James T. Kilbreth

Attorney

207.253.0555 Direct
207.772.3627 Fax

jkilbreth@dwmlaw.com

84 Marginal Way, Suite 600
Portland, ME 04101-2480

Assistant: Susan Bagley

PRACTICE AREAS

EDUCATION

  • American University Washington College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1976
  • Northeastern University, M.A., 1974
  • Harvard University, B.A., cum laude, 1970

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS

  • Maine
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maine
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Maine Bar Foundation
    Fellow
  • Maine State Bar Association
  • Maine Equal Justice Partners Legal Panel
  • Maine Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association
    Member

COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE

  • Advisory Committee of Legal Aid Providers
    Chair
  • Maine Audubon Society
    Past Trustee and Past President
  • Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award
    Selection Committee
  • Business and Consumer Docket Advisory Committee
    Member
  • Governor’s Judicial Selection Committee
    Former Member (2003-2009)
  • Maine Bar Foundation
    Former Director
 

James Kilbreth focuses his practice on complex commercial and regulatory litigation, including antitrust, securities, officer and director liability, class actions, bid award challenges, insurance coverage disputes, environmental and energy matters, and higher education issues. Jamie was the lead lawyer for the State of Maine in its litigation against the tobacco industry, securing a $1.5 billion recovery, the largest in State history.

Jamie previously served as Chief Deputy Attorney General of the State of Maine, where he supervised all major civil and criminal actions of the office and personally handled several major cases. Before that he was the Deputy Attorney General in charge of all the state’s civil litigation. Prior to his work at the Attorney General’s office, he worked at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C.

In addition to his Martindale-Hubbell AV rating, Jamie has been recognized by a number of independent attorney rating publications: Best Lawyers in America in the categories of Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law; Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business under Environment and Litigation: General Commercial; New England Super Lawyers in the category of Business Litigation, where he was named among “The Top 100” attorneys (2008); and as a 2013 Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation.


REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS & MATTERS

  • Mockler v. Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, LLC
  • Brunswick Technologies, Inc. v. Vetrotex Certainteed Corp.
  • Gorman, et al. v. Coogan, et al.
  • Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc. v. Speltz & Weis, LLC
  • Neely v. Bar Harbor Bankshares
  • The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers of New York, et al. v. Speltz & Weis, LLC a/k/a Wellspring Management Services, LLC, et al.
  • Jackson Brook Institute v. Maine Ins. Guar. Ass’n
  • Goldenson v. Steffens
  • Woodhouse v. Maine Com’n on Govermental Ethics and Election Practices
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AWARDS

  • Top 100 (Awarded by New England Super Lawyers) (2008)
  • New England Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Antitrust Litigation (2007-2016)
  • Best Lawyers USA
    • Environmental Law (2008-2016)
    • Commercial Litigation (2007-2016)
    • Natural Resources Law (1995-2016)
    • Local Litigation Star (2013-2015)
  • Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Star - Antitrust, Environmental, General Commercial, Insurance, Product Liability, Securities (2007-2017)
  • Chambers USA, Maine
    • Environment
    • Litigation: General Commercial
  • Martindale Hubbell, AV Preeminent

NEWS

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