Brunswick, ME

Suzanne L. Johnson

For the past two decades, Suzanne has represented longshore workers advocating for their rights under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Act. She has been particularly recognized by the National Asbestos/Mesothelioma Trial Lawyers Association and the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group for her representation of workers diagnosed with a disease related to their occupational exposure to asbestos products. In addition to workers’ compensation benefits, she has recovered substantial settlements for her clients and their family members especially shipyard and paper will workers against the manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos-related materials. Suzanne also regularly appears at Social Security Disability hearings advising her clients from the initial round of social security disability filings through the hearing process. In the decades of her legal career Suzanne has blended representing injured workers to secure the benefits they are entitled to, with their need for long range planning for their personal and family security. She has drafted hundreds of wills, administrated numerous probate estates and assisted as a financial fiduciary managing the probate and financial needs of her clients. She has been called to serve as Trustee of trusts created due to long term disability, or tax planning needs of her clients. Since the inception of her career in Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts Suzanne has experience working both with high net worth individuals and with working families. She has been approved as a FINRA Dispute Resolution Arbitrator for disputes arising against financial advisors and stockbrokers. She resides in Brunswick, Maine with her husband, where they raised their children. When she is not advocating for her clients, she enjoys spending her time volunteering with several local non-profit organizations, exploring Maine’s coastline, and gardening.

Charlie March

Charles March has been practicing workers compensation, employment disability, and injury law throughout Maine for thirty years. He now represents injured contractors from war-support employers, defense base injuries, worldwide. His clients have suffered severe injuries that often terminate their careers in the workplace. His specialty is helping workers transition their lives, first with disability benefits and then with career assistance. Most of Injured Workers’ Legal Center’s clients are highly skilled employees who are threatened with a permanent loss of employment or earning capacity because of injuries and an employer- insurer denial of benefits. His team fights for top recoveries in court or through settlements for people with complex medical issues causing disability such as severe spine injuries, shoulder and arm injuries, traumatic head injuries, psychiatric syndromes, PTSD, shoulder and leg injuries, pulmonary, and other serious illness or injury. His clients include teamsters and delivery drivers, defense base contractors, shipbuilders, longshore and harbor workers, construction trades, nurses and other medical professionals and all other workers with work injuries or other disabling conditions. Charlie practices nationwide to advocate for contractors injured in foreign countries under the Defense Base Act who are now living throughout the U.S. and in foreign countries. He has forced the largest companies and insurers to follow the law and compensate injured employees through a federal or state court or agency orders. He and his team appear before the U.S. Department of Labor, Social Security Administration, Maine Workers’ Compensation Board, and all State and Federal courts. He works collaboratively with other attorneys specializing in all aspects of the law throughout the United States, particularly on work injuries, disability and insurance claim denials. He is proficient in Spanish and has served as a union business agent and then employment attorney for forty-five years.

Allan E. Lobozzo

Allan E. Lobozzo is an attorney with over thirty years of experience, having previously worked as a newspaperman. He is rooted in Maine but also has international perspective from living abroad. He is married with five children and can navigate conversations in Spanish and French.

Gary Gabree

Gary has been practicing law in Maine in excess of forty years, where he has advocated tirelessly on behalf of the injured worker. Gary is a longtime champion and supporter of local unions and the rights of workers and has vast experience navigating the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. Throughout his career Gary has been known for his personalized approach and his highly skilled and aggressive representation for his clients. We are delighted that Gary has combined his successful practice with our firm where he will provide invaluable counsel and insight with the continued goal of providing our clients with exceptional results. Gary is a graduate of Bates College and the University of Maine School of Law. He is a published author and has been a featured speaker on Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act issues. He has served as the Senior Staff Attorney for the Maine Workers’ Compensation Board (Advocate Division) and has been a specially appointed judge under that law. Gary enjoys spending his free time outdoors, where he likes to hunt and fish and paddle his canoe, frequently while smoking a fine cigar. He is also an avid fan of New England sports, cheering on his beloved Bruins, Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics.

Ira Sterling

Ira Sterling is an attorney whose practice is primarily focused on estate planning, probate, worker injury and elder law. As a graduate of University of Maine School of Law, Ira has learned of the needs of the Maine community and works hard to meet those needs every day. During law school, he worked as a student attorney at the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, where he provided legal representation to low income clients in an assortment of civil and criminal matters. Following law school, Ira has worked in higher education administration and practiced law in northern Maine, where he worked primarily on family law, criminal defense, and probate matters. Before law school, Ira earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Guilford College where he graduated with honors. Ira lives in Gardiner. He spends his free time playing and recording music, and plays many instruments, most recently focusing on synthesizers and electronic music. Ira also enjoys cooking, baking, photography, and spending time outside in nature.

Julia R. Casey

Julia R. Casey is an associate attorney at the firm, specializing in family law and criminal defense, with a focus on Guardian ad Litem work. She holds a degree in political science from UMaine Orono and attended UMaine School of Law, where she interned at Disability Rights Maine and the Attorney General’s Office.

Andrew D. Emerson

Andrew D. Emerson is an attorney who worked for Boston law firms for five years before joining Lobozzo Law. He graduated from College of the Holy Cross and Boston College Law School. He specializes in family law, criminal law, and protection from abuse/harassment matters, and is a strong advocate for equal justice.