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Stephen Smith works with injured persons and persons accused of crimes to achieve the best possible outcome in often impossible legal situations. Mr. Smith represents victims of automobile accidents, workplace injuries, premises liability, and general negligence matters.
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Accident and Personal Injury
Communications with Client and Medical/Disability/Auto Insurance Adjusters
Communications with Client and Medical/Disability/Auto Insurance Adjusters Communications with Client: Photographs of Injuries/Property Damage: At the beginning of the case it is important to discuss with the client the importance of obtaining photographs of their injuries (bruises, scars, stitches, … Continue reading →
Timeline: Activity for Personal Injury Case
A break down of the actions and steps taken for a personal injury case from the moment client enters office. Time Frame: Day 1 : Activity Case comes into our office-support staff completes intake form. Contingent Fee Agreement explained and presented … Continue reading →
How to Prove Fault in An Auto Accident
It’s tough to think rationally after an accident, especially one that involves injuries or extensive car damage; However, the more you stay focused and act wisely, the better off you’ll be when trying to prove a claim. Provide Accident Details … Continue reading →Divorce and Family Law
The NY Times – Backward on Domestic Violence
May 13, 2012 Backward on Domestic Violence In an all-too-rare show of bipartisanship, 15 Senate Republicans joined with the Democratic majority last month to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, the landmark 1994 law that is key to efforts against … Continue reading →
What Parents Can Do: Resolve Conflict Quickly
Resolve Conflict Quickly Parents can help their children by cooperating with each other and by quickly resolving their conflict. Children whose parents are involved in ongoing conflict over parenting time, child support, or other issues may experience anger, anxiety, depression, … Continue reading →
State Consequences of a Domestic Violence Conviction
Defending Criminal Charges of Domestic Violence – Session 2. Chapter 2 MSBA Page #1-4 Presenters: David J. Bobrow, Esq., Bedard & Bobrow PC, Eliot. State Consequences of a Domestic Violence Conviction The fact that domestic violence causes physical injuries, dysfunctional … Continue reading →
What Parents Can Do to Help – Establish a Workable Means of Communication
Establish a Workable Means of Commnication: Parents can help their children by establishing a workable means of communicating with each other about their children. At first, some parents may find it difficult to separate their feelings about the relationship or … Continue reading →
What Parents Can Do: Keep Children out of the Middle
Parents can keep their children out of the middle of adult issues by not using the children as messengers. Sometimes the message is as something as innocent as a reminder that the child must take her medication before bedtime. Other times, … Continue reading →Sex Crimes and Child Molestation
Who Speaks for the Children?
The New York Times May 11, 2012 Who Speaks for the Children? For decades, Brooklyn prosecutors pursuing child molesters netted few complaints or convictions in the borough’s cloistered, politically powerful community of ultra-Orthodox Jews. Rabbinical authorities banned relatives of the … Continue reading →
Judge, attorneys weigh next steps after state trooper accused of sex crime assaulted in courtroom
Judge, attorneys weigh next steps after state trooper accused of sex crime assaulted in courtroom By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Posted April 13, 2012, at 11:37 a.m. WISCASSET, Maine — Attorneys and the judge involved in the sex-crime trial of … Continue reading →
Former Caribou Fire Chief Indicted on Sex Charges
Former Caribou Fire Chief Indicted on Sex Charges by The Associated Press – May 15th 2012 01:17pm Caribou - The former chief of the Caribou Fire and Ambulance Department has been indicted on several sex charges. Aroostook County District Attorney … Continue reading →
The NY Times – Backward on Domestic Violence
May 13, 2012 Backward on Domestic Violence In an all-too-rare show of bipartisanship, 15 Senate Republicans joined with the Democratic majority last month to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, the landmark 1994 law that is key to efforts against … Continue reading →
