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.  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 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 AG.  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 started my own law office in Augusta in 1984, where I have been in private practice ever since.  I am now a partner in the law firm of Dyer & Gustafson.  I have been representing individuals and businesses for over twenty-five years in private practice.  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.

Public service has always been something I have involved myself in.   I have been:

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

I am currently serving as the Chair of the Supreme Judicial Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence.  I have also served as both 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 the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the MSBA and have also previously served as the Chair of the Family Law Section.  Also, I currently chair the MSBA CLE Committee, which is something I particularly enjoy, and I present  once or twice a year at continuing legal education conferences.

I served in the United States Army Intelligence Service in 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 vacation home in Arizona.  Our son, Jonathan, is a member of the Virginia Bar and is practicing in Washington, D.C.