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Thompson & Bowie, LLP
Three Canal Plaza
P.O. Box 4630
Portland, ME 04112-4630

Phone: (207) 774-2500
Fax: (207) 774-3591

Email: law@thompsonbowie.com

Roy E. Thompson, Jr. James M. Bowie Daniel R. Mawhinney Rebecca H. Farnum Michael E. Saucier Mark V. Franco Edward R. Benjamin, Jr. Cathy S. Roberts Paul C. Catsos Robert C. Hatch Elizabeth Knox Peck Dale L. Gavin Rosie M. Williams Victoria Morales Hillary J. Bouchard Jason P. Donovan Thomas P. Marczak Sarah Yantakosol Gayer

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JAMES M. BOWIE BORN: Lewiston, Maine EDUCATION: Bowdoin College A.B., cum laude,1974; University of Maine Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1977 BAR ADMISSIONS: Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit 1982. United States Claims Court, 1989, Supreme Court of the United States 1987, Mashantucket-Pequot Tribal Court, 1995 PRACTICE AREAS: Alternative Dispute Resolution Civil Litigation Construction Litigation Insurance Coverage Issues Insurance Defense Mediation and Arbitration Professional Liability and Malpractice	jbowie@thompsonbowie.com "Thompson & Bowie, LLP is a practical firm. Everything we do, we do for a reason and we try to do only those things that will advance a client's case."
MEMBERSHIPS:
CADRES Mediation, Early Neutral Evaluation and Arbitration Rosters; Cumberland County, Maine State, and American Bar Associations, Defense Research Institute, Maine Task Force on Ethics 2000.

BIO: In 1978 Jim became a founding partner of Thompson & Bowie, LLP. Jim’s current practice focuses on civil litigation, with most of his time spent on cases involving professional liability with an emphasis on legal malpractice and disciplinary claims, construction and insurance issues. His exceptional reputation in the legal community is built, in part, on his successful involvement in cases which have helped shape Maine law. Not only is he a veteran of countless jury trials in both state and federal court, as well as non jury trials, arbitrations, mediations and administrative hearings, but he has also been counsel of record in over 50 matters before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Jim is also an active arbitrator and mediator, participating in the panels for the Maine's Rule 16B mandatory ADR program, as well as a substantial private arbitration and mediation practice. He is a frequent lecturer on subjects of trial practice, alternative dispute resolution, insurance law, and risk management for professionals. Jim’s passion is baseball, appropriately enough, as an umpire. He’s a past president of the Western Maine Board of Baseball Umpires and is a former executive secretary of the State of Maine Umpires Association. Jim also serves on a variety of civic and educational boards and organizations in the Greater Portland and Southern Maine area.