John H. Rich III

Employment, Mediation
One Canal Plaza, P.O. Box 426
Portland, Maine 041120426


Employment

Admitted

1982, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1998, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire

Law School

University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1982

Law School Graduation Year

1982

College

Bowdoin College, A.B., summa cum laude, 1978

Memberships

Cumberland County (President, 1993), New Hampshire and Maine State (Member, Sections on: Federal Practice; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Maine Trial Lawyers Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Biographical

Law Clerk, Honorable Edward T. Gignoux, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1982-1983. Chair, Productivity Task Force, Commission to study the future of Maine's Courts, 1992-1993. Chair, Futures Implementation Committee, Maine Judicial Council, 1994-1995. Maine Judicial Council, 1993-1997. Member, 1995-2000, and Chair, 1997-2000, Cumberland County Fee Arbitration Panel. Chair, Board of Overseers of the Bar Fee Arbitration Commission, 1999-2000. Maine Performance Council, 1995-1997. Director, 1997-2000 and President, 1998-1999, Cleaves Law Library. Member, Advisory Committee on the Future of Maine Courts, 1999—. Member, Cumberland County Grievance Commission Panel, 2003—.

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