Bernstein Shur Attorney Shana Cook Mueller Receives Highest Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell

Portland, ME and Manchester, NH (March 30, 2012)—
Shana Cook Mueller, attorney at Bernstein Shur, recently received the Martindale-Hubbell AV^® Preeminent rating in
the three areas of municipal law, public finance and zoning, planning and land use. This is the highest level of Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review rating system.

Fewer than 5 percent of women lawyers have been recognized with an AV Preeminent Rating and as part of this achievement, Mueller was also elected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™, an exclusive register for women attorneys who have received the AV Preeminent rating.

Mueller is a member of the Bernstein Shur’s Municipal and Regulatory Practice Group. She focuses on public finance and bonds, economic development and land use and general municipal law, representing both municipalities and private clients. She is a member of the ME State Bar Association, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Town of North Yarmouth’s Zoning Board of Appeals, ME Community Development Association and the Multiracial Adoptive Families Collaborative of Southern ME. She resides in North Yarmouth with her husband and two daughters. Mueller received her JD at The University of Connecticut School of Law.

The Martindale-Hubbell^® Peer Review Ratings^™ are an objective indicator of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada. The evaluations are based on legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, communication ability and legal experience.

About Bernstein Shur

Widely regarded as one of New England’s most entrepreneurial law firms, Bernstein Shur is a multi-service firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in ME 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 ME’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. More information is available at www.bernsteinshur.com.