Background
He was born in New York City and grew up in rural Pennsylvania and suburban New Jersey.
He was born in New York City and grew up in rural Pennsylvania and suburban New Jersey.
Phillips Academy; Brown University (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1978). Editor-in-Chief, California Law Review, 1978.
Law Clerk, The Edward T. Gignoux, United States.
District Court, District of Maine, 1978-1979. Partner, Shea & Gardner, Washington, District of Columbia, 1989.
Associate Counsel, United States. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987.
Commercial Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, since 1986.
Worked at Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry (Portland, Master of Engineering) specializing in General Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Probate, Real Estate, Banking, Insurance, Municipal, Public Utility, School, Taxation, Bankruptcy, Construction, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Criminal, Legal Malpractice, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Antitrust, Insurance, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Family Law. Trials in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1980, District of Columbia.
1983, United States. Supreme Court. 1990, Maine.
Editor-in-Chief, California Law Review, 1977-1978.
Law Clerk to the Honorary Edward T. Gignoux, United States. District Court for the District of Maine, 1978-1979.
Research Associate, Professor Alan M. Dershowitz, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1980.
Partner, Shea & Gardner, Washington, District of Columbia, 1985-1989. Associate Counsel, United States. Senate Select Committee on Iran-Contra Affair, 1987.
Member, Edward Thaxter Gignoux Inn of Court, 1994.
Member, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on the Code of Professional Responsibility, 1994. Member, The American Law Institute, 1993(Working Group on "Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers").
Member, Board of Directors, Beth Israel Congregation, Bath, Maine, 1992. Vice-Chair, Zoning Board of Appeals, Bath, Maine, 1991-1993.
Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations.
The District of Columbia Bar. Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry is a professional corporation engaged in full range of civil and criminal law practice.
From its inception more than twenty-five years ago, the firm has expanded steadily and now has more than thirty lawyers with offices in Portland and Biddeford.
The firm strives to provide its clients with the highest quality legal services in an atmosphere of openness and availability. Our legal assistance is delivered in the clients best interest.
We want our clients to know that they have the support necessary to address whatever civil or criminal legal problems may come their way. We also want to help our clients anticipate and avoid problems before they arise.
Member, Edward Thaxter Gignoux Inn of Court, 1994. Member, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on the Code of Professional Responsibility, 1994. Member, The American Law Institute, 1993(Working Group on "Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers").
Member, Board of Directors, Beth Israel Congregation, Bath, Maine, 1992.
Vice-Chair, Zoning Board of Appeals, Bath, Maine, 1991-1993. Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations.
The District of Columbia Bar. Maine Trial Lawyers Association.