Portland, Maine – Bernstein Shur has welcomed four associates to the firm. Máire Corcoran, Halliday Moncure, and James Garrett have joined the firm’s Portland, Maine office and Edward Sackman has joined its Manchester, NH office.
Máire Corcoran and Halliday Moncure are both part of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Insolvency Group.
Corcoran will focus her practice on the representation of restructuring businesses, creditor interests, and acquirers of distressed businesses and their assets in connection with formal and informal proceedings, as well as related commercial litigation.
Corcoran is a 2009 graduate of William & Mary School of Law and graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005. While in law school, she interned with Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, a non-profit legal aid organization that serves indigent Native Americans.
Moncure’s practice focuses on the representation of restructuring businesses, creditors, acquirers of distressed businesses and their assets, both inside and outside bankruptcy and related litigation.
Prior to joining Bernstein Shur, Moncure lived in Richmond, Virginia and was a commercial litigator. Before that she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Dennis W. Dohnal, a magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Moncure worked in veterinary medicine before attending law school. She is a 2005 cum laude graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law and holds her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Wheaton College.
James Garrett is a member of the Business Law and Real Estate Law practice groups and is focusing his practice on commercial and corporate transactions and matters, as well as real estate leasing, titles and transactions.
Garrett is a 2009 Graduate of Vermont Law School and earned his undergraduate degree cum laude from Colby College in 2002. Before attending law school, he worked for a large law firm in Washington, DC.
Edward Sackman is a member of Bernstein Shur’s Litigation Practice Group. He has experience with a broad range of civil litigation, including labor and employment issues, commercial litigation, federal fraud investigations, products liability and personal injury disputes. He also maintains a pro bono practice.
Prior to joining Bernstein Shur, Sackman clerked for Judge Thomas M. Golden of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He assisted Judge Golden with application of the United States Sentencing Guidelines and served as the primary clerk on a complex white collar criminal trial. Before his time with Judge Golden, Ned worked in the products liability practice group of a large Philadelphia firm.
He is a 2004 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and earned his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in 2001. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and will be sworn into the New Hampshire Bar on November 3, 2009.
About Bernstein Shur
Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in Maine and New Hampshire. Founded in 1915, the firm provides practical and innovative counsel in the areas of business law, litigation, and municipal law to clients throughout the region and around the world. Bernstein Shur is Maine's exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.