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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

Toward a New Model of Personal Injury Practice

 I am tired of competing with the “big” personal injury firms for worthwhile cases.  For years I pursued the same strategy as everyone else with a huge advertising budget in the yellow pages.  We did a lot of personal injury … Continue reading →

Divorce and Family Law

Fighting over the Lawn Ornaments

 It amazes me how often clients or potential clients think that the lawyer is “not fighting for them.”  I suppose sometimes it is true, but more often it is based on emotional responses to good advise fom the lawyer.  On … Continue reading →

Fighting Over The Family Jewels

 The corollary to fighting over the lawn ornaments is giving up too soon on a legitimate position.  I find this situation to be most common when one spouse or the other is fundamentally upset about getting divorced in the first … Continue reading →

Sex Crimes and Child Molestation

CROSS EXAMINATION OF SEX CRIME WITNESSES

 CROSS EXAMINATION OF SEX CRIME WITNESSES A presentation given on February 3, 2011 and May 18, 2011 for the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services 1. BE WILLING. DON’T TAKE THESE CASES UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO GET YOUR HANDS … Continue reading →

Man found not guilty of raping wife, but guilty on one of two misdemeanor assault charges

 By Rich Hewitt, BDN Staff Posted May 27, 2011, at 7:38 p.m. Last modified May 27, 2011, at 7:55 p.m. ELLSWORTH, Maine — A Hancock County jury Friday found a former Gouldsboro man not guilty of raping his spouse. The … Continue reading →

Sex offender? No thanks, I’ll take prison

 By Eric Russell, BDN Staff Posted April 15, 2011, at 12:21 p.m. Last modified April 16, 2011, at 7:28 p.m. WINDHAM, Maine — Nathaniel Sargent could have been a free man in less than a year. But his short stint … Continue reading →