Areas of Practice

Real Estate

The purchase of a home or business is a major investment. Property transfers and financing can be complex and require careful attention and planning. It is essential to have an experienced attorney guide you in real estate matters.

Our Services:

• Residential and commercial real estate purchase & sale agreements
• Deeds for sales, gifts, divisions, and re-titling of real estate
• Legal documents required for the transfer of Maine real estate
• Owner financing documents
• Title examinations
• Title insurance
• Closings for real estate purchases/sales and mortgage loan transactions
• Escrow agent services

Estate Planning

Estate Planning is not just for the wealthy. We provide estate planning services to people of all ages and all economic groups. A good Estate Plan can:

• Ensure that, upon your death, individuals of your choosing receive your property.
• Appoint a suitable person to be in charge of your estate.
• Provide for the needs of your family members.
• Ensure that children from prior marriages are protected.
• Appoint a suitable guardian for a minor or disabled child or family member.
• Ensure proper management of a child’s or disabled person’s inheritance through the appointment of a trustee.
• Minimize estate, gift, and income taxes.
• Preserve the estate against nursing home and long-term care expenses.
• In some cases, avoid probate altogether by revocable transfer on death deeds and/or beneficiary designation on bank accounts, investment accounts, retirement plans, and life insurance policies.
• Ensure efficient and orderly administration of your estate.

Our Services:

• Wills
• Powers of Attorney for financial and legal matters
• Advance Health Care Directives for end-of-life wishes and decision-making during periods of incapacity
• Revocable Transfer on Death Deeds
• Beneficiary designations
• Titling of real estate, bank accounts, and other assets
• Delegation of guardians for minor children
• Nomination of successor guardians for disabled adults
• Insurance
• Arrangements for the continuation and management of a family business or sole proprietorship
• Planning for care of pets or livestock (including “pet trusts”)

Corporations and LLCs

If you are starting a new business and worried about liability, we can help you establish a corporate entity with the State and create organizational documents to govern the business. We can also help change the form of an existing business, keep your business in good standing with the State, and help with changes in membership or governance.

Our Services:

• LLC Formation
• Corporate Formation
• Registered Agent services
• Operating Agreements
• Bylaws
• Filing Annual Reports with the State of Maine
• Record keeping for stock transfers or membership interests
• Succession planning for small businesses

Social Security Disability

Applying for Social Security Disability benefits or Supplemental Security Income can be a complex and difficult process. We assist claimants from the application through the appeal process, and at hearings before Administrative Law Judges.

Attorney Christy Lewis has been representing claimants before the Social Security Administration since 2010. In law school she clerked with a U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge who decided appeals of SSDI and SSI decisions, and she performed extensive legal research regarding Social Security Disability law.

We represent Social Security claimants on a contingency basis, meaning we get paid only if you win.

Landlord/Tenant Matters

The Firm prepares residential and commercial leases and represents landlords in eviction matters.

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