Background
McKusick, Vincent L. was born on October 21, 1921 in Parkman, Maine, United States.
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Vincent L. McKusick
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Bates College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1943). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (South.B., South.M., with high honors, 1947). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1950).
Career
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, 1952, Maine and United States.
District Court, District of Maine.
1956, United States. Supreme Court. 1974, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
Phi Beta Kappa. Tau Beta Pi. Sigma Xi.
Recipient, A.J.S. Herbert Harley Award, 1982. The Maine Prize, 1994.
Company Author: (with Richard H. Field) "Maine Civil Practice," 1st educated, 1959. (with Field and L. Kinvin Wroth) "Maine Civil Practice," 2d educated, 1970.
Partner, Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen & McKusick and its predecessors, 1953-1977.
Chief Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1977-1992. Law Clerk: Chief Judge Learned Hand, 1950-1951. Justice Felix Frankfurter, 1951-1952.
Maine Commissioner on Uniform States Laws, 1968-1977 and Secretary for National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1975-1977.
United States. Supreme Court Special Master, "Connecticut, et al. v. New Hampshire," Number. 119 Orig., 1992-1993.
Louisiana v. Mississippi, Number. 121 Orig., 1994.
Massachusetts South. J.C. Special Master in Liquidation of American
Mutual Liab. Insurance. Company, 1995. Member, Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendall Holmes Devise (1993).
Member, United States.
State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law, 1981-1987. Member, Federal-State Relations Subcommittee of Judicial Conference of the United States, 1981-1987 and of its Federal State Jurisdiction Committee, 1988-1989. President, Conference of Chief Justices and Chairman of Board, National Center for State Courts, 1990-1991.
Board of Editors, 1971-1980, Chairman, 1976-1977, American Bar Association Journal.
Director, American Arbitration Association, 1994. Leader of People-to-People International Judges Delegation to China, 1983 and to the Soviet Union, 1988.
Leader of State Department "Rule of Law" delegation to Republic of Georgia, 1992. Member, Visiting Committee to Harvard Law School, 1973-1979.
Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American (House of Delegates, 1983-1987.
Delegation on China Study Visit, July 1978) Bar Associations. American Law Institute (Council, 1969). American Judicature Society (Director, 1992).
Institute of Judicial Administration.
Supreme Court Historical Society (Trustee, 1993). Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation (Director, 1977-1987).
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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendall Holmes Devise (1993). Member, United States. State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law, 1981-1987.
Member, Federal-State Relations Subcommittee of Judicial Conference of the United States, 1981-1987 and of its Federal State Jurisdiction Committee, 1988-1989.
President, Conference of Chief Justices and Chairman of Board, National Center for State Courts, 1990-1991. Board of Editors, 1971-1980, Chairman, 1976-1977, American Bar Association Journal.
Director, American Arbitration Association, 1994. Leader of People-to-People International Judges Delegation to China, 1983 and to the Soviet Union, 1988.
Leader of State Department "Rule of Law" delegation to Republic of Georgia, 1992.
Member, Visiting Committee to Harvard Law School, 1973-1979. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State and American (House of Delegates, 1983-1987. Delegation on China Study Visit, July 1978) Bar Associations.
American Law Institute (Council, 1969).
American Judicature Society (Director, 1992). Institute of Judicial Administration.
Supreme Court Historical Society (Trustee, 1993). Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation (Director, 1977-1987).
