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Thompson & Bowie, LLP
Three Canal Plaza
Portland, Maine 04101
Telephone: 207-774-2500
Fax: 207-774-3591
E-Mail: Law@Thompsonbowie.com
www.thompsonbowie.com


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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4630, Portland, ME 04112-4630
Established: 1978
Automobile, Aviation, Casualty, Construction Law, Fire, Life Insurance, Accountant Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Architects and Engineers, Legal Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Governmental Liability, Subrogation, Surety, Workers' Compensation, Employment Law, Insurance Coverage, Product Liability, Transportation

Client Information
Insurance Company Clients
Acadia Insurance CompanyAmerican Commerce Insurance Company
Arch Insurance GroupArgonaut Insurance Company
Automobile Club Insurance CompanyAviation Underwriting Specialists
Canal Insurance CompanyChubb Group of Insurance Companies
Clarendon National Insurance CompanyCNA Insurance Companies
Crum & Forster Insurance GroupFitchburg Mutual Insurance Company
General Star Indemnity CompanyGovernment Employees Insurance Company
Great American Insurance CompanyThe Hartford Insurance Group
Patrons Oxford Insurance CompanyPhiladelphia Insurance Companies
St. Paul TravelersXL Insurance Company, Ltd.
Non-Insurance Company Clients
Avis Rent-A-Car System, LLCCannon Cochran Management Services, Inc.
City of PortlandThe Hertz Corporation
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.Maine Municipal Association
Massamont Insurance Agency, Inc.National Food Processors Association
Portland School DepartmentSchneider National, Inc.
Sedgwick GroupShaw's Supermarkets
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Personnel Information
Partners
JAMES M. BOWIE — Bowdoin College, A.B. (cum laude), 1974; The University of Maine, J.D. (cum laude), 1977 — Admitted to Bar, 1977, Maine; 1977, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. Court of Federal Claims — Member American, Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute — Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Professional Negligence - E-Mail: jbowie@thompsonbowie.com
DANIEL R. MAWHINNEY — The University of Maine, B.A. (cum laude), 1974; Boston College Graduate School, 1975; Saint Louis University, J.D., 1978 — Admitted to Bar, 1978, Missouri; 1979, Maine; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit — Member American, Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute — Practice Areas: Litigation; Product Liability; Professional Negligence; Transportation - E-Mail: dmawhinney@thompsonbowie.com
REBECCA H. FARNUM — Syracuse University; Colby College, B.A., 1973; The University of Maine, J.D., 1977 — Admitted to Bar, 1977, Maine; 1977, U.S. District Court, District of Maine — Member American, Maine State (President 1992; Board of Governors, 1978-1993) and Cumberland County Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; Maine Bar Foundation (Executive Committee 1992; Board of Governors, 1991-); Fellow, Maine Bar Foundation; Defense Research Institute — American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, Division One Steering Committee, 1998- — Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Professional Liability - E-Mail: rfarnum@thompsonbowie.com
MICHAEL E. SAUCIER — Boston College, A.B. (cum laude), 1975; The University of Maine, J.D., 1978 — University of Maine Law Review — Admitted to Bar, 1978, Maine; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit — Member American (Sections: Torts and Insurance Practice, Criminal Justice) and Maine State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute — Author: Contributor, Commentary to Maine Juvenile Code, published by West Publishing Company, Vol. 8, Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, 1980 — Assistant Attorney General, State of Maine, 1979-1982; Assistant District Attorney, Prosecutorial District #1, Alfred, Maine, 1982-1984; Chairman: Committee to Monitor Implementation of the Juvenile Code, 1981-1989; Criminal Law Advisory Commission, 1983-1989, Chair 1987-1989; Maine Juvenile Justice Advisory Group, 1985-2000; Chair 1990-1997 - E-Mail: msaucier@thompsonbowie.com
MARK V. FRANCO — Bowdoin College, B.A., 1981; Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 1984 — Admitted to Bar, 1984, Maine; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit — Member American (Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Litigation, Labor Law Practice Management), Maine State and Cumberland Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; Transportation Lawyers Association including Defense Association — Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Discrimination; Employment Law; Municipal Liability; Personal Injury; Professional Negligence; Public Officials Liability; Workers' Compensation; Transportation; Trucking Law - E-Mail: mfranco@thompsonbowie.com
EDWARD R. BENJAMIN, JR. — University of New Hampshire, B.A. (cum laude), 1981; University of Maine School of Law, J.D., 1984 — University of Maine Law Review — Admitted to Bar, 1984, Maine; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1993, Passamaquoddy Tribal Court; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court — Member Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute — E-6, U.S. Navy, 1973-1979 — Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Discrimination; Employment Law; Personal Injury; Professional Negligence; Public Officials Liability - E-Mail: ebenjamin@thompsonbowie.com
