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1975
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1976
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Paul F. Macri of
Auburn has been
elected to the
American Academy
of Appellate
Lawyers. Macri is a
partner at the
Lewiston law firm of
Berman &
Simmons, P.A. Paul F. Macri
Sarah Allison Thornton began a new
position in March as Clerk of the United
States District Court in Boston.
In January, Mary Schendel was pre-
Class of 1980 25th Reunion
sented with the Maine Bar Foundation’s
most prestigious annual award, the Howard
H. Dana Jr. Award. Schendel was honored
for “her long and unstinting work to
increase access to justice for Maine’s lowincome
residents.”
25
1977
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In September, members of the Class of 1980 (shown below
with several faculty members) gathered for their 25th
Reunion. Events included a cocktail reception at the home of
Nancy Ziegler ’80, a brunch at the Law School, and a dinner
at the Purpoodock Club in Cape Elizabeth.
In celebration of their reunion, class members are raising a
gift of $50,000. The funds will be used to replace the chairs in
the Moot Court room, the Law School’s most public venue,
1978
Class Agent: John R. Bass, II
jbass@thomport.com
Eleanor Baker of Cape Elizabeth, managing
principal of the accounting firm of
Baker Newman Noyes, LLC, has joined the
Board of Trustees of the Maine Chapter of
the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Eileen M. L. Epstein of Falmouth was
included in the The Best Lawyers in
CLASS NEWS
America 2005-06. Epstein is a partner at
McCandless Epstein & O’Donovan L.L.P
in Portland.
In March, Steve Moriarty spoke at a
seminar sponsored by Lorman Education
Services in Portland, titled “Basic Workers’
Compensation in Maine.”
1979
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1980
Class Agent: Andrew J. Bernstein
abernstein@disabilityrms.com
Chief Justice Leigh Saufley received
the Caroline Duby Glassman Award at the
Maine State Bar Association’s annual
meeting in January. The award is presented
each year to a woman who is a member of
the Maine Bar and has worked to advance
with high-quality cherry chairs bearing an inscription noting
they are a gift from the Class of 1980. Additional funds will be
directed to the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic in the name of
the three members of the class who have died since graduation:
Sheila Fine ’80, Linda Smith Dyer ’80, and John Mumm ’80.
The gift will be used by the clinic over the next three to five
years to enhance their services to low-income families. The
class also decided, due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina,
to designate funds to the legal clinics at Tulane University and
Loyola University law schools in New Orleans.