Report and Recommendations
Maine Task Force on Ethics 2000
Maine is one of the few states that does not base its code of professional responsibility upon the ABA Model Rules of Professional Responsibility. In February of 2005, a task force was created to study and reformulate Maine's professional responsibility rules so the rules would conform to the structure of the ABA Model Rules. The Task Force has completed its report and submitted its recommendations to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Links to the Report and Recommendations, with supporting documentation accompanying the report, appear below.
Other Resources
ABA Joint Committee on Law Regulation

ABA Ethics 2000/Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Task Force Report and Recommendations
Section 1. Report
Section 2. a. Recommended Maine Rules of Profesional
Conduct with Comments and Reporter’s
Notes (Table of Contents)
b. Appendix of Forms:
Contingent Fee Agreement
Limited Representation Agreement
c. Index to Rules
Report Table of Contents
Section 3. a. Comparison of proposed Maine Rules of
Professional Conduct and the ABA Model
Rules
b. Comparison of existing Maine Code of
Professional Responsibility (“Bar Rule 3”) to
the ABA Model Rules (generated by the ABA
Center for Professional Responsibility):
Comparison by Rule Number
Comparison - Maine to Model
c. Comparison of the ABA Model Rules to the
existing Maine Code of Professional Respon-
sibility (“Bar Rule 3”) (generated by the ABA
Center for Professional Responsibility)
Section 4. Summary of Issues and Proposals
Section 5. Representative Task Force Written Records:
a. Meeting Syllabi
b. Minutes
c. Outreach Records
d. Summary of written comments received
e. Summary of ABA initiatives
Section 6. Addenda – Proposals arising after Task Force
monthly meetings ended:
a. Virginia Rule 4.2, Communications with
Persons Represented by Counsel
b. Model Rule on Provision of Legal Services
Following Determination of Major Disaster
Task Force Members:

Paul Chaiken, Chair
MTFE2K
Rudman & Winchell
P O Box 1401
Bangor, ME 04402-1401
E. pchaiken@rudman-winchell.com

James M. Bowie, Esquire
Thompson & Bowie, LLP
P O Box 4630
Portland, ME 04112-4630
E. jbowie@thompsonbowie.com

Milda A. Castner, Esquire
Bergen & Parkinson, LLC
62 Portland Road - Suite 25
Kennebunk, ME 04043-6658
E. mcastner@lexmaine.com

The Honable Kevin M. Cuddy
Maine Superior COurt
97 Hammond Street
Bangor, ME 04401-4813

Phillip E. Johnson, Esquire
Johnson & Webbert, LLP
P O Box 79
Augusta, ME 04332-0079
E. pjohnson@johnsonwebbert.com

Thomas H. Kelley Esquire
Pine Tree Legal Assistance
PO Box 547
Portland, ME 04112
E. tkelley@ptla.org

Professor Lois Lupica
University of Maine School of Law
246 Deering Avenue
Portland, ME 04101
E. lupica@usm.maine.edu

Robert L. McArthur, Ph.D.
P O Box 491
Auburn, ME 04212
E. rlmcat@colby.edu

Briana O'Regan, Esquire
Sappi Fine Paper North America
179 John Roberts Road
South Portland, ME 04186
E. Briana.O'Regan@sappi.com

Linda M. Pistner, Esquire
Attorney General's Office
6 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
E. linda.pistner@maine.gov

Roger A. Putnam, Esquire
Verrill & Dana
P O Box 586
Portland, ME 04112-0586
E. rputnam@verrilldana.com

David M. Sanders, Esquire
PO Box 271
Livermore Falls, ME 04254
E. david@davidsanderslaw.com

Elizabeth J. Scheffee, Esquire
Givertz Lunt Hambley Scheffee & Lavoie, P.A.
P O Box 4801
Portland, ME 04112-4801
E. scheffee@mainefaimlylawyer.com

Nora Sosnoff, Esquire
Attorney General's Office
6 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
E. nora.sosnoff@maine.gov

Louise K. Thomas, Esquire
Pierce Atwood
One Monument Square
Portland, ME 04101-1110
E. lthomas@pierceatwood.com