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Chair, Real Estate Practice Group

John focuses his practice on representing clients in a variety of commercial and residential real estate transactions and real estate litigation. John advises clients on a broad range of matters involving leases,subdivisions, real estate redevelopment, conservation easements, natural resources and timberlands, land use licenses, title and conveyancing matters, road and access law, easements, title insurance, boundary disputes, timber trespass, access disputes, partition actions, and mortgage foreclosure. He also has experience in several areas of business law, including contract negotiation, mergers & acquisitions, corporate litigation, commercial transactions, and commercial lending.

John is an active member of the greater Bangor community, and currently serves as Immediate Past Chair of the Steering Committee for Fusion Bangor, President of the Penobscot County Bar Association, Co-Treasurer of the John Waldo Ballou Inn of Court, and is a member of the Steering Committee for the Bangor Region Leadership Institute. John is a graduate of the Bangor Region Leadership Institute class of 2007, a past board member of the Bangor Y, and works to support numerous charities in the greater Bangor area. Prior to joining Eaton Peabody, John worked in the office of Maine Governor Angus S. King, Jr., and then worked for several years in the private sector for companies such as Putnam Investments in Andover, Massachusetts and Sprague Energy Corp. in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He attended law school while employed full-time at Sprague,where he held several positions, including Law Clerk to Sprague's general counsel. John is a native of Washburn, Aroostook County, Maine.