Background
Cleaves, Robert E. was born on November 18, 1958 in Portland, Maine, United States.
Cleaves, Robert E. was born on November 18, 1958 in Portland, Maine, United States.
Wesleyan University (Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, 1982). Boston College (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1985). Editor-in-Chief, British Columbia Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1984-1985.
Worked at Verrill & Dana (Portland, Master of Engineering) specializing in General Practice in all Courts. Administrative, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Business Planning, Charitable Foundations, Commercial, Construction Law, Copyright, Corporations, Criminal, Environmental, Estate Planning, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Executive Compensation, Finance, Health Care, Insurance, International, Labor and Employment, Land Use and Zoning, Legislative Relations, Municipal Bonds, Partnerships, Pension Plans and Employee Benefits, Probate, Public Utilities, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Trademark and Trust Law. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Maine, Massachusetts, United States.
District Court, District of Maine and United States.
District Court, District of Massachusetts. Editor-in-Chief, British Columbia Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1984-1985.
Author: "White Collar Environmental Crimes: Emerging Trends in Corporate Criminal Liability," Maine Bar Journal (January 1990). Trial Attorney, Environmental Crimes Section, United States.
Department of Justice, 1985-1988.
Special Assistant United States. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1987. Counsel, Maine Republican Party, 1991-1992.
Founded in 1862, Verrill & Dana is one of the largest law firms in Northern New England.
The firm serves as counsel to a large number of Maine-based companies. The firm also acts as special counsel to businesses throughout Northern New England, particularly in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial litigation, commercial real estate, construction, environmental law, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, finance, and tax planning.
Throughout its long history the firm has emphasized civic involvement, and many of its attorneys have gone on to distinguished careers in state and national government and in the judiciary.
Maine State and American (Member, Special Committee on Environmental Crimes) Bar Associations.