Libby O'Brien Kingsley & Champion

$40

Government/Municipal Law

Guided York County to approval of a $40-million project to build a 58-bed substance abuse treatment and recovery center and a first responder training center.

$4

Civil Litigation

Dismissal of a New Hampshire action seeking to register a $3.85 million prejudgment attachment from a Maine court. Attorneys successfully argued that a prejudgment attachment is a non-final order not entitled to full faith and credit.

$120,000

Legal Malpractice

Appeal won before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (Law Court), defending a 2018 jury verdict in client’s favor on claims for legal malpractice arising out of a negligently handled divorce.

$113,000

Legal Malpractice

Verdict won for a woman who received negligent legal services during her divorce in 2008, where her counsel failed to conduct discovery, divide military pensions, or request spousal support and attorney fees.

$100,000

Contract Dispute

Successfully defended a Montana corporation in a Uniform Commercial Code arbitration, arguing that the manufacturer’s boilerplate terms and conditions for attorney fees and costs did not apply to the contract.

$40,000

Contract Dispute

Unanimous jury awarded client damages and costs after a two-day jury trial, recovering damages as a third-party beneficiary to a 1998 contract (letter) regarding interest earnings from certificate of deposit accounts.