For Immediate Release
November 18, 2008

Contact:
Marnie Grumbach, Communications Coordinator, Preti Flaherty
(207) 791-3000
E-mail: mgrumbach@preti.com
Web Site: http://www.pretiflaherty.com

Attorneys Chelsea E. Fournier and Anthony R. Ten Haagen have joined Preti Flaherty as associates in the firm’s Portland office.

Fournier will practice in the firm’s Business Law Group with a concentration in business planning and intellectual property law. A former Beliveau-McCarthy Fellow, she served as a summer associate at Preti Flaherty in 2006 and 2007. Prior to joining the firm, she worked with Gosselin & Dubord PA in Lewiston and held law clerk positions with two Massachusetts firms.
Fournier received her law degree from the University of Maine School of Law earlier this year, where she received an Israel & Sumner Bernstein Memorial Scholarship. She is a 2005 graduate of Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Mass.

During law school, she was an intern with the Legal Services for the Elderly Scarborough office, where she worked with the legal staff to represent elderly clients in administrative hearings and legal matters. She also served as the Research Editor of the Maine Law Review and as Co-Chair of the Women’s Law Association.

A native of Lewiston, Fournier is a resident of Portland and serves on the advisory board of the Bates Dance Festival.

Ten Haagen will practice in the firm’s Health Law and Litigation Groups. His litigation work will concentrate in the area of medical malpractice defense. Prior to joining the firm, Ten Haagen was a legal intern with the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Mass. and a legal and legislative intern with the American Cancer Society, New England Division.
Ten Haagen received his law degree from Boston University School of Law earlier this year and is a 2005 graduate of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. At Purdue, he served as a two-time Captain of men’s swimming and diving team.

During law school, Ten Haagen conducted research for the U.S. Anti Doping Agency that focused on their compliance with the American’s with Disabilities Act. He also completed a BU Law Externship Program with the Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan and served as a note editor for the American Journal of Law and Medicine.

A native of Newington, N.H., Ten Haagen is a resident of Portland, Maine, and serves on the board of directors of Maine Swimming, Inc.

In addition to Portland, Preti Flaherty has offices in Boston, Concord, N.H. and Augusta, Maine. With more than 85 attorneys, the firm counsels clients in the areas of business law, energy, environmental, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, legislative and regulatory, litigation, technology and telecommunications. More information about the firm is available at www.preti.com.

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