Areas of Practice
As a general practice law firm, Farris Law provides legal services including the following practice areas. If we cannot assist you with the type of legal issue or any other problems you have, we will strive to refer you to an appropriate attorney in that specialty and whenever possible continue to oversee your case through fruition, should you wish.
Divorce/Family Consulting and Mediation Services
Our firm has a substantial domestic/family law practice led by Gregory J. Farris. Our reputation in this area is the product of years of sensitivity to our clients’ situations and aggressive advocacy of their positions in the court system. The effectiveness of the firm in representing our clients is substantiated not only by our expanded representation of those clients’ other legal needs, but also by the number of opposing parties who later seek the firm’s advice.
Most recently, Farris Law has focused this domestic practice in providing consultation and mediation services. We work with parties in guiding them through the difficult quagmire of divorce and referring them to domestic litigators who are best suited to represent their interests. Greg Farris also uses his wealth of domestic practice experience to provide mediation services that can allow parties to retain as much control over final outcomes as possible and avoid unnecessary protracted litigation.
Real Estate and Mortgage Lending Services
Farris Law offers a full range of commercial and residential real estate conveyancing and mortgage lending services. We represent buyers, sellers, borrowers and mortgage lenders in all facets of their real estate and lending transactions. As a result of our experience and expertise, we provide real estate counsel and services at competitive rates. We work closely with our clients and are sensitive to their circumstances and needs in ensuring that their needs and their customer’s needs are met.
Farris Law also provides a full range of real estate title work, through its sister company, Black Bear Title.
Contracts
Any contracts including real estate, business, leasing, solar leases, cellular tower leases, contractor, and most any contracts.
Corporate and Business Law
The firm provides legal services to our business clients, in areas ranging from selection and formation of their legal entity to employment law, to representation of our business clients as Clerk/Registered Agent for record-keeping and receipt of legal process purposes. We work closely with our clients and their accountants/tax planners to understand their objectives, to analyze their options, and to provide practical and cost effective solutions to their problems.
Estate Planning and Probate Law
Farris Law provides assistance to our clients in developing and implementing estate plans that are personalized to that client’s specific needs and objectives. We listen to our clients and are sensitive to their circumstances. We provide them with the legal services necessary to help them feel more comfortable with the uncertainties of the future through the creation and implementation of their own estate plan. In seeking to achieve this objective for our clients we utilize, among other instruments, wills, trusts, special needs trusts, powers of attorney and living wills/health care advance directives. Our primary goals are our clients’ peace of mind and their confidence in the future.
We also provide assistance with a host of elder law issues, including guardianships, conservatorships and protection from elder abuse.
Mediation and Arbitration
Farris Law offers mediation and other alternative dispute resolution services throughout the State of Maine.
Gregory J. Farris has provided mediation services in a wide array of civil matters. Having been a trial attorney since 1973 as well as an accomplished transactional attorney, he is skillful in facilitating agreements between even vastly disparate positions. Greg can assist parties not only with resolving their legal dispute but also provide practical, real-world solutions for parties that brings to bear his substantial experience in corporate and business law, domestic law, and estate and tax planning.