Berman & Simmons News Articles

• Michael Bigos teaches trial skills to Maine Law students

  Posted: February 15, 2017

  Michael Bigos, an attorney at Berman & Simmons, gave a presentation to students today at the University of Maine School of Law in Portland. Bigos is a 2003 graduate of the law school.His presentation, titled “Jury Presentations: Planning to Win,” explained the importance of framing a case, trial choreography, storytelling, exhibits, and focus groups for winning a case.

• Media spotlight shines on Kellie Foley’s statement

  Posted: January 21, 2017

  The public statement issued this week by Berman & Simmons on behalf of Kellie Foley, the mother of the 13-year-old boy who was killed last fall while walking to school in Lewiston, was covered by media outlets across Maine.Berman & Simmons attorney Steven Silin will represent Foley in any civil actions resulting from the Nov. 3, 2016, death of Jayden Cho-Sargent.

• Firm to represent mother of Lewiston boy killed in crosswalk

  Posted: January 20, 2017

  The Berman & Simmons law firm released a statement on behalf of Kellie Foley, mother of Jayden Cho-Sargent, the 13-year-old boy who was killed by a truck while walking to school last fall.

• Maine crash victim awarded $47K for neck and back injuries

  Posted: January 19, 2017

  A jury awarded $47,800 to a Topsham, Maine, woman who was forced to give up her dream of becoming a nurse after she was injured in a car crash.

• Family of Maine hit-and-run victim issues statement

  Posted: December 23, 2016

  Attorney Michael Bigos of Berman & Simmons will represent family members of Lorna Nugent, the 56-year-old Casco, Maine, woman killed by a hit-and-run driver.

• Alicia F. Curtis

  Recent Proposed State/Federal Rules Changes as of November 2016

  Posted: December 12, 2016

  Maine’s federal district court has adopted the proposed rules that were circulated at the end of September.  The rule changes are summarized below. 

• Maine hunter to pay compensation for shooting landowner

  Posted: November 22, 2016

  A Maine hunter has agreed to pay compensation to the landowner he shot during a Halloween 2012 dispute, says the victim’s lawyer, Daniel Kagan of the Berman & Simmons law firm in Lewiston.

• Maine farm pleads guilty to felony charge for hayride death

  Posted: November 15, 2016

  Harvest Hill Farm pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of driving to endanger, for the haunted hayride crash that killed Cassidy Charette two years ago.

• Curtis to present at Maine Trial Lawyers seminar

  Posted: November 3, 2016

  Berman & Simmons attorney Alicia Curtis will give a presentation at the Fall Trial Lawyers Seminar, held by the Maine Trial Lawyers Association, on Nov. 4 in Portland.

• Faunce and Brennan speak to Maine Law students about medical malpractice

  Posted: November 2, 2016

  Berman & Simmons attorneys Susan Faunce and Travis Brennan gave a presentation titled “Medical Malpractice Cases in Maine: How it Works” to students at the University of Maine School of Law on Tuesday, Nov. 1.