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AUBURN, Maine – Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorneys Rebecca S. Webber, James F. Pross and Jordan Payne Hay will present at the 45th Annual Maine School Management Association (MSMA) Conference. The conference will be held October 25-26, 2018, at the Augusta Civic Center and will feature speakers, product and service vendors and over 50 clinicsRead More

AUBURN, Maine – Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorneys Rebecca S. Webber and Jordan Payne Hay will present at the National Business Institute seminar Human Resource Law: What You Need to Know Now. The seminar will take place on November 7, 2018 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Portland. The day-long seminar is designed forRead More

BANGOR — Equal Rights Maine is hosting a panel discussion of the Equal Rights Amendment 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. A panel of Maine attorneys will discuss sex discrimination in Maine and how well our laws and courts protect women. Panelists are: Kathleen Caldwell, retired attorney specializing inRead More

Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorney Theodore Small will speak at the Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting on October 4, 2018.  The topic will be contracts and Attorney Small will focus on contracts as a means of allocating risks and protecting your bottom line. The breakfast meeting will take place at LaFleur’sRead More

   Amy Dieterich and Jim Pross of ST&A presented at the 2018 Convention of Maine Counties in Portland, on Saturday, September 15, 2018.  Amy and Jim addressed a room of County Commissioners and Administrators, providing insight and analysis on the processes involved in terminating county employees.  They also counseled attendees on various aspects of employmentRead More

You have an employee who has been out on FMLA leave and wants to return to work.  The employee says he is fully recovered.  You are not so sure.  Now what?  Or maybe the employee has been out on company sick leave or disability leave due to cancer treatments and they now want to returnRead More

On September 12, at 7:30 a.m., the Oxford Chamber of Commerce, together with Central Maine Human Resources Association and the Oxford Casino, are sponsoring a program on wage and hour issues for employers, private and public, at the Oxford Casino.   If you have an employee, the topic is relevant; whether you have an HR departmentRead More

AUBURN, Maine – Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorney Rebecca S. Webber was recently selected as 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” in the State of Maine for Employment Law, Individuals. Only a single lawyer in each practice area is honored as the lawyer of the year, making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected basedRead More

AUBURN, Maine – Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorney Stephen B. Wade was recently selected as 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice in the State of Maine. Only a single lawyer in each practice area is honored as the lawyer of the year, making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected basedRead More