Attorney Profile
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jmetcalf@eatonpeabody.com
167 Park Row, P.O. Box 9,
Brunswick, Maine 04011
Real Estate Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Contracts (negotiation, drafting and enforcement)
Real Estate
Real Estate
Ms. Metcalf's practice is balanced between trial work, resolution of real estate disputes, and contract negotiation and drafting. She has varied and considerable courtroom experience in both Maine and Massachusetts. Ms. Metcalf's trial experience has involved boundary disputes, adverse possession, and innumerable easement claims. In Maine and Massachusetts, she has prosecuted and defended suits alleging breach of fiduciary duty, challenges to wills, undue influence, breach of contract, homeowners' construction disputes, subcontractor construction claims, mechanics liens, and related matters.
Education
Suffolk University Law School, summa cum laude, 1984
Colby College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1981
Colby College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1981
Admitted to practice
Maine
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court, District of Maine
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Representative Decisions
Darling’s v. Ford Motor Company, 2003 ME 21 (statutory interpretation and enforcement);
Ventura v. Ventura, 407 Mass. 724 (breach of fiduciary duty in family trust);
Rackliffe v. Northport Village Corporation, 711 A.2d 1282 (statutory interpretation and enforcement);
Perkins v. Graves, 642 A.2d 139 (Me. 1994) (boundary dispute).
Memberships and affiliations
MidCoast Health Services (MidCoast Hospital), Incorporator
Chocolate Church Arts Center, President of the Board of Trustees, 2004 – present
Bath Savings Institution, Incorporator
Bath Community Forestry Committee, Secretary, Founding Member
Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc., Trustee
Bayside Historic Preservation Society
Chocolate Church Arts Center, President of the Board of Trustees, 2004 – present
Bath Savings Institution, Incorporator
Bath Community Forestry Committee, Secretary, Founding Member
Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc., Trustee
Bayside Historic Preservation Society
Of interest
Ms. Metcalf is very proud of having been named Bath, Maine’s Citizen of the Year, in 2004. She is also very involved in her summer community serving as one of seven elected Overseers of the Northport Village Corporation, Bayside, in Northport, Maine. She is also a Trustee of the Village Utilities Department. She is the mother of two champion swimmers and the wife of an avid reader and a terrific cook.
jmetcalf@eatonpeabody.com
Telephone: 207-729-1144
Fax: 207-729-1140
Fax: 207-729-1140
