10th time that Attorney Norton and Attorney Boxer-Macomber have been selected as Super Lawyers. This is the 14th consecutive year that Attorney Remmel has been selected as a Super Lawyer.

Additionally, Attorney Stephen Koerting was selected by New England Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for the 6th consecutive year.

Each year, Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, recognizes select outstanding attorneys who have attained a high degree of professional achievement and peer recognition as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. Each year, no more than 5% of lawyers in New England are selected as Super Lawyers. Rising Stars recognizes attorneys who are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, selecting no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in New England each year. The lists are published nationwide on its website, in Super Lawyers Magazines, and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.

KRZ is proud to partner with the Maine Harbor Master Association, serving as a resource to the Association’s members and providing annual instruction since at least 2000. KRZ maritime attorney Stephen Koerting has presented on a variety of topics at the Association’s annual training each year since he joined KRZ in 2016.

At this year’s 39th Annual Conference and Training at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, Attorney Koerting’s educational presentation focused on topics of waterfront landowners and riparian rights in Maine. Attorney Koerting provided the statewide members with historical background of the Public Trust Doctrine, the Colonial Ordinance of 1641-47, and pertinent legal actions including the Moody Beach litigation and Goose Rocks Beach litigation, before leading a lively group discussion about the impact of riparian rights on the duties and responsibilities of Maine’s harbor masters and harbor commissions.

KRZ is proud to announce that five attorneys have been selected in the 2023 list of New England Super Lawyers. This extends KRZ’s streak of consecutive appearances on the distinguished list of attorneys to at least 17 years.

Each year, Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, recognizes select outstanding attorneys who have attained a high degree of professional achievement and peer recognition as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. Each year, no more than 5% of lawyers in New England are selected as Super Lawyers. Rising Stars recognizes attorneys who are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, selecting no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in New England each year. The lists are published nationwide on its website, in Super Lawyers Magazines, and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.

The 2023 list of Super Lawyers includes Attorneys Chuck Remmel, R. Terrance Duddy, Lauri Boxer-Macomber, and Tim Norton. Additionally, Attorney Stephen Koerting was recognized as a Rising Star for the fifth consecutive year. All five attorneys return to the 2023 lists after selections in 2021 and 2022.

On June 18, 2023, the TITAN submersible lost contact with its surface vessel and crew while on a dive to the Titanic wreckage with five passengers on board.  After a lengthy and multi-faceted search and rescue effort, the wreckage was located on the ocean floor with presumed human remains.

In the wake of the TITAN submersible tragedy and as it was unfolding, multiple international media publications including the Associated Press (AP) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) interviewed KRZ maritime law attorney Stephen Koerting regarding the United States Coast Guard search and rescue operations as well as potential impacts on legal action which may result from the tragedy. The news reports citing Attorney Koerting were published across the globe including ABC News, NBC Bay Area, Boston Herald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Jerusalem Post.

KRZ is pleased to announce that Attorney Sanchita Mukherjee has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA). Attorney Mukherjee joins KRZ attorneys Lauri Boxer-Macomber (2021-2022 MTLA President) and Stephen Koerting (MTLA Amicus Committee Co-chair) on the statewide Board. The MTLA’s mission includes promoting the administration of justice, improving the practice of law, protecting access to Maine courts, and ensuring the right to a jury trial.

A 2020 graduate of the University of Maine School of Law, Attorney Mukherjee is believed to be the youngest attorney ever elected to the MTLA’s Board of Governors. With KRZ, Attorney Mukherjee practices family law, works on a variety of civil litigation cases, and represents victims of traffic trauma.

Read more about Attorney Mukherjee and her appointment to MTLA’s Board from Maine Biz at this link.

On March 8, 2023, KRZ Attorney Stephen Koerting instructed more than 90 harbor masters representing municipalities across the State of Maine. Attorney Koerting’s presentation about advanced and recent law topics impacting the state’s harbor masters kicked off the Maine Harbor Masters Association’s 38th Annual Conference and Training at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine. KRZ has been a long-standing presenter at the annual training and an ongoing resource for Maine’s harbor masters and harbor commissions which serve the public along the state’s coast and inland waters. The 2023 session was Attorney Koerting’s seventh consecutive presentation to the Maine Harbor Masters Association and its members since joining KRZ’s Admiralty & Maritime Law team in 2016.

On March 1, 2023, KRZ Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber testified to the Maine Legislature in support of proposed legislation which would increase penalties for distracted driving. The Portland Press Herald shared the following excerpt of Attorney Boxer-Macomber’s testimony in today’s issue:

Lauri Boxer Macomber, an attorney who represents victims of distracted drivers, supported the bill on behalf of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association, calling distracted driving “a public health epidemic” as dangerous as drunken driving.

“Driving intoxicated is pretty much the same thing as driving in-text-icated,” Macomber said. “When people are on their phones, they are blind to what’s around them and it’s the same thing as driving drunk, so it would be appropriate to have the same fine.” 

Each year, Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, recognizes select outstanding attorneys who have attained a high degree of professional achievement and peer recognition as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. Each year, no more than 5% of lawyers in New England are selected as Super Lawyers. Rising Stars recognizes attorneys who are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, selecting no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in New England each year. The lists are published nationwide on its website, in Super Lawyers Magazines, and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.

KRZ Attorneys have appeared on every annual Super Lawyers list for at least the last 16 years. The 2022 list of Super Lawyers includes Attorneys Chuck Remmel, R. Terrance Duddy, Lauri Boxer-Macomber, and Tim Norton. All four attorneys have been selected as Super Lawyers multiple times over the past two decades. Additionally, Attorney Stephen Koerting was recognized as a Rising Star for the fourth consecutive year.

Kelly, Remmel and Zimmerman is pleased to announce that Attorney Sanchita Mukherjee has been selected by the Maine State Bar Association (MSBA) and its New Lawyers Section (NLS) to represent the states of Maine and Vermont at the American Bar Association (ABA), Young Lawyers Division Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will take place in Chicago, Illinois from August 2 – 8, 2022.

The Young Lawyers Division provides members with tools to navigate the early years of legal careers, opportunities to build a national network of peers and mentors, and resources to help members grow professionally. Attendees include attorneys in all practice areas, legislators, federal and state court judges, educators, and researchers in academia.

As the only delegate in the state, Attorney Mukherjee reports to the New Lawyers Section of the Maine State Bar Association, supplying the MSBA and NLS with tools and lessons from the conference.

On July 21, 2022, KRZ Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber spoke at AAA’s 2022 Impaired Driving Summit on the factors contributing to the rise in bicycle and pedestrian fatalities. The annual summit brings together local and nationally recognized experts to Maine to generate awareness and understanding surrounding different forms of impaired driving, including cognitive impairment and its impact on some of Maine’s most vulnerable road users. Summit attendees include law enforcement, legislators, administrators, judicial, educators, forensic, and traffic safety professionals.

Attorney Boxer-Macomber is the head of KRZ’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Law Group. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and is an active member of the Bike Law Network.