COMMERCIAL LAWYER WENDY PARADIS JOINS BERNSTEIN, SHUR, SAWYER & NELSON

Attorney Wendy J. Paradis has joined the statewide law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson and will practice in the areas of commercial litigation, foreclosures and bankruptcy in the firm's Portland office.

Formerly an associate with another Portland law firm, Paradis is a member of the Commercial Law Department at Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson. She has more than 10 years experience in the areas of real estate, commercial and bankruptcy law and has previously served as in-house counsel for a Maine bank. Paradis is a member of the Maine State Bar Association and the Cumberland County Bar Association.

A resident of Falmouth, Paradis is a 1983 graduate of Mount Holyoke College is South Hadley, Mass., and received her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law in 1990.

Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson is one of the state's largest law firms with 60 attorneys in offices in Portland and Augusta. The firm provides legal services in all major subject areas, including corporate and commercial law, litigation and trials, municipal and governmental affairs, and tax and estate planning. Bernstein, Shur also has an active practice in health law, environmental law, technology and commerce, employment law, legislative law, intellectual property, public utilities and other regulated industries. For more information about the firm, visit the Bernstein, Shur web site at www.mainelaw.com.

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