Biography

Martha is a member of the firm's Corporate and M&A and Taxation practice groups, focusing primarily on multi-state and international tax and estate planning matters. She provides federal and state tax compliance counsel for individual clients and small business owners, such as physician groups, engineering and architecture firms, and tax-exempt organizations, and advises corporate clients regarding entity formation, ongoing operational activities, merger and acquisition, and dissolution. Martha has extensive experience negotiating and drafting asset sales, employment and professional service contracts, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, licensing agreements, and disclosures concerning privacy and security issues.

Prior to joining Preti Flaherty, Martha practiced tax law for more than ten years at several distinguished law firms on the East Coast. Her clients have included asbestos trusts, financial services firms, domestic and off-shore professional and manufacturing services, and pharmaceutical companies.

Martha divides her time between Ellsworth and Portland, Maine.

Honors & Recognition

  • Cyberspace Law Book Award
  • Nina Olson Taxpayer Advocate Award

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • Former Advisory Committee Member, Eastern Maine Medical Center
  • Former Board Member, The Grand Theatre, Ellsworth, Maine
  • Board Member, Prosperity Maine, Portland, Maine

Firm Highlights

Event

2023 Maine Employment Law Summit

For nearly 30 years, Preti Flaherty's Employment Law team has provided Maine employers with practical guidance and best practices at our annual Employment Law Summit. Join us  Thursday, October 5  for the 2023 Employment...

News

Preti Flaherty Litigation Practice Group Adds Four New Attorneys

Preti Flaherty is pleased to announce the addition of four experienced Associates to the firm’s Litigation Practice Group: Stephen Garvey, Michael Hanify, Hanna May, and Tiffany Ottenga. Stephen Garvey is a graduate of Boston...

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.

News

Jeffrey Talbert Named to American College of Environmental Lawyers

Jeffrey Talbert, Chair of Preti Flaherty’s Environmental Law Group, has been invited to become a Fellow in the distinguished American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL). Membership in the premiere association of environmental lawyers is by...

Press Coverage

Maine Media Organizations Oppose Foreign Electioneering Ban

Question 2 on Maine’s November ballot asserts that corporations owned or controlled by foreign governments do not have the same rights to political speech as companies here in the U.S. and that foreign governments should be prohibited...

Publication

Municipal Update: Maine Legislature Acts to Clarify Sales of Tax-Acquired Properties

Early this week, in response to the  United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in  Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota  (598 U.S. (2023)) , the Maine Legislature passed emergency legislation establishing a new process for...

News

Matt Warner Named to Cannabis Law Journal Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers 2023

Preti Flaherty attorney and Cannabis Business Group member Matt Warner has been named to the list of Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers for 2023-2024. A joint publication of  Cannabis Law Report and  Cannabis Law...

Publication

Schutz and Harriman Author Article for MLRC on Mill's Veto of Constitutionally Fraught Legislation

In an article for the Media Law Resource Center's July 2023 Media Law Letter,  Preti Flaherty attorneys Sig Schutz and Alex Harriman explore Gov. Janet Mills' recent veto of L.D. 1610, “An Act to Prohibit Campaign Spending...

Press Coverage

Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Wins Public Records Dispute with York County Jail

Publication

Maine Law Amended to Require More Details When Public Employees Disciplined

Governor Mills recently signed a bill amending the public disclosure requirements for public employees who have been disciplined. Although widely reported as applying to police misconduct, the law applies to all government employees. The...