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Posted by anonymous | June 23, 2015 | Land Use & Zoning

Would not recommend

I retained Mr Parkinson to advise and represent our interests in an immediate impending zone change as well as a proposed "residential conversion" project that we were opposed to. He was no help on the zone change - it quickly passed. Even with 3 months to prep for the planning board, over the proce...ss of two lengthy meetings, we lost there too. At the ZBA, his arguments were so completely ignored we didn't get 5 minutes of debate. Denied. And still I believed. I trusted that at court we would prevail, knowing municipal committees to be largely untrained volunteers, not sophisticated in nuanced land use laws. I still thought I had the finest land use lawyer in the area, dismissing our losses as expected under the circumstances. He continuously reassured me that we had "many fine points of law" to work with... I believed in his skill and professionalism right up to the moment , without provocation or adequate explanation, after 14 months and $30K, with one complaint filed and one on the horizon, the clock ticking away towards our 80B brief deadline, he demanded to quit. I was dumbfounded.

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John Bannon

Land use and zoning lawyer | Feb 26

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"Durward has no idea I am making this endorsement. I happened to see the client review posted on his page. I don't know the details, but every attorney, no matter how proficient,occasionally has a dissatisfied client. I have opposed Durward on innumerable occasions during the past 25 years. He is one of the most scrupulous and fair-minded members of the Maine land use bar. Durward has many years of experience and an incredibly broad range of knowledge of land use, zoning, and municipal law. He is a well-prepared and very worthy adversary. He is highly effective in dealing with municipal boards and the courts. I'd recommend him to anyone in York County who needs a land use attorney. In today's competitive legal profession, my endorsement gives Durward an advantage over me. That I am disadvantaging myself should, I hope, indicate my sincerity. I cannot allow a respected colleague to be mischaracterized in public."

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