Background
Culley, Peter W. was born on October 17, 1943 in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, United States.
Culley, Peter W. was born on October 17, 1943 in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, United States.
University of Maine (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Boston University (Juris Doctor, 1968).
Worked at Pierce Atwood (Portland, Master of Engineering) specializing in General Practice. Administrative, Admiralty, Agriculture, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bids and Bidding, Business Planning, Charitable Organizations, Civil Litigation, Commercial, Construction, Consumer Credit, Contracts, Copyright, Corporate, Creditors" Rights, Discrimination, Education Law, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Employee Retirement Services, Energy, Environmental, Estate Planning, Foreclosures, Franchising, Health Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor, Land Use & Zoning, Legislative, Lender Liability, Lobbying, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Public Utility, Railroads, Real Estate, Secured Lending, Securities, State and Federal Taxation and Trust Law, Surety Law, Technology, Telecommunications, Trade Regulation, Trademark, Trust and Estate Administration, Utilities Litigation, Utility Privatizations, Utility Reorganizations, Wills and Trusts, Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Maine.
Author: "In Defense of Civil Juries," 35 Maine Law Review 17, 1983.
Assistant Attorney General, 1970-1972 and Chief, Criminal Division, 1971-1972, State of Maine. Chairman, State of Maine, Defense Research Institute, Incorporated., 1978-1987.
Member, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, 1988. Member, Civil Justice Advisory Committee, District of Maine, 1991.
Edward Thaxter Gignoux American Inn of Court, 1992.
Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations. Maine Trial Lawyers Association. American Board of Trial Advocates.
International Associations of Defense Counsel.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1991-1992. Member, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1991).
History and Areas of Practice: Northern New England"s largest law firm, Pierce Atwood is a full service firm experienced in handling complex legal matters in the areas of Corporate, Commercial and Securities Law, Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Health Care, Labor and Employment Law, Public Utilities and Energy Regulation, Real Estate Law, Taxation, Estate Planning, Legislation and Litigation. With offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine and Newburyport, Massachusetts the firm provides legal services to all areas of the State.
In the areas of Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Federal Court Litigation, Energy Regulation and Labor Law, the firm"s practice extends throughout New England and beyond.
Member, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, 1988. Member, Civil Justice Advisory Committee, District of Maine, 1991. Edward Thaxter Gignoux American Inn of Court, 1992.
Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations.
Maine Trial Lawyers Association. American Board of Trial Advocates.
International Associations of Defense Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1991-1992.
Member, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1991).
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1991-1992. Member, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1991).