OUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE
We routinely assist clients with a broad spectrum of practice areas from complex transactions, commercial disputes, employment issues to personal matters. Whether advising employers or health care providers, advocating at the State House, litigating a dispute involving millions or assisting clients on personal family matters, our team is ready to serve your needs.
Corporate & Business Law
TMF is uniquely positioned to handle both large and small business operations, transactions and succession planning. From simple business formation to complex acquisitions, TMF can assist your closely-held or multi-investor business needs.
CIVIL LITIGATION
TMF’s attorneys regularly appear in State and Federal Courts, in front of administrative bodies and arbitration panels, representing businesses and individuals in matters including complex commercial, construction, breach of contract and shareholder disputes. TMF Attorneys are licensed in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont and have represented clients nation-wide.
FAMILY LAW
Our attorneys provide advocacy and counsel to clients in divorces, high-conflict custody disputes, guardianships, adoptions and parentage cases. TMF’s substantial background in business law makes us uniquely poised to represent clients in divorces involving business valuation, complex tax issues and non-martial property tracing.
EMPLOYMENT LAW
TMF attorneys advise employers on all matters related to employees, including hiring and firing, performance management, ADA compliance, wage and hour laws, workers-compensation matters, as well as non-competition, non-solicitation and protection of confidential material. TMF attorneys serve as zealous advocates for clients at the Maine Human Rights Commission (and companion agencies across the country), EEOC, and Federal and State Courts.
REAL ESTATE & BANKING TRANSACTIONS
TMF has over forty years of experience in real estate and commercial banking transactional work. We representing borrowers, sellers and lenders in all facets of the residential and commercial real estate and commercial business transaction, such as titles, sales, acquisitions, financing, including tax increment financing, and land use permitting.
PUBLIC ADVOCACY, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
We have more than 40 years of experience in matters relating to public advocacy, administrative proceedings and governmental affairs. TMF has advocated to governors, legislators and officials of every executive branch, providing representation, strategic guidance and advocacy services to foreign governments, Fortune 500 companies, municipalities, trade associations, for-profit and non-profit businesses, as well as individuals concerned about state laws, purchasing, regulations and policies.
HEALTHCARE. LONG-TERM CARE & ASSISTED LIVING
Our team represents hospitals, federally qualified health centers, assisted living facilities, mental health providers and other health care entities and practitioners with respect to every aspect of health care and the law. Our practice includes facility development and finance, corporate and transactional services, mergers and acquisitions, staff privileges and health care employment matters, clinical practice issues, and private and regulatory compliance with the requirements of laws such as HIPAA, Internal Revenue Code 501(r), fraud and abuse, physician self-referral and anti-kickback laws and regulations.
Estate Planning, WILLS & PROBATE
TMF can prepare Wills, Trusts and other testamentary documents to meet your personal and family objectives, as well as provide assistance with all matters associated with the loss of a loved one, including probate of the estate and distribution of assets. In addition, our litigation team is poised to assist clients in probate litigation, if necessary.
EDUCATION LAW
The Education practice area at TMF covers secondary and post-secondary matters, ranging from representing professors in tenure disputes, representing college and high school coaches, representing administrators and teachers, and representing administrator bargaining units.
