Stephen E. F. Langsdorf has an extensive probate litigation background. He has handled will contests, challenges to a personal representative's handling of estates, validity of probate instruments and disputes among beneficiaries. Mr. Langsdorf has practiced in many of Maine's probate courts and successfully defended probate appeals to the Maine Superior Judicial Court.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the Washington, D.C., area. He graduated from Texas A & M University with a degree in philosophy and history and in 1986 earned his law degree from the University of Texas.
He joined Preti Flaherty in 1986, became a Partner in 1996.
He is a member of the Kennebec County, Maine State and American Bar Associations and the Maine Trial Lawyers Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Hubbard Free Library and is a former board member of Spurwink, FORUM-A, an Augusta-based arts organization and Capital Kids, Inc. He is a former chairman of the Town of Sidney Board of Tax Appeals.
He lives in Hallowell, Maine, with his wife, Jeanne, and college aged children, Natasha and Austin.