On March 20, 2025, KRZ Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber won an appeal brought before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (sitting as the Law Court) on behalf of Christopher Ray, a bicycle rider who was improperly ticketed for not riding to the far right. The Law Court’s full opinion in State v. Ray can be found here.

Boxer-Macomber was pleased to see Maine’s highest court vacate the decision of the trial court against Mr. Ray. The Supreme Court’s decision sends an important reminder to law enforcement, trial courts, and the public that Maine law affords bicyclists extensive freedom to choose where to safely ride.

The decision also calls on the Maine Legislature to improve the text of the “riding to the right” statute (section 2063 of the Maine Motor Vehicle and Traffic Code). Although Boxer-Macomber believes most of the statute is unambiguous, she agrees that the Legislature could take this opportunity to offer more explicit protections and guidance for bicyclists and drivers. In the meantime, the statute makes it clear that there are many circumstances where riders may lawfully elect to ride in places other than the far right of the roadway.

Boxer-Macomber hopes that the State v. Ray decision will encourage bicyclists, drivers, police, district attorneys and others to familiarize themselves with section 2063 of the Motor Vehicle and Traffic Code and other bicycle safety laws so that there are fewer incidents of harm and conflict on Maine’s roadways in the future.

Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber and KRZ Client Steve Brown spoke at MTLA’s 2025 Annual Meeting about using Restorative Justice to address the lasting harm to all persons involved in traffic trauma cases.  In 2022, Mr. Brown was involved in a horrific motor vehicle operator v. bicyclist hit and run crash in Yarmouth .  After the driver was located and charged, and following the resolution of Mr. Brown’s civil personal injury case, Mr. Brown and the driver engaged in a restorative justice process and explored ways to work together to prevent further bicycle and pedestrian crashes on Maine’s roadways.

In November of 2024, Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber was part of an Extending Learning Opportunity for local high school students from Portland, Deering, South Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth, and Gorham. The program focused on Maine courts and the law. Attorney Boxer-Macomber spoke to the students about civil process in Maine.

KRZ attorneys Chuck Remmel, Lauri Boxer-Macomber, and Tim Norton were again included on the 2024 list of New England Super Lawyers. The 2024 list marks the 10th time that Attorney Norton and Attorney Boxer-Macomber have been selected as Super Lawyers. This is the 14th consecutive year that Attorney Remmel has been selected as a Super Lawyer.

Additionally, Attorney Stephen Koerting was selected by New England Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for the 6th consecutive year.

Each year, Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, recognizes select outstanding attorneys who have attained a high degree of professional achievement and peer recognition as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. Each year, no more than 5% of lawyers in New England are selected as Super Lawyers. Rising Stars recognizes attorneys who are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, selecting no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in New England each year. The lists are published nationwide on its website, in Super Lawyers Magazines, and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.

KRZ is proud to partner with the Maine Harbor Master Association, serving as a resource to the Association’s members and providing annual instruction since at least 2000. KRZ maritime attorney Stephen Koerting has presented on a variety of topics at the Association’s annual training each year since he joined KRZ in 2016.

At this year’s 39th Annual Conference and Training at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, Attorney Koerting’s educational presentation focused on topics of waterfront landowners and riparian rights in Maine. Attorney Koerting provided the statewide members with historical background of the Public Trust Doctrine, the Colonial Ordinance of 1641-47, and pertinent legal actions including the Moody Beach litigation and Goose Rocks Beach litigation, before leading a lively group discussion about the impact of riparian rights on the duties and responsibilities of Maine’s harbor masters and harbor commissions.

KRZ congratulates John A. McArdle, III, on his retirement from private practice as of the end of 2023.

John A. McArdle, III, began practicing law after graduating from Suffolk University Law School in 1987. John joined KRZ in 2007. For the past 16 years at KRZ, John was an integral part of the personal injury, professional liability, and firm management teams.

When in practice, John was a member of the Maine State Bar Association and Massachusetts Bar Association. For over 20 years, John served on the Board of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association, including a stint as President of the organization. John presented local and national seminars, taught Trial Practice at the University of Maine Law School, and coordinated and taught at The Peoples Law School with a mission to teach substantive law to non-attorneys.

Following his retirement from private practice, John will serve as Counsel to the Committee on Judicial Conduct for the State of Maine.

KRZ is proud to announce that five attorneys have been selected in the 2023 list of New England Super Lawyers. This extends KRZ’s streak of consecutive appearances on the distinguished list of attorneys to at least 17 years.

Each year, Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, recognizes select outstanding attorneys who have attained a high degree of professional achievement and peer recognition as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. Each year, no more than 5% of lawyers in New England are selected as Super Lawyers. Rising Stars recognizes attorneys who are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, selecting no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in New England each year. The lists are published nationwide on its website, in Super Lawyers Magazines, and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.

The 2023 list of Super Lawyers includes Attorneys Chuck Remmel, R. Terrance Duddy, Lauri Boxer-Macomber, and Tim Norton. Additionally, Attorney Stephen Koerting was recognized as a Rising Star for the fifth consecutive year. All five attorneys return to the 2023 lists after selections in 2021 and 2022.

On June 18, 2023, the TITAN submersible lost contact with its surface vessel and crew while on a dive to the Titanic wreckage with five passengers on board.  After a lengthy and multi-faceted search and rescue effort, the wreckage was located on the ocean floor with presumed human remains.

In the wake of the TITAN submersible tragedy and as it was unfolding, multiple international media publications including the Associated Press (AP) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) interviewed KRZ maritime law attorney Stephen Koerting regarding the United States Coast Guard search and rescue operations as well as potential impacts on legal action which may result from the tragedy. The news reports citing Attorney Koerting were published across the globe including ABC News, NBC Bay Area, Boston Herald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Jerusalem Post.

KRZ is pleased to announce that Attorney Sanchita Mukherjee has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA). Attorney Mukherjee joins KRZ attorneys Lauri Boxer-Macomber (2021-2022 MTLA President) and Stephen Koerting (MTLA Amicus Committee Co-chair) on the statewide Board. The MTLA’s mission includes promoting the administration of justice, improving the practice of law, protecting access to Maine courts, and ensuring the right to a jury trial.

A 2020 graduate of the University of Maine School of Law, Attorney Mukherjee is believed to be the youngest attorney ever elected to the MTLA’s Board of Governors. With KRZ, Attorney Mukherjee practices family law, works on a variety of civil litigation cases, and represents victims of traffic trauma.

Read more about Attorney Mukherjee and her appointment to MTLA’s Board from Maine Biz at this link.

On March 8, 2023, KRZ Attorney Stephen Koerting instructed more than 90 harbor masters representing municipalities across the State of Maine. Attorney Koerting’s presentation about advanced and recent law topics impacting the state’s harbor masters kicked off the Maine Harbor Masters Association’s 38th Annual Conference and Training at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine. KRZ has been a long-standing presenter at the annual training and an ongoing resource for Maine’s harbor masters and harbor commissions which serve the public along the state’s coast and inland waters. The 2023 session was Attorney Koerting’s seventh consecutive presentation to the Maine Harbor Masters Association and its members since joining KRZ’s Admiralty & Maritime Law team in 2016.