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Jennifer Nichols Ferguson

jferguson@faleslaw.com
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Phone: 207.786.0606
 Fax: 207.786.2514

192 Lisbon Street
Lewiston, Maine 04240

Jennifer has represented personal injury clients for more than 20 years and has obtained many large settlements and verdicts.  The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has appointed her to a number of its committees.  Jennifer’s professional integrity and wide range of litigation experience lead other lawyers to employ her as a private arbitrator and mediator of legal disputes.

Education

J.D., University of Maine School of Law, Portland, ME, 1983
cum laude
Articles Editor, University of Maine Law Review, 1982-1983

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978
Graduated with honors in Economics
Phi Beta Kappa

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

State of Maine Courts, 1983
United States District Court, District of Maine, 1983

Memberships/Distinctions

Law Clerk to Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Member: 1983-1984

Maine Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence
Chairperson: 1999-2005
Member: 1997-2005

Maine Supreme Judicial Court Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability
Member: 2006-present

American Association for Justice

Maine Trial Lawyers Association

Maine State Bar Association

Androscoggin County (Maine) Bar Association

Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

National Directory of Criminal Lawyers

Public Administrator for Androscoggin County
Member: 1997-1999

Central Maine Medical Center School of Nursing Board of Trustees
Vice-President: 1999-2000
Member: 1994–2000

Central Maine Medical Center, Development Committee
Member: 2005-present

Practice Areas

  • Automobile Accidents
  • Trucking Accidents
  • Motorcycle Accidents
  • Slip and Fall Accidents
  • Wrongful Death Claims
  • Dog Bites
  • Criminal Defense
  • Arbitration/Mediation

Appellate Cases

State v. Edwards, 493 A.2d 1051 (Me. 1985)

Morrell v. Marshall, 501 A.2d 807 (Me. 1985)

State v. Cote, 507 A.2d 584 (Me. 1986)

Leadbetter v. Morse, 510 A.2d 524 (Me. 1986)

Beckler v. Beckler, 535 A.2d 433 (Me. 1987)

In re Swan, 569 A.2d 1202 (Me. 1990)

State v. Discher, 597 A.2d 1336 (Me. 1991)

State v. Savard, 659 A.2d 1265 (Me. 1995)

Doucette v. City of Lewiston, 1997 ME 157, 697 A.2d 1292

Levesque v. Levesque, 1997 ME 166, 697 A.2d 1309

Nadeau v. Pitman, 1999 ME 104, 731 A.2d 863

Carolan v. Bell, 2007 ME 39, 916 A.2d 945