Our Practices

Business & Corporate Law

Strategic representation that is relationship based management on the day-to-day handling of the many general areas of law for companies, often serving as an “outside general counsel” for the business.

Trafton, Matzen, Belleau & Frenette, LLP provides representation in business formation, asset sales, and mergers and acquisitions.

Municipal 
Law

Privately retained counsel for governmental entities and businesses and individuals acting on behalf of or dealing with such an entity or agency (from municipalities and counties to utilities). Contract related with subjects ranging from real estate to bonds to corporate work to other types of matters.

Estate Planning
& Administration

The efficient and seamless transfer of wealth between generations and within families, this is a complex, statutory filled practice. The law evolves very quickly and there is a wide variety of authority, including case law, revenue rulings and statutes.

Real Estate

 In the transactional real estate practice, there are three fundamental tasks: help clients acquire property, help them lease it, and help them dispose of it. In the litigation real estate practice, the focus is on ensuring that the firm’s client retains the biggest piece of the pie of the property it owns or possesses.

Banking & Finance Law

Assisting lenders, businesses and individuals with the lending and borrowing of money.

Administrative

Working at the intersection of government and business representing companies, land owners, professionals, and individuals before federal and Maine state government agencies. This branch of law involves aiding clients who are the subject of enforcement actions, and licensing and disciplinary matters of corporate and regulatory compliance.

Professional Malpractice

 In tort law, this constitutes “instances of negligence or incompetence on the part of a professional”.

Medical, Dental and Professional Licensing

The firm represents medical, dental,  health care practitioners, and professional licensees in matters affecting their professional licensure.  The attorneys have defended professional licensees before the Board of Dental Examiners, the Board of Licensure in Medicine, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Social Work Licensure, and other licensing bodies involving a wide range of complaints including those initiated by a particular Board and complaints initiated by patients or other providers involving issues related to incompetence, misconduct, violations in the standard of care, and ethical issues.  The attorneys have also assisted licensed professional in Maine Care audits and recoupment requests.