by Samantha Hogan | July 25, 2021
Maine will change how it provides some legal services to low-income residents after lawmakers parsed a multi-million dollar proposal to fit in the state’s two-year budget. The compromise, however, did not earn the endorsement of Gov. Janet Mills, who let two...
by Samantha Hogan | July 11, 2021
A prominent defense lawyer in southern Maine has asked to withdraw from nearly 200 cases as she resists a state investigation into complaints and billing discrepancies at her firm. Amy Fairfield, the founder and managing attorney of Fairfield & Associates, has...
by Samantha Hogan | June 18, 2021
A multi-million dollar deal to overhaul Maine’s troubled criminal public defense system passed the state House and Senate on Thursday in rebuke of Gov. Janet Mills, who has resisted adding money to a system that government and press reports say is failing poor...
by Samantha Hogan | June 6, 2021
Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. The Maine Monitor is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Since opening his law practice on Lisbon Street in downtown...
by Samantha Hogan | May 23, 2021
A lawyer working on behalf of the state continued to represent low-income defendants after being arrested for impaired driving this month. Suzanne Dwyer-Jones was arrested by the York Police Department for driving while intoxicated after failing a sobriety test...
