Whether you seek a divorce or you are facing a divorce, the decisions you make will have a significant impact on your future. Finding the best divorce lawyer means finding the right divorce lawyer for you and your family.  Divorce is about the future, and depending on your life stage, divorce can have a dramatic impact on your finances. If children are involved, then your divorce may also impact their future.

Finding the right lawyer to help you navigate change and regain control of your life during and after a divorce is a critical first step in your journey. The right attorney can effectively communicate with your spouse and your spouse’s attorney. The right divorce lawyer will be a strong advocate for you and your interests. Effective, compassionate and thoughtful, the family law team at Monaghan Leahy understands that your voice must be heard. Encouraging productive negotiations may be important to keeping costs down and smoothing a path to effective co-parenting, but in some instances litigation is required and the experienced lawyers at Monaghan Leahy are prepared to represent you in court.

Choosing mediation as a means to negotiate the resolution of a family matter, whether is be divorce, child custody, child support or post-divorce issues involving spousal support, or parent and child contact, maximizes the opportunity to control decisions about your future.

The law firm of Monaghan Leahy provides full family law representation in Portland and throughout Maine, including:

• Divorce
• Judicial Separation
• Spousal Support
• Determining income
• Property division
• Child Support
• Child Custody
• Relocation
• Parental rights and responsibilities for unmarried parents
• Post-Divorce Modifications
• Motion to Enforce
• Motion for Contempt
• Protection from Abuse
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Mediation
• Settlement Agreements

The best resolution is to secure representation with a successful, knowledgeable and experienced attorney.  For more information, or to learn how the family law team at Monaghan Leahy can focus on you and help you begin to move forward, email us at jmartin@mleahy.com or call (207) 774-3906.

Additional information about children and divorce is available through the Kids First Center: www.kidsfirstcenter.org.

The trial lawyers at Monaghan Leahy are experienced handling cases as varied as automobile and personal injury accidents, divorce and family law matters, criminal matters, civil rights issues, and timber cutting and boundary/easement disputes. We try cases all over the state of Maine from York County to Aroostook. Several of us are admitted in Massachusetts and can handle cases throughout northern New England. Lawsuits can be scary and intimidating and we will be at your side throughout the process. Our initial conference is without charge and we will work with you to determine the most effective path forward. We have earned an outstanding reputation within the legal community, among judges and with our clients. We take great pride in obtaining cost efficient, positive results for our clients.

We offer estate planning services, including drafting wills, powers of attorney, advance health care directives and trusts. We also help administer probate estates and guide families through the sometimes emotional or difficult decisions that can arise in settling an estate. We utilize our experienced paralegals to help make the estate settlement process more affordable for our clients.

Our criminal defense attorneys handle a variety of criminal law matters from operating under the influence (OUI) and drug trafficking to white collar crimes. We appreciate the seriousness of being charged with a crime by the state or federal government, and we carefully guide our clients through the criminal process by explaining the elements of the crime charged, the defenses to assert at trial, and potential sentences. We also identify various collateral consequences to the client that can result from a criminal conviction. Our criminal defense attorneys have experience working for Maine prosecutors and we know how the State prosecutes a case from start to finish. As a result, we know when to push back aggressively against the State’s evidence and when to craft innovative solutions to resolve cases short of a public trial. We also work with experts in various fields to ensure that our clients have a comprehensive defense.

We are strong and thoughtful advocates for our clients, and we take the time to listen to their needs and concerns. We never charge for an initial consultation.

Commercial lender representation has been the mainstay of our practice for decades. We have considerable experience representing banks, life insurance companies, credit unions and private lenders in a variety of secured transactions, including purchase and sale, refinance, construction lending, tax credit financing and U.S. Small Business Administration loans.

The attorneys at Monaghan Leahy understand that mediation and arbitration are extremely significant in Maine’s litigation process. In planning how to bring a case to resolution, being prepared for this phase is critical to the cost-effective handling of a dispute.

In addition to wisely and creatively using these tools during litigation of a case or before litigation has begun, several of Monaghan Leahy’s attorneys have been requested by their peers and Maine’s courts to serve as mediators and arbitrators.

The mediators and arbitrators at Monaghan Leahy are able to handle a wide range of cases – including real estate disputes, personal injury cases, construction claims, and many, many more.

Call us. We can help.