Philip M. Coffin III

Government, Mediation
14th Floor, 477 Congress Street, P.O. Box 15215
Portland, Maine 041125215


Government

Admitted

1981, Maine, U.S. District Court, District of Maine and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Law School

University of Maine, J.D., cum laude, 1981

Law School Graduation Year

1981

College

University of Maine, B.A., with high honors/highest distinction, 1978

Memberships

Cumberland County and Maine State Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel.

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Staff Member, 1979-1980 and Managing Editor, 1980-1981, Maine Law Review. Author: The Role of Foreseeability in Jurisdictional Inquiry: Tyson v. Whittaker & Son, Inc., 31 Maine Law Review 497, 1980; Co-Author: The Development and Consequences of the 'Good Faith' Exception to the Exclusionary Rule and the Qualified 'Good Faith' Immunity From Liability Under Section 1983, 33 Maine Law Review 325, 1981. Law Clerk to Hon. Edward S. Godfrey, Associate Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1981-1982.

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