Workers’ Compensation and the Water Attorney Cara Biddings will be joined by Attorney Dov Sacks in a presentation entitled “Workers’ Compensation and the Water” focusing on the interplay between the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and the Jones Act. The state of Maine has [...]
Chair of the New Lawyers’ Section, Rachel Deschuytner organized and hosted the annual pro bono fair RKM is committed to volunteering and donating to Maine’s legal aid organizations. In her capacity as Chair of the New Lawyers’ Section, Rachel Deschuytner organized and hosted the annual pro bono fair which was [...]
Please join in welcoming Attorney Fred Moore, a former partner of RKM, back to the firm. Fred, who admits to being older than dirt, nonetheless isn’t ready to retire after 40+ years of trial experience. He tells his wife that he is going to keep practicing law until he gets [...]
Attorneys Tim Wannemacher and Elizabeth Johnston will be speaking at Maine’s annual Comp Summit Attorneys Tim Wannemacher and Elizabeth Johnston will be speaking at Maine’s annual Comp Summit at the Samoset Resort in Rockland, Maine on August 27, 2018. Their presentation will focus on presumptions in the law regarding workers’ [...]
Attorney Rachel Deschuytner to speak at Maine’s Comp Summit Attorney Rachel Deschuytner will be speaking at Maine’s annual Comp Summit on August 27, 2018. Her presentation will focus on defense counsel perspectives and strategies when reducing or discontinuing workers’ compensation benefits. Rachel will be joined by Doug Kaplan, of Kaplan [...]
RKM receives LegalShield Outstanding Service Award Congratulations to our dedicated attorneys and staff for receiving the 2017 Outstanding Service Award from LegalShield! For more information on the LegalShield program, please click here.
Family Law: Shared residence v. Primary residence By: RKM Many people come to us with a belief that the quantity of time spent with their children determines whether they, as parents, should share residency of their children or whether one parent should have primary residence of the children. Even worse, [...]
HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY ROBINSON, KRIGER & McCALLUM By: RKM I was reminded recently that it has been 40 years since Bob Robinson and Jim Kriger founded what was then Robinson & Kriger. Since then our firm has grown from 4 lawyers to upward of 16 attorneys. The reputation of the [...]
Employees vs. Independent Contractors By: RKM Workers’ compensation benefits are only payable to an “employee” as defined by the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act. Accordingly, when involved in a workers’ compensation claim, it is important to know whether you are, or an injured worker is, classified as an employee or an [...]
Statutory and Litigation Penalties for Failure to Secure the Payment of Workers’ Comp Benefits in Maine By: RKM It is essential that every Maine employer consider its obligation to obtain workers’ compensation insurance. The Maine Worker’s Compensation Act requires that, with some exceptions, employers secure the payment of compensation in [...]