Attorney Profile

Bank of America Building, 80 Exchange Street,
P.O. Box 1210, Bangor, Maine 04402-1210

Tax, Pensions & Employee Benefits

Ms. Worthen’s practice concentrates in all areas of federal, state, local, and estate tax law matters as well as executive compensation planning and pension and employee benefit law. Her tax practice focuses on the tax issues of exempt organizations, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, estates, and individuals. She also represents clients in civil tax cases before the U.S. Tax Court and also represents clients in criminal tax cases. Ms. Worthen’s executive compensation practice focuses on assisting clients with the tax aspects of business planning including executive compensation plans, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, and fringe benefit packages. She also assists clients with the tax aspects of business succession planning. Her pension and employee benefit law practice focuses on advising clients in all aspects of employee benefits and ERISA including plan design and implementation, plan administration and compliance, and employee benefit issues arising out of mergers and acquisitions.

Boston University, B.A. in English and French Language and Literature, cum laude, 1995
New England School of Law, J.D., 1998
Boston University School of Law, L.L.M. in Taxation, 2002

Maine
Maine District Court
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Florida
US District Court, Southern District of Florida
United States Tax Court

Maine State Bar Association, Tax Section, Member

Maine Employee Benefits Council, Member
Woodlawn Museum, Finance and Investment Committees, Member
Friends of Acadia Park, Member
Maine Estate Planning Council, Member
American Bar Association, Tax Section, Member
Massachusetts State Bar Association, Tax Section, Member
Florida State Bar Association, Tax Section, Member
Rhode Island State Bar Association, Tax Section, Member

Bangor Ballet, Board Member

Hospice of Hancock County, Board Member

United Way of Eastern Maine, Volunteer for Hancock County

While in law school, Ms. Worthen was an associate editor of the New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, and was a clerk at the Appellate Tax Board in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to joining Eaton Peabody, Ms. Worthen was a tax attorney with a Providence, Rhode Island law firm and was also a Tax Manager with the international accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP.