On March 1, 2023, KRZ Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber testified to the Maine Legislature in support of proposed legislation which would increase penalties for distracted driving. The Portland Press Herald shared the following excerpt of Attorney Boxer-Macomber’s testimony in today’s issue:

Lauri Boxer Macomber, an attorney who represents victims of distracted drivers, supported the bill on behalf of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association, calling distracted driving “a public health epidemic” as dangerous as drunken driving.

“Driving intoxicated is pretty much the same thing as driving in-text-icated,” Macomber said. “When people are on their phones, they are blind to what’s around them and it’s the same thing as driving drunk, so it would be appropriate to have the same fine.” 

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 Attorneys have appeared on every annual Super Lawyers list for at least the last 16 years. The 2022 list of Super Lawyers includes Attorneys Chuck Remmel, R. Terrance Duddy, Lauri Boxer-Macomber, and Tim Norton. All four attorneys have been selected as Super Lawyers multiple times over the past two decades. Additionally, Attorney Stephen Koerting was recognized as a Rising Star for the fourth consecutive year.

Kelly, Remmel and Zimmerman is pleased to announce that Attorney Sanchita Mukherjee has been selected by the Maine State Bar Association (MSBA) and its New Lawyers Section (NLS) to represent the states of Maine and Vermont at the American Bar Association (ABA), Young Lawyers Division Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will take place in Chicago, Illinois from August 2 – 8, 2022.

The Young Lawyers Division provides members with tools to navigate the early years of legal careers, opportunities to build a national network of peers and mentors, and resources to help members grow professionally. Attendees include attorneys in all practice areas, legislators, federal and state court judges, educators, and researchers in academia.

As the only delegate in the state, Attorney Mukherjee reports to the New Lawyers Section of the Maine State Bar Association, supplying the MSBA and NLS with tools and lessons from the conference.

On July 21, 2022, KRZ Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber spoke at AAA’s 2022 Impaired Driving Summit on the factors contributing to the rise in bicycle and pedestrian fatalities. The annual summit brings together local and nationally recognized experts to Maine to generate awareness and understanding surrounding different forms of impaired driving, including cognitive impairment and its impact on some of Maine’s most vulnerable road users. Summit attendees include law enforcement, legislators, administrators, judicial, educators, forensic, and traffic safety professionals.

Attorney Boxer-Macomber is the head of KRZ’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Law Group. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and is an active member of the Bike Law Network.

KRZ is pleased to announce that Stephen Koerting has been named a Partner and Shareholder of the firm.

Stephen clerked with KRZ while attending the University of Maine School of Law. He joined the firm as an Associate Attorney in 2016 upon graduation from law school and passing the Maine Bar Examination. Stephen’s primary areas of practice are family law, personal injury, and admiralty & maritime law. Each year since 2019, Stephen has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters publication which selects a small percentage of outstanding attorneys based on peer reviews and independent evaluation of candidates.

KRZ is pleased to announce that Attorney Stephen Koerting is the most recent KRZ Attorney to be elected to the Maine Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) Board of Governors. Attorney Koerting has already served as Co-Chair of the MTLA Amicus Committee, a position he will maintain as an MTLA Officer. Attorney Koerting joined KRZ after graduating magna cum laude from the University of Maine School of Law in 2016. He is an integral member of KRZ’s family law, personal injury, and maritime law teams.

KRZ has consistently had an active presence on the statewide MTLA Board, including current MTLA President Lauri Boxer-Macomber, and past presidents John Kelly, R. Terrance Duddy, and John McArdle. The MTLA’s mission includes preserving the civil justice system, ensuring the right to trial by jury, advocating for victims who deserve redress for injury, and promoting excellence in trial advocacy and of the legal profession.

Maine Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) President and KRZ Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber was recently published in the Bangor Daily News, advocating for more comprehensive legal aid funding.  Read more here.

On March 2, 2022, KRZ Attorney Stephen Koerting presented at the Maine Harbor Masters Association’s 37th Annual Conference and Training at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine. The Annual Conference is the exclusive statewide training for harbor masters, attended by harbor masters and deputies harbor masters from all corners of the State of Maine who are required by state law to attend a training course within a year of their appointment and complete at least 8 hours of continuing education every 3 years. The Annual Conference typically takes place over the course of three days and includes over a dozen sessions on various instructive topics including aquaculture training, ice breaking, coast guard reporting, evasive species, marine mammals, mooring assembly, water deaths, drowning, border protection, submerged lands, and dredging.

Attorney Koerting gave the first presentation of the Conference on law updates affecting harbor masters, leading a lively discussion on current events and legal topics including enforcement of COVID policies, effects on staffing, the recent influx of homebuyers from away, mooring fees and allocations to non-residents, shorefront moorings, municipal dock and mooring systems, removal of navigational hazards, injuries at municipal piers, and liability and immunity.

KRZ is pleased to congratulate Attorney Erik Peters for successfully completing the Association of Workplace Investigators’ Training Institute and receiving his AWI-CH designation. The AWI Institute is an accredited certificate program that teaches the core knowledge and skills necessary to successfully perform impartial workplace investigations.

We congratulate Erik on his hard work and achievement. If you have any questions about Erik’s workplace investigations or his employment law practice, please contact Erik directly.

KRZ is proud to announce that four attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2021 list of New England Super Lawyers. This year’s well-deserved Super Lawyers honorees are Attorneys Chuck Remmel, R. Terrance Duddy, Lauri Boxer-Macomber, and Tim Norton. All four attorneys have been selected as Super Lawyers multiple times over the past two decades.  Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. 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.

Additionally, Attorneys Stephen Koerting and Shea Watson were recognized as Rising Stars. This marks the third consecutive year Attorney Koerting has been selected as a Rising Star honoree. Attorney Watson is already being recognized as a Rising Star honoree after just recently entering practice with KRZ in 2020. Rising Stars recognizes attorneys who are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. Each year, no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in New England are selected as Rising Stars.

The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers Magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.