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Once-disbarred Maine attorney faces new complaints

Portland Press Herald
March 21, 2014

Preti Flaherty partner, Steve Langsdorf, is highlighted in a Portland Press Herald story on his appointment to handle the MacComb estate.  

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Attorney Stephen Langsdorf, who was appointed to handle MacComb’s estate, said Wednesday via email that the estate is insolvent. “I am trying to get whatever value there is for creditors,” he said. “We have had a very difficult time serving all the necessary parties.” Notes in the probate file indicate that several heirs listed in the wills are deceased.

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