Please review our Areas of Practice for more information on specific legal issues we handle. Also please remember that the experienced attorneys at Roy, Beardsley, Williams and Granger, LLC tackle many other types of challenging cases and provide a full range of general practice services to those here Downeast and beyond.
1. Real Estate
Peter Roy
Anthony Beardsley
Raymond Williams
Robert Granger
Eric Columber
Alison King
Real estate law remains a cornerstone of RBWG's history of legal service. For purchases and sales of land, commercial or residential transactions, mortgages and refinancing, deed and title work, transfers, easements, zoning, development, permitting, environmental regulation, and all other aspects of land use, the lawyers at RBWG guide clients carefully through complex real estate issues in Maine. We also issue title insurance policies and are approved by many local and national banks to certify title and conduct residential and commercial real estate transactions and closings.
2. Litigation
Peter Roy
Robert Granger
Daniel Pileggi
Eric Columber
RBWG proudly represents individuals, business entities, and municipalities at the local, state, and federal levels in the litigation of all disputes, from pretrial work to trial and appeals. The attorneys of RBWG have the courtroom skills needed to prevail in administrative hearings, law suits and trials but also have the willingness to pursue other cost-effective methods to assists their clients, such as pretrial negotiation and alternative dispute resolution like mediation and arbitration.
A representative list of some litigation cases RBWG handles for plaintiffs and defendants includes:
- Contracts
- Negligence
- Building and construction disputes
- Real estate and land use litigation
- Personal injury
- Products liability
- Employment rights
- Insurance disputes
- Probate litigation
- Protection from abuse/protection from harassment
- and many others.
3. Criminal Law
Robert Granger
Daniel Pileggi
Eric Columber
Bob, Dan, and Eric zealously represent individuals charged by the State of Maine or the federal government through all stages of a criminal prosecution, from pre-indictment status to motions hearings and trials and appeals. RBWG helps its clients facing criminal prosecution to arrive at the best course of action for their case, whether that means another "not guilty" verdict after trial or a fully negotiated plea agreement with the best result possible.
4. Domestic Relations and Family Law
Anthony Beardsley
Robert Granger
Daniel Pileggi
Eric Columber
Divorce and parental rights and responsibilities matters can be among the stressful matters affecting Maine families, including divorce judgments, post-judgment modifications, spousal support, primary residence, child support, property division, visitations, and protections from abuse, and beyond. Let RBWG skillfully assist you in the pursuit of such critical domestic and family matters, through the filing of pleadings, mediations, hearings, and trial.
5. Small Business Services
Peter Roy
Anthony Beardsley
Raymond Williams
Robert Granger
Daniel Pileggi
Eric Columber
Alison King
RBWG has been located on the downtown corner of Ellsworth for years and is itself a small Maine business. RBWG knows how to advise its clients regarding the formation or structure of business entities (including corporations, limited liability companies, sole proprietorships, and partnerships), the drafting of contracts and other business documents, state filings, and other small business services. RBWG will work with your accountant to help provide a tax plan and assist the commercial concerns of you and your business for years to come.
6. Estate Planning and Probate Law
Anthony Beardsley
Robert Granger
Raymond Williams
Eric Columber
Alison King
After a full consultation to discuss all options, the attorneys of RBWG can assist you in the drafting and execution of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, and other estate planning documents that best suit your needs. Should it become necessary to file such documents in the Probate Court for the formal enforcement of their terms, RBWG can guide you through that process in as swift and cost-effective a disposition as possible.