Mid Coast Today

There were 61 lawyers with active licenses in cities located within Lincoln County as of October, according to the Board of Overseers of the Bar.

This is an increase from the previous month, when there were 59 lawyers.

Within Lincoln County, Damariscotta had the highest number of lawyers with active licenses during October (18).

Maine, previously the only state without public defenders, now faces a shortage despite the recent addition of five attorneys. State officials acknowledged that this number falls short of meeting the current demands. Justin Andrus, executive director of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, said the state cannot effectively rely on only five people to address systemic issues.

To tackle the problem, Governor Janet Mills proposed allocating $17 million to hire ten more attorneys.

At the same time, the state was found to be struggling when representing clients requiring legal aid or who couldn't afford their own lawyers. A 2021 report revealed that more than one in eight assignments requiring specialized representation were given to ineligible attorneys.

As of Dec. 2023, the average salary for a lawyer in Maine is around $101,226 per year.

Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this period.

Lawyer Name	Bar Number	Date Of Admission
Scott G. Adams	008019	12/31/1981
Jennifer Atkinson	010216	01/14/1994
William M. Avantaggio	007724	10/19/1993
Daniel I. Billings	009496	10/23/2003
Roosevelt S. Bishop	010660	10/16/2023
Elliot Christopher Boyle	010992	07/15/2024
Meegan J. Burbank	008991	05/16/2000
Martha E Claverie	006217	12/13/2018
Robert B. Cumler	003000	10/03/1984
Marcia Ellen DeGeer	004603	11/14/2004
Peter Whittington Drum	009884	10/25/2005
Mary Elizabeth Duffy	005170	07/14/1992
Richard W. Elliott	003496	05/12/1987
Lorenzo F. Exposito	006062	12/12/1994
Joseph D. Fay	008263	12/07/1984
James W. Gallagher	000112	04/21/1977
Robert R. Goodrich	001438	08/09/1971
Robert B. Gregory	002268	09/30/1980
Harold J. Hainke	003712	04/14/1987
Bruce M. Harris	005036	05/01/1994
Jeanne-Marie Van Hemmen	010171	09/19/1991
Nathanial D. Hussey	007074	12/31/1989
Joanna M. Jacobs	005992	12/01/1978
Ralph A. Jacobs	006432	10/09/1975
Catherine B. Johnson	002758	10/02/1983
Sean P. Joyce	008495	04/14/1992
Thomas S. Karod	007956	10/16/1994
Timothy J. Kimpton	009337	10/16/2002
Jane C. Langdon-Gray	006022	10/20/2017
William C. Leonard	002238	10/01/1980
David Levesque	008640	12/15/1997
Page Lockhart	009250	12/15/1977
William W. Logan	002797	10/05/1983
Sarah Crittenden Loud	010797	11/05/1987
Peter J. Lynch	002964	10/29/1984
Catherine F. McCarron	007317	12/31/1985
Joy C. McNaughton	002989	10/05/1984
Christopher T. Monroe	005769	10/27/2016
Karen Michaud Moran	007278	11/30/1985
Matthew H. Newman	009376	10/16/2002
Patrick A. Parson	009407	12/22/2002
Deborah A. Potter	003464	12/31/1981
James Gettys Puckette	010194	05/23/2022
Daniel C. Purdy	006792	04/15/1973
Patricia V. Shadis	006811	04/24/1989
Amanda Ray Silverman	006673	05/24/2021
Scott H. Silverman	006528	12/03/2020
Evan Smith	008749	06/07/1995
David B. Soule	000167	08/10/1971
Leah W. Sprague	009530	06/09/1975
Margaret Mlynczak Stern	008078	09/30/1989
Michael E. Stern	008079	06/16/1991
Nicholas J. Stiles	006744	10/19/2021
Patrick M. Stoddard	005854	12/03/2014
Sherry Tash	003650	09/29/1986
Jennifer G. Villeneuve	009224	10/19/2000
Katherine M. Webber	003909	09/29/1988
Hylie A. West	003928	01/01/1986
Melissa Holmes Whitt	005148	01/22/2009
Linda K. Yarmosh	003891	12/31/1987
Andrew J. Zulieve	007004	04/30/1990