Attorney Evan Hammonds Joins Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson

Attorney Evan L. Hammonds has joined the law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson and will practice in the firm's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Practice Group.

The attorneys in the group represent clients in reorganizations and liquidations under Chapter 11 and Chapter 7, large commercial insolvencies, and related litigation in the state, federal and bankruptcy courts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and other districts in the United States. Bernstein, Shur lawyers have played instrumental roles in many of Maine's largest Chapter 11 bankruptcies.

In addition, the group's experience and expertise includes litigation involving officers and directors' liability, lender liability matters, out-of-court restructurings (including workouts, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and receiverships), and commercial and business tort litigation.

A Portland, Maine resident, Hammonds formerly served as an associate in the Finance Department at Bingham, McCutchen LLP in New York and Boston. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Hammonds is a graduate of the Boston College Law School in Newton, Mass., and received his undergraduate degree in 1996 from the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson is one of northern New England's largest law firms with more than 70 attorneys in offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine and Manchester, New Hampshire. The firm provides legal services in all major subject areas, including corporate and commercial law, litigation and trials, municipal and governmental affairs, education law, construction law, employment law and tax and estate planning. Bernstein, Shur also has an active practice in bankruptcy, health law, environmental law, technology and commerce, legislative law, intellectual property, public utilities and other regulated industries. For more information, visit the Bernstein, Shur web site at www.bssn.com.

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