Both lawyers will focus their practices at Bernstein Shur on trust and estate planning, administration, and taxation.  Colby’s practice will also focus on trust and estate litigation.  Both lawyers are admitted to practice law in Maine and Massachusetts.

Before joining Bernstein Shur, the Wallaces both worked as associate attorneys for a small boutique trusts and estates law firm in Portland, Maine.  The Wallaces met and married while in law school and currently reside in South Portland, Maine.

“We are very pleased to welcome Colby and Katy to the firm to further strengthen our robust tax, trusts and estates practice,” said Charles Miller, Bernstein Shur’s managing shareholder.  “Their move to Bernstein Shur is the latest example of the firm’s commitment to strategic growth in this practice group, and an important component of the firm’s long-term strategic plan.”

Colby formerly practiced trusts and estates law at the Maine law firms of Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry and Eaton Peabody.  He is a current legislative liaison of the Trusts & Estates Section of the Maine State Bar Association and serves on the Maine Medical Center’s Planned Giving Committee.  Colby also served as a past president of the Cumberland Bar Association.  He received his law degree from the University of Maine in 2001 and his B.A. from Boston University magna cum laude in 1997.

Katy is a member of the Maine Estate Planning Council and served as past chair of the Trusts & Estates Section of the Maine State Bar Association.  Katy earned a J.D. from the University of Maine in 2001 and an A.B. from Wheaton College cum laude in 1998.

About Bernstein Shur

Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in Maine and New Hampshire. Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel in the areas of business law, litigation, and municipal law to clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur is Maine’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.

Contact:

Ralph St. George

207-774-1200

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Portland, Maine, March 25, 2010 – Bernstein Shur, one of northern New England’s largest law firms, announced today that it is the winner of the Best Law Firm in Maine for Securities Work by Corporate INTL Magazine’s 2009/10 Legal Awards.

The award is focused on recognizing the best law firms for industry excellence in various distinct practice areas. Winners are chosen by a panel of industry-leading executive judges and the editor of Corporate INTL Magazine.

Bernstein Shur’s Securities & Financial Services Industry Practice Group regularly handles substantial matters for public and private issuers, banks, investment advisers, mutual funds, hedge funds, broker-dealers, fund industry service providers and diversified financial institutions.

The group’s attorneys include former senior staff members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, and former in-house attorneys for some of the world’s largest financial institutions and broker-dealers. Bernstein Shur has received this award based on these attorneys’ experience, service excellence and conscientious counseling to the securities and financial service industry.

This award continues to highlight the firm’s expanding securities and financial services industry expertise.

“With a sizable team of dedicated securities lawyers representing capital markets participants in complex matters nationally and around the World, Corporate INTL Magazine has recognized that our Securities & Financial Services Industry Practice Group is unique in Northern New England,” said Scot Draeger, the co-practice leader of Bernstein Shur’s Securities & Financial Services Industry Practice Group.

“We are pleased and honored with this award, which reflects not only the work and skill of our team but also the exemplary forward-looking support we’ve received here at Bernstein Shur,” said Dana Lukens, the firm’s co-practice leader of the Securities & Financial Services Industry Practice Group.

Corporate INTL is a leading monthly publication for business leaders, professional advisers and providers of finance throughout the world and has a receivership of 70,000 worldwide. The magazine provides unique insight into the business world, discussing key issues of the day as well as featured up-to-date commentary on various domestic and international markets.

About Bernstein Shur

Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in Maine and New Hampshire. Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel to clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur is Maine’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.

PORTLAND, Maine – Bernstein Shur, one of northern New England’s largest law firms, announced today that the head of its Real Estate Litigation Group, David A. Soley, has published The Real Estate Litigation Handbook to share his more than 25 years of professional experience with the industry.

Real estate litigation is unique in that it offers some of the most challenging legal principles and strategies for trial attorneys. Soley’s handbook was written to guide attorneys through these distinct challenges. Drawing directly from his experience both as a real estate litigator and developer, the book provides readers with insights and guidance on cases involving boundaries, easements, access to land, title and other real estate disputes.

Offering step-by-step examples of drafting complaints, sample pleadings, motions, injunctions and more, the handbook is focused on providing real estate trial attorneys with valuable time-saving tools to tackle any case, no matter now unique or complicated.

