Municipal Law and Finance

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August 21, 2025

Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2026, Including 3 “Lawyers of the Year” and 3 “Ones to Watch” More

January 6, 2025

Preti Flaherty Announces Promotion of Cameron Ferrante, Effective January 1, 2025 More

August 15, 2024

36 Preti Flaherty Attorneys, including 4 “Ones to Watch” Recognized by National Directory More

August 17, 2023

Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2024, Including 1 “Lawyer of the Year” More

August 18, 2022

Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2023, Including 3 “Lawyers of the Year” More

January 1, 2022

Preti Flaherty Partnership Announces Promotion to Partner of Kristin Collins and John Cronan, III More

September 7, 2021

Preti Flaherty Welcomes Cameron Ferrante and Paola Maymi to the Firm More

August 19, 2021

Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2022, Including 1 “Lawyer of the Year” More

August 4, 2021

Preti Flaherty Announces Municipal Broadband Practice Group More

August 20, 2020

Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2021, Including 2 “Lawyers of the Year” More

August 15, 2019

Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2020, Including 2 “Lawyers of the Year” More

August 15, 2018

Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2019, Including 2 “Lawyers of the Year” More

August 15, 2017

26 Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2018 More

January 23, 2017

Preti Flaherty's Municipal Law Practice Group Publishes New Blog More

August 15, 2016

22 Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected by Peers for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2017 More

August 10, 2016

Preti Flaherty Welcomes Attorney Kristin Collins to the Firm More

January 15, 2014

Town of Brunswick Selects Preti Flaherty as Legal Counsel More

August 28, 2013

20 Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers 2014 More

Firm Highlights

Benchmark Litigation Names Preti Flaherty 2026 “Maine Firm of the Year”

Benchmark Litigation has named Preti Flaherty as the 2026 Litigation Firm of the Year in Maine. The Benchmark Awards recognize the country’s most distinguished litigators through extensive peer and client-reviewed research and analysis of...

NEFAC Legal Fund Supporting Public Records Lawsuit in Maine Murder Case

The New England First Amendment Coalition has announced support for a public records lawsuit seeking answers about whether a 2024 double homicide in Bath could have been prevented. The suit challenges extensive redactions in...

10 Preti Flaherty Attorneys and 6 Practice Groups Recognized in Chambers USA 2026

Preti Flaherty is proud to announce that ten of our attorneys and six practice areas have been recognized in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA, reflecting the firm’s depth of talent across New England...

Results of Maine's Ranked Choice Races

Five elections in Maine were decided through the ranked choice voting process - both the Republican and Democratic Gubernatorial races, the Democratic Second Congressional District race, the Republican State Senate District 4 race, and...

Legislature Finally Adjourns Sine Die

On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, the Maine Legislature finally concluded the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature, culminating in adjournment sine die. The Legislature had returned to Augusta on Wednesday of this week...

Whither Goest Offshore Wind Projects in the United States?

It’s 2007-- The American College of Environmental Lawyers is founded by 23 attorneys, including me. George W. Bush, Jr., is President. It’s 2008--I begin working on offshore wind development, and Barack Obama is elected...

New Documents Undermine Trump Administration's Claims About Offshore Wind Deal

New documents have revealed that the Trump administration paid TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion to cancel the company's offshore wind leases, with newly disclosed settlement terms raising questions about the deal's legitimacy. The settlement allowed...

Maine Is Set to Ban Data Centers, Becoming the First State in the Nation to Do So

The Maine Senate took a final vote on April 14, 2026, to enact first-of-its-kind legislation banning large data centers in the state until November 2027. The bill, LD 307, puts a moratorium on data...

Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in 2026 Super Lawyers

Fifteen Preti Flaherty attorneys have been selected for recognition by Super Lawyers , including 8 Rising Stars. Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding attorneys across firms of all sizes and more than 70 practice areas nationwide...

Maine Primary Election Results and Analysis

ELECTION RESULTS Election Day was yesterday, June 9th, and the breaking news is that there are still significant unknowns, in terms of who will be the Democratic candidates in both the Gubernatorial and the...