What election are you running in?
The Democratic candidate primary election for the Maine House of Representatives, District 24.
Where is your House district?
District 24 covers all of Veazie, large parts of Orono and Bangor, and a small part of Brewer.
What is your policy platform?
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What is your professional background?
I have been an attorney based in the Bangor area since 2014. I practice criminal defense primarily; I also have handled a significant number of employee-side workers’ compensation cases and various civil cases. Before joining the bar I spent many years as a low-level retail employee at a few companies: among other things, I stocked supermarket shelves, worked in a produce department, worked on a receiving dock, drove a warehouse truck, operated pallet jacks, updated inventory, ordered merchandise, and built displays. I tied approximately 500 – 1500 cardboard bales. Possibly the toughest job I had was working at a drive-thru window during a period between full-time retail jobs. I once crashed a forklift. At one point I had tendinitis so bad that fingers would twitch uncontrollably. (Notably, when I was 25 years old Bed Bath and Beyond fired me for accidentally breaking a window, presumably setting off the chain of events that ended with the company’s bankruptcy and liquidation.)
What is your personal background?
I have lived in either Bangor or Hampden since 2014, when I became a licensed to practice law. I grew up in southern Maine, moved to California, and then moved back to southern Maine, where I lived until I became an attorney. I graduated from Bonny Eagle High School (in Buxton-Standish), the University of Southern Maine (Gorham and Portland), and the University of Maine School of Law (Portland).
