Background
Sheils, William J. was born on May 7, 1963 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States.
Sheils, William J. was born on May 7, 1963 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States.
Rutgers University (Bachelor of Arts, 1986). Suffolk University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1991).
Cable News Network Cable Republican Incorporated. v. Ocean Coast Properties Incorporated, 97 P.3d 1504 (1st Circuit 1996); League of Women Voters v. Secretary of State, 683 A 2d 769 (Maine. 1996)Worked at Perkins, Thompson, Hinckley & Keddy, P.A. (Portland, Master of Engineering) specializing in Business Law, Employment Law, Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1991, New Jersey and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.
1992, Maine and United States.
District Court, District of Maine. Staff Member, 1989-1990 and Note Editor, 1990-1991, Suffolk Law Review.
Author, "Nonretroactivity on Habeas Corpus: Whittling at the Great Writ," 24 Suffolk U.L. Review 743 (1990). Law Clerk to the Honorary Robert West. Clifford, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1991-1992.
Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations.
Member: Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations.