Family Law

• Premarital Agreement
  Our firm also assists clients during the probate process, which typically involves identifying and collecting all estate property, paying the decedent’s debts and taxes, including any estate taxes, settling any creditor claims, and distributing the estate property to the heirs or beneficiaries.
• Guardianship
  Jim began practicing law in 2006 as both an attorney and a guardian-ad-litem, representing parents and children involved with Maine’s child protective system in the District Courts, as well as all parties to guardianship and conservatorship proceedings in the Probate Courts. Since then he has also advised Maine residents aged 55 and older in a wide range of civil matters, and represented veterans and disabled people fighting denials of Veterans Administration and Social Security Administration disability claims.

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Drummond & Drummond’s Personal Injury attorneys represent our clients against insurance companies that refuse to provide fair benefits to injured people and families. Our personal injury, accident, and wrongful death lawyers always personally meet with potential clients free of charge, and most often work on a contingency fee basis, meaning clients will not pay us for our time and clients do not need to worry about whether they can afford a Maine personal injury lawyer.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Representative services for the entrepreneur or small business include advising on investor and securities compliance issues, state and local permits, contracts for use with customers and contractors, protecting an emerging brand name or trademark, and many other issues important to the success of small businesses. For larger corporate clients our work includes multi-state corporate qualifications, maintenance filings and licensing; shareholder agreements and ownership transition planning for family-owned businesses; and business stock, asset purchase and sales transactions.
• Business Formation
  Paul spent the first 15 years of his practice primarily as a litigator, handling business and real estate disputes, criminal, family, and personal injury matters. He has since concentrated in real estate law, business law, and creditor’s rights. His business law practice includes business formation, acquisitions and sales, real estate development and litigation, and commercial litigation.
• Business Disputes
  Matt joined Drummond & Drummond in 2021 as a member of the real estate and business transactions team. In law school, Matt concentrated on corporate and transactional law courses, was a member of the Duberstein Moot Court Team, and at graduation received both the Corporate/Business Law Award and the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence. Following graduation, Matt served as a judicial law clerk for the York County District Court where he clerked, in part, for the Honorable Michael Duddy, who serves as one of the two Maine Business and Consumer Court judges in addition to serving as a York County District Court judge. Following his clerkship and before joining Drummond & Drummond, Matt worked as a transactional attorney at a mid-size law firm in Lewiston, Maine.
• Business Transactions
  Will is a Maine attorney working in the transactional group at Drummond & Drummond and handling real estate and commercial transactions such as commercial lending, business and property transfers and title insurance.
• Limited Liability Companies

