November 6, 2014

Preti Flaherty Ranked Among 2015 "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers

Preti Flaherty announced today that it has been ranked among "2015 Best Law  Firms" by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. The  rankings are based on peer reviews and client assessments in addition to  extensive research gathered by the publication, and the firm must have at least  one lawyer listed in Best Lawyers in America.

The firm received 35 metro area awards, including 15 Tier 1 rankings in the  Augusta and Portland Maine and Concord, New Hampshire offices. Tier 1 rankings  in the following practice groups by metropolitan area include:

Augusta, Maine Tier 1 Rankings:
Administrative / Regulatory Law,  Government Relations Practice, Litigation-Environmental

Concord, New Hampshire Tier 1 Rankings:
Commercial Litigation,  Corporate Law

Portland, Maine Tier 1 Rankings:
Commercial Litigation, Corporate  Law, Health Care Law, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Environmental,  Litigation – First Amendment, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions –  Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation –  Defendants, Workers' Compensation Law – Employers

The "Best Law Firms" list will be showcased in two publications to be  released later this month and distributed to more than 30,000 C-level executives  and general counsel.

Firm Highlights

Publication

131st Maine Legislature End of Session Update

The First Regular Session of the 131st Legislature was expected to end on June 15th or soon after. Instead, the First Regular Session ended on March 30th, and the Governor signed the “continuing services&rdquo...

News

Preti Flaherty Ranked Among Best Lawyers 2024 Best Law Firms

Best Lawyers has ranked Preti Flaherty among the Best Law Firms for 2024. To be eligible for ranking, a law firm must have at least one attorney named in the 2024 Best Lawyers in...

News

Jason Howe Elected to American College of Mortgage Attorneys

Jason Howe, Chair of Preti Flaherty’s Real Estate & Finance Group, has been selected as a Fellow in the distinguished American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA). Membership in the premiere association of mortgage lawyers is...

Publication

How to navigate the legal side of nondisclosure agreements

Preti Flaherty attorney Kristy Abraham has authored an article for  MaineBiz  on navigating the legal side of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), outlining six questions for organizations to review before entering into a NDA.

Publication

November 7, 2023 Election Results

Maine’s November 2023 statewide elections were exclusively referendum questions, four were citizen initiatives, and four were proposed amendments to the Maine Constitution. Of these, Questions 5, 7 and 8 were placed on the ballot...

News

Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in 2023 Super Lawyers

Fourteen Preti Flaherty attorneys have been selected for recognition by Super Lawyers , including seven Rising Stars. Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers throughout the United States in more than 70 practice areas. Only five...

News

Preti Flaherty Whistleblower Client Assists Department of Justice in Recovering $345 Million

For more information, please see the  Press Release .

Publication

NLRB Takes Aim at Non-Compete Agreements

Ellie Quinby of Preti Flaherty's Antitrust & Competition Practice Group has authored an article for the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s Global Private Litigation Committee monthly newsletter on the subject of the National Labor Relations...

Publication

H-2B Visa Program Summary

The H-2B classification allows foreign nationals who are citizens of certain named countries, with limited exceptions, to accept temporary non-agricultural employment in the United States, after the employer has obtained temporary labor certification by...

News

Preti Flaherty Welcomes Employment Law Attorney Brooke K. Haley to the Firm

Preti Flaherty is pleased to announce that attorney Brooke K. Haley has joined the firm’s Employment Law Practice Group as a Partner. Brooke will work primarily from the firm’s Portland office. Brooke’s practice centers...