Preti Flaherty is pleased to announce the arrival of new Associates to the firm: Christopher S. Knight and Kijana Plenderleith.

In our Portland, Maine, office:

Chris Knight joins the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law and the University of Maine at Farmington. At UMaine Law, he was a contributor to the Maine Law Review, a Rural Law Fellow, a legal writing teaching assistant, and a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez of the First Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2021, he served as a Summer Associate at Preti Flaherty.

Kijana Plenderleith joins the firm’s Environmental Practice Group. She is a graduate of Vermont Law School, where she earned both a J.D. and a Masters of Energy Regulation and Law, and the University of Southern Maine. At Vermont Law, she was a staff editor for the Vermont Law Review; was an academic clinician for the Vermont Law School Energy Law Clinic; and held internships at the Maine Public Utilities Commission and the New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate.

Managing Partner David B. Van Slyke notes: “The arrival of these four attorneys puts the number of new hires joining Preti Flaherty this year at more than twenty. It continues a period of unprecedented growth for our firm and is further testament to the opportunities offered to the many young attorneys who have chosen to begin their careers with us. As always, we are excited by their individual and collective potential and welcome them to our burgeoning practice.”