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Erik M. Stumpfel

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Practice Areas

70% State, Local And Municipal Law
20% Land Use / Zoning
10% Environmental / Natural Resources

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Payment types

Cash, Check, Credit Card

Contact Information

Rudman Winchell

84 Harlow Street

PO Box 1401

Bangor, ME 04402

Office: 207-992-2568

Mobile: 207-745-1749

Office: 207-947-4501
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English

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Résumé

License

29 years since Erik M. Stumpfel was first licensed to practice law.

State	License status	Year acquired	Last updated by Avvo
Maine	Authorized to practice law	1983	10/01/1983

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Work Experience

Position	Duration
Attorney at Rudman Winchell, Bangor Maine	2012–present
Attorney at Eaton Peabody, Bangor Maine	2000–2012

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Education

School	Major	Degree	Graduated
University of Virginia School of Law	Law	JD - Juris Doctor	1983
Roanoke College	History / Political Science	BA - Bachelor of Arts	1975

Awards

Award Name	Granting Organization	Date
Meritorious Service Medal	United States Army	1987
National Merit Scholarship	Roanoke College	1972

Associations

Position	Association Name	Duration
Board of Directors	Piscataquis County Economic Development Council	2004-present
President	Piscataquis County Economic Development Council	2008

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Portfolio

Cases

Fitzgerald v. City of Bangor, 1999 ME 50, 726 A.2d 1253

Outcome: City's tax lien foreclosure upheld.

United States v. Giarratano, 22 MJ 388 (Court of Military Appeals, 1986)

Outcome: Court of Military Appeals rejected rule of per se reversal in unlawful command influence cases, in favor of tailored relief applying the "harmless error" rule of Chapman v. California. Defendants' appeals were later cert. denied by U.S. Supreme Court.

Haring v. Prosise, 462 U.S. 306 (1983)

Outcome: Court of Appeals decision upheld. Civil rights suit under 42 USC sec. 1983 was not barred by guilty plea in related criminal case. Last 9-0 Supreme Court full opinion decision authored by Justice Thurgood Marshall.

Publications

Article	Publication	Date
"Economic Development in Maine - the Piscataquis County Model"	Communities & Banking (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)	2007

Speaking Engagements

Presentation Name	Conference	Date
Wind Energy Development in Maine	Maine Summer Bar Conference	2012
Maine Eminent Domain Law and Conservation Properties	Maine Land Conservation Conference	2011

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