I have been a member of the Bar of the State of Maine since December 1978.  I was admitted in the State of New York in 1976 following my graduation from New York Law School.  In 2011, I was admitted to the Arizona State Bar. 

During law school I had several jobs which gave me some valuable experience.  I was employed as a claims adjuster by the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and The Hartford Group.  I next worked as an investigator with the Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney's Office in New York City also while attending law school.

After law school, I accepted a position in the New York State Special Prosecutor's Office (investigating the New York City Criminal Justice System) as a Special Assistant Attorney General.  My family's roots in Maine stretch back to the early 1700's, and we came here in the summer when I was a child.  This lead me to apply for a job with the Maine Department of the Attorney General, and I was hired as an Assistant Attorney General after I passed the Maine bar examination.  There, I spent several years prosecuting homicide and white collar criminal cases.

I entered private practice in Augusta in 1984, where I have been in private practice representing individuals and businesses since then.  My cases and clients have exposed me to almost any type of legal cases one can imagine, but most of my work has been with the trial courts with an emphasis on civil, probate and family matter litigation.

I have served or am serving on various public boards:

Chair of the City of Augusta Board of Zoning Appeals

Member , City of Augusta Board of Education

Chair, Fee Arbitration Panel for the Board of Overseers of the Bar

Chair, Vietnam and Atomic Veterans Commission, appointed by Governor McKernan

Original Chair of the Maine Crime Victim's Compensation Board during the Governor King administration

Member, Gambling Control Board, appointed by Governor Baldacci

I also served as Chair of the Supreme Judicial Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence, Special Counsel to the Maine Superior Court and as Special Bar Counsel for the Board of Overseers of the Bar.  I am the past Chair of both the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Family Law Section of the Maine State Bar Association.

I have been accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to represent veterans before that agency, and I am a member of the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) in Washington, DC where I have represented veterans on the appellate level after being turned down by the VA.

Right after high school, I joined the United States Army and served in the Intelligence Service in South Vietnam and also in South Korea.

I have been married to Nancy M. Dyer, Pharm. D., since 1976 and we live in Augusta, Maine and have a second home in Gilbert, Arizona.  Our son, Jonathan, is a member of the Virginia Bar and is practicing in Arlington, VA.