On Monday, May 10, 2010, Jennifer Archer was elected to Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project’s Board of Directors. Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) “provides free and low-cost immigration information and legal assistance to low-income Maine residents. ILAP helps Maine’s immigrants keep their families together, gain protection from persecution and domestic violence, attain residency and work authorization,… Read more »

Attorneys Michael Duddy and Lauri Boxer-Macomber continue to represent Springfield Hospital in a complex litigation challenging the State of Vermont’s allocation of Medicaid.Disproportionate Share Hospital payments. Although similar cases filed in other jurisdictions across the country have been unable to survive dismissal, Attorneys Duddy and Boxer-Macomber successfully advocated for Springfield’s case to remain before the… Read more »

On March 10, 2010, Lauri Boxer-Macomber was elected as Secretary/Treasurer of the Maine State Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section. Lauri offers private mediation services at Kelly, Remmel and Zimmerman. In addition, she mediates for the Court Alternative Dispute Resolution program. As a newly elected officer of the ADR section, Lauri hopes to work with… Read more »

Lauri Boxer-Macomber will be serving as a panelist at a continuing education program offered by the Maine Judicial Branch on March 31, 2010 from 12:45 to 3:45 pm. The program will focus on how to work effectively with attorneys in mediation, and will take place “live” at the Administrative Office of the Courts, 125 Presumpscot… Read more »

On March 5, 2010 Michael Duddy delivered a presentation entitled “Managing the Unruly Patient” as the first installment of the Maine Medical Association’s 2010 “First Fridays” seminar series. Participating with Michael Duddy were MMA’s Executive Director, Gordon Smith, Esq., and MMA’s legal counsel, Andrew MacLean, Esq. The March 5, 2010 presentation was broadcast throughout Maine… Read more »

Terry Duddy is once again teaching a four-part workshop series at the University of Maine School of Law. The lectures focus on civil litigation and offer students a practical understanding of the law from an active litigator’s perspective.

On March 26, 2010 John A. McArdle, III will become Vice-President of the Maine Tral Lawyers Association. Attorney McArdle presently serves on the MTLA Executive Committee and has served the MTLA in ways including but not limited to testifying before the Maine Legislature, coordinating and directing the Peoples Law School in Portland and speaking at… Read more »

On December 1, 2009, Mike was admitted to the U.S. District Court for Vermont. Mike is representing a Vermont hospital in a federal action against two state agencies for the purpose of challenging changes to the state’s Medicaid DSH payment methodology.

John A. McArdle, III will speak at the next MTLA paralegal seminar on the topics of deposition summaries and demand packages. The MTLA has recently welcomed paralegals to its membership and attorney McArdle is enthusiastic be one of the two presenters at the seminar in order to share his knowledge of litigation with paralegals who… Read more »

Over the objection of a number of multinational car corporations, Attorneys Chuck Remmel and Lauri Boxer-Macomber successfully moved to intervene in a multi-district class action suit filed in the United States District Court of Maine for the purpose of gaining their Canadian clients access to discovery in the United States action for use in their… Read more »