CATHY S. ROBERTS — University of Rhode Island, B.S., 1978; New England School of Law, J.D., 1985 — Admitted to Bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1989, Maine; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts — Member American, Massachusetts and Maine State Bar Associations; The Propeller Club; American Trial Lawyers Association; The Maritime Law Association of the United States — LT., J.A.G.C., U.S. Navy Reserves, Active Duty, 1985-1989 — Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Employment Law; Insurance Law; Product Liability; Workers' Compensation; Civil Litigation - E-Mail: croberts@thompsonbowie.com
PAUL C. CATSOS — Rutgers University; Cornell University, B.A., 1982; Suffolk University, J.D. (cum laude), 1989 — Admitted to Bar, 1989, Maine; 1989, Massachusetts; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court — Member American, Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations; Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association; Southern Maine Claims Association; Defense Research Institute — Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Municipal Liability; Professional Liability; Workers' Compensation; Medical Malpractice - E-Mail: pcatsos@thompsonbowie.com
ROBERT C. HATCH — Hamilton College, B.A., 1995; The University of Maine, J.D., 2000; Oxford University, England; Georgetown University — Law Clerk to the Hon. Donald G. Alexander, Maine Supreme Judicial Court — University of Maine Law Review, 1998-2000 — Admitted to Bar, 2001, Maine; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit — Member American, Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association — Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Municipal Liability; Professional Liability - E-Mail: rhatch@thompsonbowie.com
Associates
LISA FITZGIBBON BENDETSON — Smith College, A.B., 1991; The University of Maine, J.D., 1994 — University of Maine Law Review, 1992-1994 — Admitted to Bar, 1994, Maine; Massachusetts; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts — Member American, Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations; Edward Gignoux American Inns of Court (Past Member) — Practice Areas: Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Workers' Compensation; Municipal Liability - E-Mail: lbendetson@thompsonbowie.com
DALE L. GAVIN — Colby College, A.B. (magna cum laude), 1977; Stanford University, M.A., 1979; University of Maine School of Law, J.D., 1983 — Admitted to Bar, 1983, Maine; Massachusetts; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Maine — Member Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations — Practice Areas: Employment Law; Workers' Compensation - E-Mail: dgavin@thompsonbowie.com
HOLLI S. BOCCELLI — New York University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1994; The University of Maine, J.D., 1997 — Admitted to Bar, 1997, Maine; New Hampshire; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Maine — Member Maine State and New Hampshire Bar Associations — Practice Areas: Litigation - E-Mail: hboccelli@thompsonbowie.com
ROSIE M. WILLIAMS — University of Vermont, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2001; University of Maine School of Law, J.D., 2006 — Admitted to Bar, 2006, Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit — Member American, Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations; Maine Trial Lawyers Association — Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers' Compensation - E-Mail: rwilliams@thompsonbowie.com
VICTORIA E. MORALES — Boston College, B.A., 1997; University of Maine School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2005 — Admitted to Bar, 2005, Maine; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Maine — Member American, Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations — Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Professional Liability; Municipal Liability - E-Mail: vmorales@thompsonbowie.com
HILLARY J. BOUCHARD — Colby College, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2002; The University of Maine, J.D. (cum laude), 2006 — Admitted to Bar, 2006, Maine; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts — Member American, Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations — Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Liability - E-Mail: hbouchard@thompsonbowie.com
JASON P. DONOVAN — Loyola College, B.A. (cum laude), 1992; The University of Maine, J.D. (cum laude), 2006 — Admitted to Bar, 2007, Maine — Member American and Maine State Bar Associations - E-Mail: jdonovan@thompsonbowie.com
THOMAS P. MARCZAK — 1978 — Syracuse University, B.S. (magna cum laude), 2000; The University of Maine, J.D. (cum laude), 2008 — Admitted to Bar, 2008, Maine — Member Maine State Bar Association — Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal Liability; Insurance Law - E-Mail: tmarczak@thompsonbowie.com
Of Counsel
ROY E. THOMPSON, JR. — 1944 — Yale University, B.A., 1967; Boston College, J.D., 1973 — Admitted to Bar, 1973, Maine; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit — Member American, Maine State, Aroostook County and Cumberland County Bar Associations — Lieut., U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty, 1967-1970 — Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Professional Liability; Alternative Dispute Resolution - E-Mail: rthompson@thompsonbowie.com
ELIZABETH K. PECK — Mount Holyoke College, A.B., 1983; Auburn University; The University of Maine, J.D., 1988 — Editorial Board, Maine Law Review, 1987-1988 — Admitted to Bar, 1988, Maine; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit — Member Maine State and Cumberland County Bar Associations; Edward Gignoux American Inns of Court (Past Member) - E-Mail: epeck@thompsonbowie.com


 

 

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