“Like my great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and brothers, real estate is in my blood,” said Soley. “I am excited about the opportunity to translate an exciting lifetime of real estate litigation and entrepreneurship into a practical guide to winning trials over property disputes.”

David A. Soley heads the Real Estate Litigation Group at Bernstein Shur in Portland, Maine. He graduated with honors from Bates College in 1980 and from the Emory School of Law in 1984. Soley lives with his family on the coast of Freeport, Maine, where he has served two terms as the Chair of the Freeport Town Council.

The Real Estate Litigation Handbook is published by the American Bar Association and is available for sale at the publisher’s site for $89.95.

For more information, visit:

http://www.abanet.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5310391

About Bernstein Shur

Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in Maine and New Hampshire. Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel in the areas of business law, litigation, and municipal law to clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur is Maine’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.

Contact:

Ralph St. George, 207 774-1200

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Nashua, NH — Carol Willoughby, an attorney at Bernstein Shur law firm in Manchester, NH, has been appointed to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Leadership Council.  She is one of 40 individuals selected nationwide to serve on the council, which is a volunteer board aimed at engaging volunteer leaders and supporters while increasing fundraising results.

Willoughby, who has volunteered for the CF Foundation’s Northern New England Chapter for several years, was chosen for her extraordinary commitment to the foundation and her demonstrated ability to strengthen fundraising support. She also serves as Corporate Chairperson for the Manchester GREAT STRIDES walk and is a member of the committee for Seacoast Safari, a local CF Foundation cycling event.

“We can’t continue to grow and increase our fundraising potential without people like Carol, who help to bring our mission to the larger business community,” says Lisa Babaian, Executive Director of the Northern New England Chapter.

“The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has touched my family’s life personally and I am honored to give back in some small way,” states Willoughby.  “It is an inspiring organization to support – its staff is truly dedicated to serving the needs of patients and families and finding a cure for this devastating disease.  Progress in the Foundation’s life-saving mission is greatly impacted by the support of our local businesses, and I am proud to encourage their support.”

Willoughby, along with the other members of the CF Foundation Leadership Council, will be nationally recognized for her service in the spring of 2010.

For more information, please contact Anna Moskov at the Northern New England Chapter of the CF Foundation at 800-757-0203 or no-new-eng@cff.org.

About the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is the world’s leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. The foundation funds more CF research than any other organization and nearly every CF drug available today was made possible because of Foundation support. Based in Bethesda, Md., the foundation also supports and accredits a national care center network that has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health as a model of care for a chronic disease.  The Northern New England Chapter of the CF Foundation serves New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Northern New England Chapter
114 Perimeter Road, Unit G&H, Nashua, NH
800-757-0203
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In his role as Regional Vice Chair, Miller will help guide the committee’s purpose of connecting Lex Mundi Managing Partners around the world and providing a forum where they can share best practices, develop strategies and enhance relationships with both clients and other Lex Mundi firms.

In addition to being Bernstein Shur’s managing shareholder, Miller maintains a multi-state practice that incorporates all elements of real estate law, including the acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing, management and development of real estate. He also focuses on business planning, including asset and stock sales and purchases, investment banker selection, formation of partnerships and other business structures, entity planning, and strategy and succession planning.

A resident of Portland, Miller is actively involved in many civic organizations, including the Jewish Community Alliance, The Maine Bar Foundation and the Muskie Fund for Legal Justice.

Mr. Miller received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Maine in 1979, a Master’s in Education from the University of Maine in 1973, and an undergraduate degree from Colby College in 1969.

About Lex Mundi
Lex Mundi is the mark of excellence for legal services globally. With more than 21,000 lawyers in 560 offices, Lex Mundi member firms are present in more than 160 countries, states, and provinces. These premier law firms provide legal representation and local market knowledge just about anywhere needs may arise. Membership in Lex Mundi provides global reach and access to legal resources, enhancing the firm’s ability to serve client needs around the world.

About Bernstein Shur
Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in Maine and New Hampshire. Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel in the areas of business law, litigation, and municipal law to clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur is Maine’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.

