Pine Tree Legal Assistance’s Board of Directors is fiscally responsible for Pine Tree Legal Assistance. Per Legal Service Corporation Regulations, the Board of Directors is comprised of attorney members, eligible client representatives who are nominated by community partners, and a member at large.
2018-2019 Board of Directors
Stacy Stitham, Esq., President
Brann & Isaacson
Lewiston, ME
Serving since 2011
Dan Emery, Esq., First Vice President
Daniel Emery Law Office
Yarmouth, ME
Serving since 2014
Clifford H. Ruprecht, Esq., Second Vice President
Roach Ruprecht Sanchez & Bischoff, P.C.
Portland, ME
Serving since 2010
Russell Anderson, Secretary
Nominated by: Community Housing Improvement Project, Inc. (CHiP, Inc.)
Waldoboro, ME
Serving since 1996
Elinor Miller, Treasurer
Portland ME
Serving since 2012
William Black, Esq.
Office of the Public Advocate
Augusta, ME
Serving since 1981
Alyssa Boelcskevy
Nominated by: The Opportunity Alliance
Hiram, ME
Serving since 2017
Audrey Braccio, Esq.
Pelletier & Faircloth, LLC
Bangor, ME
Serving since 2018
Travis Brennan, Esq.
Berman & Simmons
Portland, ME
Serving since 2012
Elizabeth Butler
Butler Law Offices LLC
Brunswick, ME
Serving since 2018
James Devine
Nominated by: Homeless Voices for Justice
Portland ME
Serving since 2012
Bill Devoe, Esq.
Eaton Peabody
Bangor, ME
Serving since 2014
Melissa Dunn
Nominated by: Neighborhood Housing League project of the Visible Community
Lewiston, ME
Serving since 2014
Hope Hilton, Esq.
Harpswell, ME
Serving since 2003
Marcus Jaynes, Esq.
Landis Arn & Jaynes, PA
Portland, ME
Serving since 2008
Constant Kabuyenge
Nominated by: Maine Association of New Americans Peer to Peer Exchange
Portland, ME
Serving since 2017
William C. Knowles, Esq.
Verrill & Dana
Portland, ME
Serving since 1996
Richard Ladd, Sr.
Nominated by: Penquis CAP
Barnard Twp, ME
Serving since 1994
N. Joel Moser, Esq.
Bernstein Shur, LLC
Portland, ME
Serving since 2016
Alistair Raymond, Esq.
Iberdrola USA
New Gloucester, ME
Serving since 2015
Lawrence Reichard
Nominated by: Maine Equal Justice
Belfast, ME
Serving since 2018
Clifford H. Ruprecht, Esq.
Roach Ruprecht Sanchez & Bischoff, P.C.
Portland, ME
Serving since 2010
Jeff Stanley
Nominated by: The Gathering Place
Arrowsic, ME
Serving since 2016
Andrea Bopp Stark, Esq.
Law Offices of James Molleur, LLC
Biddeford, ME
Serving since 2009
Hon. E. Daniel Wathen
Pierce Atwood LLP
Augusta, ME
Serving since 2016
Board Members Emeritus
Sheldon Tepler, Esq.
Blaine Riggle, Esq.