Larry has extensive experience representing commercial lenders and developers throughout Maine. He has handled the construction, financing and foreclosure of major commercial, recreational, natural resource, residential and resort facilities, ranging from the purchase of a multi-state retail chain with over 80 owned and leased facilities, the assembly and development of a 400,000 square foot multi-parcel regional distribution center, and the structure of cross border loans to the foreclosure and disposition of troubled projects. His approach features adding value to the client.
Larry was also the primary draftsman of the Maine Condominium Act and represents developers and condominium-homeowner associations across the state. He is considered to be the leading condominium attorney in Maine and his innovative approaches to structure and administration of residential and commercial projects have become the standard statewide. He drafted the multi-phase multi-tier structure of largest residential project in the state, featuring alternative approaches to conventional developments. Over the past 32 years, he has been a speaker at many programs on commercial lending and condominium law and is co-author of Commercial Lending in Maine.
Larry has been active in civic affairs, serving as Chairman of the Cape Elizabeth Zoning Board, as president of the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and as Commodore of Centerboard Yacht Club.
Larry has two grown children and lives with his wife, Cathy in Cape Elizabeth. He is active in the outdoors, having climbed all 62 mountains in excess of 4,000 feet in New England and is now an active sailor on his boat Katahdin.
EDUCATION
- Yale University, B.A., with honors
- University of Michigan Law, J.D., with honors
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- State of Maine
MEMBER
- Maine State Bar Association
HONORS
- The Best Lawyers in America© for 22 consecutive years for Real Estate Law
- Best Lawyers® 2014 Real Estate “Lawyer of the Year” in Portland, ME