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Portland, Maine, November 12, 2009 – Bernstein Shur, one of northern New England’s largest law firms, has elected Theodore A. Small, Daniel J. Murphy, Joel T. Shaw, and Sarah Bradley Tracy shareholders of the firm.

Ted Small is a member of Bernstein Shur’s construction and litigation practice groups.  His practice concentrates on lien claims, complex construction disputes and general civil litigation and focuses on business litigation.  He has represented property owners and contractors in disputes and in the drafting of contracts.  His experience in business litigation includes representing corporations, partnerships, other entities and their principals in corporate governance disputes, shareholder disputes and contract disputes. Prior to joining Bernstein Shur, Small worked for a political consulting firm in Washington, D.C.

Small received his JD from the University of Maine School of Law and holds an Master of Arts degree from the University of Florida and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maine.

Dan Murphy is a trial lawyer and a member of Bernstein Shur’s Litigation Practice Group.  Murphy joined Bernstein Shur after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Leigh I. Saufley, chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.  Murphy’s practice concentrates on civil litigation with a focus on commercial litigation.  His experience includes representing plaintiffs in various corporate governance matters, including derivative and other suits on behalf of shareholders and limited partners.  In addition, Murphy’s practice also includes representing defendants in unfair trade practices claims, bankruptcy preference matters and work on behalf of financial institutions, wholesale distributors and other business clients.

Murphy received his JD from the University of Maine School of Law and holds a BA from St. Michael’s College.

Joel Shaw is a member of Bernstein Shur’s Business Law Practice Group and its Securities and Financial Services Industry Practice Group.  His practice focuses on capital raising in the public and private debt and equity markets, as well as representing securities industry and capital market participants with respect to regulatory, compliance and transactional matters.

Shaw received his JD from the Franklin Pierce Law Center and holds a BA from Boston College.

Sarah Tracy is a member of the Energy & Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups at Bernstein Shur. She maintains a diverse practice before Maine regulatory agencies and in state and federal courts. She represents developers and owners of energy generation facilities before the Maine Public Utilities Commission, the Land Use Regulation Commission, the Board of Environmental Protection, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Tracy also counsels Bernstein Shur’s energy clients in various matters including rate design, issues related to long-term energy and capacity contracts and issues related to the regulation of qualifying small power production and cogeneration facilities.

Tracy received her JD from the University of Connecticut Law School and holds a BA from Amherst College.

About Bernstein Shur
Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service law firm with more than 90 attorneys in offices in Maine and New Hampshire. Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel in the areas of business law, litigation, and municipal law to clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur is Maine’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.

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The New England Super Lawyers directory, compiled by Law & Politics Magazine, uses an independent and extensive nomination, research and review process to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

The following Bernstein Shur attorneys were recognized in the specified practice areas:

Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Leonard Gulino of Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Jay Geller and Robert Keach of Falmouth, Maine
Jennifer Rood of Manchester, NH

Business/Corporate
John Carpenter of North Yarmouth, Maine
Philip Gleason of Cumberland, Maine
Leonard Nelson of Falmouth, Maine

Business Litigation
Peter Rubin of Scarborough, Maine
Andru Volinsky of Concord, NH

Employment & Labor
Andrea Johnstone of Hopkinton, NH
Linda McGill of Freeport, Maine
Patricia Peard of Falmouth, Maine

Construction Litigation
George Burns of Falmouth, Maine
David Ray of Yarmouth, Maine

Energy & Natural Resources
Gordon Grimes of Durham, Maine
Jeffrey Thaler of Yarmouth, Maine

Real Estate
Charles Miller and Nathan Smith of Portland, Maine

Health Care
Kenneth Lehman of Cumberland, Maine

Tax
Nelson Toner of Portland, Maine

The following Bernstein Shur attorneys are named as New England Super Lawyers Rising Stars:

• Michael Bosse of Scarborough, Maine for Construction Litigation
• Scot Draeger of Hampton, NH for Securities & Corporate Finance
• Lori Londis Dwyer of Portland, Maine for Employment & Labor
• Michael Fagone of Gorham, Maine for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Steven Gerlach of North Yarmouth, Maine for Tax
• Daniel Murphy of Portland, Maine for Business Litigation
• Joel Shaw of Gorham, Maine for Securities & Corporate Finance
• Sarah Tracy of Freeport, Maine for General Litigation

Additional information on the directory can be found at www.superlawyers.com.

