Mike Duddy presented Poltergeists, Hairdressers, and Good Samaritans: Selected Topics in HIPAA Breach Reporting seminar for MMA First Fridays Annual HIPAA Update on May 1, 2015. Mike was one of several presenters invited to speak at MMA’s annual HIPAA training for healthcare professionals.

Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman Attorney Tim Norton recently obtained an award of $6.243 million dollars for his client in an commercial arbitration proceeding.

Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman was recently named one of the 2015 Top Ranked Law Firms in the Northeast in a listing published in Fortune Magazine by the leading lawyer rating service Martindale-Hubbell®.

Lauri Boxer-Macomber was recently a featured speaker on bicycle law at the Maine Trial Lawyers Association’s winter continuing legal education program. Lauri offered an overview of important considerations for attorneys doing intake and discovery on bicycle cases, as well as discussed recent bicycle cases in the media and courts. She also gave an update on 2014-2015 legislative and advocacy efforts designed to protect bicyclists and other vulnerable users in Maine.

Retired Justice Robert Crowley and Attorney Lauri Boxer-Macomber of Kelly, Remmel and Zimmerman’s Center for Conflict Resolution recently spoke to an audience of new Maine attorneys on mediation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution at the annual Bridging the Gap program offered by the Maine State Bar Association.

Jennifer Archer was elected Chair of the Maine Board of Bar Examiners on September 24, 2014. The Maine Board of Bar Examiners was created by the Supreme Judicial Court pursuant to 4 M.R.S. § 801 for the purposes of “designing, administering and passing judgment on examinations taken by those individuals seeking admission to the bar,” and its procedural, administrative and budgetary actions are deemed to be actions of the Supreme Judicial Court. The Board’s nine members are appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Court.

Terry Duddy has been selected by his peers to be included in the 21st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice areas of Admiralty and Maritime Law and Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs.

Specialty board certification is a core requirement for many physicians these days. Loss of specialty board certification can lead to loss of medical staff membership and loss of employment. Specialty board certification is jeopardized when a physician goes through disciplinary proceeding with a state board of licensure. Attorney Mike Duddy recently helped a physician retain specialty board certification despite going through a disciplinary proceeding.

John Kelly will be teaching an eight week “Trial Practice” course to law students this summer at the University of Maine Law School.