KRZ is pleased to announce that Stephen Koerting has been named a Partner and Shareholder of the firm.

Stephen clerked with KRZ while attending the University of Maine School of Law. He joined the firm as an Associate Attorney in 2016 upon graduation from law school and passing the Maine Bar Examination. Stephen’s primary areas of practice are family law, personal injury, and admiralty & maritime law. Each year since 2019, Stephen has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters publication which selects a small percentage of outstanding attorneys based on peer reviews and independent evaluation of candidates.

KRZ is pleased to announce that Attorney Stephen Koerting is the most recent KRZ Attorney to be elected to the Maine Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) Board of Governors. Attorney Koerting has already served as Co-Chair of the MTLA Amicus Committee, a position he will maintain as an MTLA Officer. Attorney Koerting joined KRZ after graduating magna cum laude from the University of Maine School of Law in 2016. He is an integral member of KRZ’s family law, personal injury, and maritime law teams.

KRZ has consistently had an active presence on the statewide MTLA Board, including current MTLA President Lauri Boxer-Macomber, and past presidents John Kelly, R. Terrance Duddy, and John McArdle. The MTLA’s mission includes preserving the civil justice system, ensuring the right to trial by jury, advocating for victims who deserve redress for injury, and promoting excellence in trial advocacy and of the legal profession.

Maine Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) President and KRZ Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber was recently published in the Bangor Daily News, advocating for more comprehensive legal aid funding.  Read more here.

On March 2, 2022, KRZ Attorney Stephen Koerting presented at the Maine Harbor Masters Association’s 37th Annual Conference and Training at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine. The Annual Conference is the exclusive statewide training for harbor masters, attended by harbor masters and deputies harbor masters from all corners of the State of Maine who are required by state law to attend a training course within a year of their appointment and complete at least 8 hours of continuing education every 3 years. The Annual Conference typically takes place over the course of three days and includes over a dozen sessions on various instructive topics including aquaculture training, ice breaking, coast guard reporting, evasive species, marine mammals, mooring assembly, water deaths, drowning, border protection, submerged lands, and dredging.

Attorney Koerting gave the first presentation of the Conference on law updates affecting harbor masters, leading a lively discussion on current events and legal topics including enforcement of COVID policies, effects on staffing, the recent influx of homebuyers from away, mooring fees and allocations to non-residents, shorefront moorings, municipal dock and mooring systems, removal of navigational hazards, injuries at municipal piers, and liability and immunity.

KRZ is pleased to congratulate Attorney Erik Peters for successfully completing the Association of Workplace Investigators’ Training Institute and receiving his AWI-CH designation. The AWI Institute is an accredited certificate program that teaches the core knowledge and skills necessary to successfully perform impartial workplace investigations.

We congratulate Erik on his hard work and achievement. If you have any questions about Erik’s workplace investigations or his employment law practice, please contact Erik directly.

KRZ is proud to announce that four attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2021 list of New England Super Lawyers. This year’s well-deserved Super Lawyers honorees are 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.  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 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.

Additionally, Attorneys Stephen Koerting and Shea Watson were recognized as Rising Stars. This marks the third consecutive year Attorney Koerting has been selected as a Rising Star honoree. Attorney Watson is already being recognized as a Rising Star honoree after just recently entering practice with KRZ in 2020. Rising Stars recognizes attorneys who are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. Each year, no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in New England are selected as Rising Stars.

The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers Magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.

KRZ maritime law attorneys Stephen W. Koerting and Shea H. Watson were recently published in the American Bar Association’s Spring 2021 publication of TYL Magazine.  TYL Magazine is a quarterly print magazine created, published, and distributed nationwide by the ABA to help young lawyers take command of their careers and develop their professional identities. The Spring 2021 publication of the TYL Magazine focuses on niche and less common practice areas across the country. In their article titled “Navigating the Practice of Maritime Law,” Attorney Koerting and Attorney Watson provide insight and guidance to young lawyers across the country about the subject and practice of admiralty and maritime law based on their experience as admiralty lawyers in Maine, New England, and beyond.

If you have a maritime law issue or question, contact Attorney Koerting, Attorney Watson, and KRZ’s team of maritime law attorneys today.

KRZ is honored to announce that the Maine Trial Lawyers Association recently elected Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber as president of its organization, placing her at the head of an executive committee that is, for the first time in its history, majority female.

“I am honored to take on this important leadership role with the MTLA during a time when the organization has made firm commitments to safeguarding access to justice during the pandemic and ensuring that diverse voices and experiences of Maine people are recognized, included and heard in our leadership, membership, and the Maine Bar,” Boxer-Macomber said, according to a news release from the association. “Our justice system improves, and we all benefit, when our three branches of government and the organizations working with them reflect the spectrum of experiences and perspectives in our society.”

The election took place at the association’s annual business meeting in March, and Boxer-Macomber, of Portland, will serve as president of the organization for the 2021-22 term. The association also elected Susan Faunce as president-elect, Jason Jabar of Yarmouth as treasurer, and Lisa Cohen Lunn of Bangor as secretary. Chris Lewis of Cumberland, who served as president during the 2020-2021 term, remains on the executive committee as past president.

With the recent announcement of the E-Bike Act and other exciting bicycle and pedestrian friendly legislation, it is more important than ever that bicyclists have insurance coverage in place that will protect them in the event of a crash, collision, loss, or other unfortunate event.  KRZ Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber is featured in this People for Bikes article. In it, she shares the questions bicyclists should ask when shopping for e-bike insurance. Attorney Boxer-Macomber, who is an independent member of the National Bike Law Network, assisted with the drafting and passage of Maine’s e-bike legislation and is as excited as Congressman Panetta and Congressional Bike Caucus Chairman Earl Blumenauer about the potential e-bikes have to address climate change, traffic congestion, and other public health, environmental, and transportation problems.