Our Successful Cases
S. was charged with conspiring to traffic cocaine at the 10+ kilogram level. The Crown had been seeking a lengthy penitentiary sentence if S. was convicted. At trial, the Crown relied on evidence of conversations recorded by a wire-wearing police informant. Following numerous constitutional applications and a six week trial at the Superior Court of Justice, all charges were stayed.

Successful Result: All charges were stayed.
Conspiracy to traffic cocaine
L. was charged with the possession of two kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The cocaine had been found in a car associated to L., parked in the parking garage of his building. Prior to trial, the defence brought an application seeking a stay of proceedings due to the Crown’s failure to preserve the building’s video surveillance footage. All charges were stayed.

Successful Result: All charges were stayed.
Possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking
Z. was charged with possession of fentanyl and cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The evidence was discovered in the course of a traffic stop, during which Z. was taken from his car and searched. At trial, the defence brought an application exclude the seized drugs, arguing that Z.’s constitutional rights were breached. All charges were stayed.

Successful Result: All charges were stayed.
Possession of cocaine and fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking
O. was charged with the production of marijuana for a 1000+ plant indoor grow operation. At trial, the defence challenged the validity of the search warrants, as well as raising issues related to the handling of critical evidence. All charges were stayed.

Successful Result: All charges were stayed.
Production of marijuana

GROWING CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAW FIRM SEEKING A LEGAL ASSISTANT

  • Do you like the idea of working with a tight-knit team of professionals who get along great and always have “each other’s backs”?
  • Do you want to help good people in bad situations avoid serious criminal consequences, because you know that most people are inherently good, and just need a second chance in life? 

The Maine Criminal Defense Group is looking for the right candidate to join our team as a legal assistant in our Kennebunk Maine office. 

We have experienced administrative team members that provide support to our team of attorneys, and we’re looking to add another legal assistant. This position requires speaking with the courts, other agencies and vendors, current clients; working within established policies and procedures attending weekly staff meetings; drafting legal documents and correspondence; making phone calls to the District Attorney’s Office; Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and other agencies; keeping track of client case files and documents; scanning, photocopying and filing, as well as other typical office type tasks. 

ABOUT YOU

  • You want a real challenge that inspires you to come to work every day.
  • You can type with a high degree of proficiency.
  • You thrive in moments of stress and emergencies. Sometimes the best laid plans fall apart, and you have to have the mindset to pivot and make lemonade out of lemons. 

ABOUT US

We’re an established criminal defense and divorce firm. We change lives, one client at a time, and we absolutely believe in what we do, which is to provide the best legal services possible for each and every one of our clients, and it takes a team to do this, not just the Attorneys. 

We provide competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a hard to beat paid time off policy. 

WHAT'S NEXT?

If this sounds like your job and your team… and you think you’d be a GREAT fit for our Firm’s culture, we very much look forward to speaking with you soon. 

Please click on the button below and include the following in the email window that pops up:

  1. Your resume attached in PDF format
  2. A statement of no more than 100 words stating why we should consider you as a candidate in MS Word format
  3. In the subject line of the email, please put I AM YOUR NEXT SUPER STAR LEGAL ASSISTANT

Please note that any candidates who fail to follow this simple instructions will not be considered.

If you’d like to see more about our culture and how we have fun while we work, visit www.workatourlawfirm.com! 

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19 Commercial St
Portland, ME 04101, United States

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119 Main St
Kennebunk, ME 04043, United States

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