Preti Flaherty

Preti Flaherty is a New England law firm headquartered in Portland, Maine. It is one of Maine’s four largest law firms [1] with more than 100 attorneys and five offices. The firm’s additional offices are located in Augusta, Maine (the state capital), Concord, New Hampshire, Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. [2] The Augusta, Concord and Boston offices each offer a similar grouping of practice areas as the firm overall. The firm’s legislative and regulatory practice and its Energy practice is managed from Augusta, ME office. The Concord, NH office’s primary focus is corporate work, with a concentration in bankruptcy, but those attorneys are also involved in employment work and litigation. The Boston office is home to many of the firm's Intellectual Property attorneys.

Preti Flaherty provides legal services in practice areas including Business, Environmental, Energy, Climate Strategy, Employment, Legislative and Regulatory Services, Intellectual Property, International Law, Litigation, Real Estate and Land Use, Tax, Trusts and Estates and beyond.

The firm is an active member of Terralex,[3] a global network of independent law firms with members in more than 100 countries, which further enables attorneys to serve clients' international interests by tapping into a pool of experienced and respected attorneys around the world.[4]

Preti Flaherty is well known in Maine for its Legislative Group and registered lobbyists, including Founding Partner Severin Beliveau and Ann R. Robinson, who is the former Chair of the practice group. Ann served as Co-Chair of Governor Paul LePage's transition team,[5] with specific responsibility for policy and regulatory review, and continues to serve in an advisory capacity. She was also recently appointed to Governor LePage's Judicial Selection Committee,[6] a group that advises on judicial nominations.

Harold C. Pachios, also a Founding Partner, practices Business Law, International Law and Legislative Law. In 1993, Pachios was nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. He served as the firm's Managing Partner for eight years.

Preti Flaherty is the result of the 1972 merger of Preti, Peabody, Johnson & Smith, an outstanding corporate and commercial firm, and Berman, Berman, Wernick & Flaherty, one of Maine’s top trial practice firms. The successor firm of Preti & Flaherty merged in 1978 with Beliveau & Beliveau, a broad-based general practice firm with a heavy concentration in governmental services and regulatory work. The firm became known as Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios with offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine.

In 1999, the firm merged with Haley & Champion and added five attorneys and a Bath, Maine office. In February 2001, Preti Flaherty opened its Concord, New Hampshire office and, in March 2005, opened an office in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm closed its Bath office in 2006 and has since opened satellite offices in Washington, District of Columbia, Bedminster, New Jersey and Salem, Massachusetts. In 2013, the firm was joined in its Boston office by the seven attorneys of the former Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin and Lebovici, LLP.

John M. Sullivan is the firm's managing partner.

Subsidiaries

In July 2007, Preti Flaherty partnered with Boston's The Minahan Companies, led by Alfred A. Minahan, to create a public affairs subsidiary, Preti Minahan Strategies. Preti Minahan Strategies integrates crisis management and public affairs services with Preti Flaherty's legal services.[7]

Awards and rankings

Preti Flaherty has earned multiple awards and rankings for providing legal services across a broad range of practice areas. The most notable recognition includes:

Blogs

Energy Policy Update: a blog by Energy Attorney Todd J. Griset

Preti Minahan Strategies Blog: a blog by John Hahesy, Director of Issues Management and Media Relations

IP & Technology Law Blog

External links

Notes

  1. "Maine's 10 Largest Law Firms." American Registry. Web. 10 June 2003. <http://www.americanregistry.com/recognition/maines-10-largest-law-firms/91356>.
  2. "Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP." Home. TerraLex, Inc. Web. 10 June 2011. <http://www.terralex.org/directory/profile/mm1000108289?locationid=1000108289>.
  3. "Directory - Search." TerraLex. TerraLex, Inc. Web. 10 June 2011. <http://www.terralex.org/directory/search?showresults=true>.
  4. "About Us." TerraLex. TerraLex, Inc. Web. 10 June 2011. <http://www.terralex.org/content/aboutus>.
  5. "Meet the Transition Team Co-chairs | LePage Transition 2010." LePage Transition 2010 | People Before Politics | LePage Transition 2010. MediaTemple, 5 Nov. 2010. Web. 10 June 2011. <http://www.lepagetransition.com/2010/11/meet-the-transition-team-co-chairs/>.
  6. Bennett, Adriene. "Judicial Selection Committee Announced by Governor LePage." Maine.gov. InforME, 29 Apr. 2011. Web. 10 June 2003. <http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=Gov+News&id=239415&v=article2011>.
  7. PretiMinahan Stratagies. PretiMinahan Stratagies. Web. 10 June 2011. <http://theminahan.com/>.
  8. "Raising the Bar: NH's Top Attorneys." Business NH Magazine. Print. February 2015.
  9. "Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business." <http://www.chambersandpartners.com/USA/Firms/65499-98395>.
  10. "Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios." U.S. News - Best Lawyers. Web. 2012. <http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/firms/preti-flaherty-beliveau-pachios-llp/overview/65/>.
  11. "Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios, LLP" Lawyer & Attorney Ratings : Find Rated Lawyers & Attorneys at Super Lawyers. Web. <http://www.superlawyers.com/search?q=preti+flaherty&l=maine&fs=1>
  12. Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year. web. 2013. <http://www.bestlawyers.com/Search/LOTYSearch.aspx?country=US&state_code=ME&firm_name=Preti+Flaherty>
  13. Winners announced: Inaugural US Benchmark Annual Awards | Benchmark Litigation, 1-31-2013. <http://www.benchmarklitigation.com/article/2133-winners-announced-inaugural-us-benchmark-annual-awards-01-31-2013>
  14. Benchmark Litigation. Web. 2013. <http://www.benchmarklitigation.com/firms/1829-preti-flaherty-beliveau-pachios-firm>.
  15. "Peer Review Ratings: Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP." Martindale.com. LesixNexis. Web. 2013. <http://www.martindale.com/Results.aspx>.
  16. "Port News." Maine Port Authority. Web. 10 June 2003. <http://solidginc.com/Documents/MSFT%20v%2006-03%20Final.htm>
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