About Bernstein Shur
Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in Maine and New Hampshire. Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel in the areas of business law, litigation, and municipal law to clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur is Maine’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.

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Bernstein Shur has welcomed four associates to the firm. Máire Corcoran, Halliday Moncure, and James Garrett have joined the firm’s Portland, Maine office and Edward Sackman has joined its Manchester, NH office.

Máire Corcoran and Halliday Moncure are both part of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Insolvency Group.

Corcoran will focus her practice on the representation of restructuring businesses, creditor interests, and acquirers of distressed businesses and their assets in connection with formal and informal proceedings, as well as related commercial litigation.

Corcoran is a 2009 graduate of William & Mary School of Law and graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005. While in law school, she interned with Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, a non-profit legal aid organization that serves indigent Native Americans.

Moncure’s practice focuses on the representation of restructuring businesses, creditors, acquirers of distressed businesses and their assets, both inside and outside bankruptcy and related litigation.

Prior to joining Bernstein Shur, Moncure lived in Richmond, Virginia and was a commercial litigator. Before that she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Dennis W. Dohnal, a magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Moncure worked in veterinary medicine before attending law school. She is a 2005 cum laude graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law and holds her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Wheaton College.

James Garrett is a member of the Business Law and Real Estate Law practice groups and is focusing his practice on commercial and corporate transactions and matters, as well as real estate leasing, titles and transactions.

Garrett is a 2009 Graduate of Vermont Law School and earned his undergraduate degree cum laude from Colby College in 2002. Before attending law school, he worked for a large law firm in Washington, DC.

Edward Sackman is a member of Bernstein Shur’s Litigation Practice Group. He has experience with a broad range of civil litigation, including labor and employment issues, commercial litigation, federal fraud investigations, products liability and personal injury disputes. He also maintains a pro bono practice.

Prior to joining Bernstein Shur, Sackman clerked for Judge Thomas M. Golden of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He assisted Judge Golden with application of the United States Sentencing Guidelines and served as the primary clerk on a complex white collar criminal trial. Before his time with Judge Golden, Ned worked in the products liability practice group of a large Philadelphia firm.

He is a 2004 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and earned his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in 2001. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and will be sworn into the New Hampshire Bar on November 3, 2009.

About Bernstein Shur
Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service law firm with more than 90 attorneys in offices in Maine and New Hampshire. Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel in the areas of business law, litigation, and municipal law to clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur is Maine’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.

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As one of the ACOEL’s founders, Thaler has provided the group with organizational leadership as well as expertise on the legal dimensions of issues including greenhouse gases, alternative energy and climate change.  He is a senior member of Bernstein Shur’s energy, environmental, and litigation practice groups.

“This is a deserving honor for Jeff that truly speaks to his strong reputation and the respect he has earned in the legal community,” said Charles E. Miller, managing shareholder at Bernstein Shur.  “His strong reputation as an environmental and energy attorney will provide ACOEL with solid, credible leadership.”

Thaler is recognized by Best Lawyers in America as a leading figure in environmental and natural resources law, and by Chambers USA for his environmental and litigation practices.  He has taught environmental law at the University of Maine Law School, serves on the Boards of the Land for Maine’s Future, the Energy and Environmental Technology Council of Maine and is lead author of The Maine Environmental Law Handbook.  Thaler is a graduate of the Yale University School of Law and Williams College.

The American College of Environmental Lawyers
The American College of Environmental Lawyers is a professional association of lawyers distinguished by their experience and high standards in the practice of environmental law.  ACOEL members are dedicated to: maintaining and improving the ethical practice of environmental law; the administration of justice; and the development of environmental law at both the state and federal level.  More information can be found at http://www.acoel.org.

Bernstein Shur
Bernstein Shur is one northern New England’s largest multi-service law firms, with more than 100 attorneys in offices in Maine and New Hampshire.  Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel in the areas of business law, litigation, and municipal law to clients throughout the region and around the world.  Bernstein Shur is Maine’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information can be found at http://bernsteinshur.com.

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