Ryan P. Dumais

Shareholder

Augusta Office
150 Capitol Street, Suite 3
Augusta, ME 04330
Phone: 207-622-3747 ext. 3810
Fax: 207-622-9732

Ryan assists clients statewide with a variety of dispute resolution and litigation matters. Ryan’s practice focuses on cases involving the defense of Employment discrimination and retaliation claims, real estate disputes including rights associated with easements, licenses, boundary disputes, and restrictive covenant violations. Ryan also devotes a substantial amount of his practice to disputes involving the banking industry. These include lender liability matters, foreclosures, and collections. Ryan also has experience with defending disputes involving allegations of housing discrimination. In addition to his work at the trial level, Ryan has a strong appellate practice and has prevailed before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court both on written briefs and following oral argument.

Ryan has obtained many desirable outcomes for his clients:

  • Successfully defended the limited scope of a farming easement across his corporate client’s property in the face of an attempt by a neighbor to use that easement for more expansive residential purposes including the installation of utilities on appeal before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
  • Litigated matter involving a commercial dispute which resulted in a judgment of nearly one million dollars in favor of his client.
  • Successfully persuaded Maine Supreme Judicial Court that a lower court had improperly granted summary judgment against his client.
  • Litigated a jury trial resulting in verdict that his employer client had not discriminated against former employee.
  • Successfully engaged mediation to resolve a dispute concerning title to a tract of woodland in central Maine.
  • Pursued many matters involving allegations of employment discrimination against his clients to favorable outcomes both before the courts and the Maine Human Rights Commission.
  • Ryan leads Eaton Peabody’s foreclosure practice on behalf of a number of financial institutions.
  • Litigated various lender liability suits to successful resolution.

Prior to joining Eaton Peabody, Ryan served as judicial law clerk to Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. He also served as research editor for the Ocean and Coastal Law Journal at the University of Maine School of Law.

 

Areas of Practice for Ryan P. Dumais

Bar Admissions

State of Maine
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court, District of Maine
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Education

University of Maine School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2007
The Catholic University of America, B.A., summa cum laude, 2004

Memberships and Affiliations

Monmouth Theatre, Board Member
Bangor Fusion, Member
John Waldo Ballou Inn of Court, Member