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Drummond & Drummond has the requisite experience to represent both employees and employers in several areas of Employment & Labor Law, including sexual harassment and employment discrimination, whistleblower, employment contract drafting and disputes, wrongful termination, and various other employment and labor law matters.
• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  Bill earned his J.D. from Cornell Law School, graduating with honors in 2010. After graduation, Bill worked in San Francisco for an international law firm focusing on complex insurance, commercial, and environmental disputes. Following his move to Maine, Bill worked for three years as a law clerk for the Maine Business and Consumer Court and Superior Court in Portland and Augusta. Through these positions, Bill gained broad experience in Maine civil practice with an emphasis on business, land use, and employment litigation. Since joining Drummond and Drummond, Bill has continued to grow his practice litigating and trying cases involving real estate, business and creditor, and employment disputes.
• Severance Agreement
  We work with our clients to negotiate severance agreements, pursing your rights through court, and filing claims with the Maine Human Rights Commission and the Maine Department of Labor. Whatever the type of claim, our Employment & Labor Law attorneys can help you or your business navigate the difficulties that arise during these disputes.
• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Drummond & Drummond is considered a leader in the Maine real estate law community. In addition to our robust transactional expertise, Drummond & Drummond represents our clients when disputes arise in connection with all areas of real estate. Our firm represents landowners, developers, investors, tenants, and various other clients in connection with the purchasing, planning and developing, and utilization of all varieties of real estate. We represent our clients in boundary and easement disputes, local municipality permitting and zoning matters, and site plan review.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Paul is a Maine attorney who concentrates in the areas of business and real estate transactions. Paul began his legal career in 1986, moved to Maine in 1988, and joined Drummond & Drummond in 1992.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Mr. Schoening’s real estate focused practice encompasses title insurance and title insurance defense, land use and zoning, leasing, and commercial and private financing. He also handles corporate entity formation related to business and real estate acquisitions.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Danelle began her career in business working with Social Security Disability claims while attending the night program at New England Law. She received her Juris Doctorate and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. Upon her admission, Danelle began representing individuals nationwide at Social Security Disability Hearings. On her return to Maine, Danelle was admitted to the Maine Bar and joined Drummond & Drummond, LLP. At Drummond & Drummond, Danelle has expanded her practice area to include many different facets of civil litigation, including trial work. She has successfully represented individuals in serious personal injury claims with a wide variety of physical injuries including soft-tissue damage, head injuries and orthopedic injuries. Her expanded general litigation practice includes employment and landlord-tenant matters. Danelle truly enjoys connecting with her clients on an individual level. It is this connection that allows her to passionately advocate and obtain the best outcome for her clients.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  We pride ourselves on strong relationships with our clients and a prestigious reputation as one of Maine’s best law firms. Today, the attorneys at Drummond & Drummond practice in almost every area of the law, from real estate and corporate transactions, to personal injury and trust & estate law. Our attorneys have licenses in many states, including Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
• Medical Malpractice
  Danelle is a Maine attorney who represents individuals in general civil litigation, personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, landlord-tenant, employment and Social Security Disability matters.
• Social Security Disability
  Dave joined Drummond & Drummond, LLP in January 2017. He provides legal representation for individuals who have been harmed through the intentional or negligent acts of others, including vehicle-related accidents, slip-and-falls, professional malpractice, product liability claims, wrongful death cases, worker’s compensation, Social Security Disability and other personal-injury areas of the law.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Our firm can assist you in preparing your estate planning documents so that they are valid and enforceable under Maine Law, and are specifically tailored to your individual family and financial situation.
• Wills
  Misha is a Maine attorney whose practice focuses on Elder Law and Estate Planning. Misha assists clients with all facets of elder care, including matters like powers of attorney, advanced health care directives and living wills, as well as estate planning matters including wills, gifts, trusts and transfer of wealth.
• Trusts
  Drummond & Drummond’s Estate Planning & Elder Law attorneys can assist you with all of your estate planning, estate and trust administration, probate, and elder law needs. We work with individuals, couples and families, as well as represent personal representatives, trustees, beneficiaries and heirs throughout the State of Maine.
• Power of Attorney
  Walter, who also answers to “Jim”, practices in Drummond & Drummond’s Elder Law, Estate Planning and Probate group. He helps clients with personal planning such as creating wills, powers of attorney and advance health care directives, with MaineCare asset protection planning, as well as with protective matters such as guardianship and conservatorship.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Drummond & Drummond’s business litigation department combines extensive experience and attention to modern detail in representation of businesses of all sizes and structures in legal proceedings throughout Maine and beyond. As a sub-sect of the business litigation department, our creditors’ rights department represents local and national financial institutions in residential and commercial foreclosures; commercial collection; the development and implementation of institutional procedures and policies aimed to increase the efficiency of actions pertaining to financially distressed situations; and creditor-side representation in all Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy cases.
• Tax Law
  Roger counsels clients who are individuals, families on estate planning matters relating to the transfer of wealth, wills, gifts, trusts (including revocable and irrevocable, nominee, life insurance and charitable trusts), nuptial (marital property) agreements (pre and post nuptial), conservation easements, health care powers of attorney, declarations of living wills, general durable powers of attorney, tax planning and trusts and estates tax and fiduciary compliance.