Sidney St. F. Thaxter

207.774.9000 ext 222
sthaxter@curtisthaxter.com

Sidney St. F. (“Pete”) Thaxter is the chair of the firm’s Litigation and Administrative Law and Estate Planning and Probate Practice Areas. For over 30 years, he has led the firm’s litigation practice, which has focused on business disputes and property rights.

Pete also works with multiple generations of the firm’s clients and their families to help them through their estate tax and business succession planning.

Representative Matters

• Counsel to Craig Linscott in ten year business dispute regarding sale of insurance agency. Linscott v. Foy, 1998 ME 206; 716 A.2d 1017.
• Counsel to beachfront owners in establishing rights to ownership of Intertidal Zone. Bell v Town of Wells, 557 A.2d 168 (Me. 1989).
• Counsel to Lloyds of London Underwriters in suit involving fraudulent misrepresentation. Bath Iron Works Corp. v Certain Member Cos. Of the Inst. Of London Underwriters, 1996 Me. Super. LEXIS 33, January 24, 1996.
• Counsel to CVS in dispute over purchase and sale agreement. CVS of Waterville v. And How LLC, & Calco, Inc., 1998 Me. Super. LEXIS 183, July 20, 1998.
• Counsel to U.S. Surgical Corp. in products liability case. Rouillard v. U.S. Surgical Corp., 1995 Me. Super. LEXIS 247, July 9, 1995.
• Counsel to Marathon Shoe Company in patent infringement suit. Talarico v. Marathon Shoe Co., 221 F.Supp.2d 35 (D. Me. 2002).
• Counsel to Kennebec River Pulp and Paper Company in severance pay cases. Anderson v. Kennebec River Pulp & Paper Co., 433 A.2d 752 (Me. 1981); United Paperworkers Int’l Union v. Kennebec River Pulp & Paper Co., 439 F. Supp. 610 (D. Me 1977).
• Counsel to Allied Signal in asbestos defense and related cases.

Community Service

Pete has served on the Portland School Committee, Portland Charter Commission, the Maine Community Foundation as a former board member, the Greater Portland Chambers of Commerce as Chair, and the Portland Historical Preservation Committee, as Chairman & Vice Chair. Pete currently serves on the board of the Institute for Civic Leadership.

Publications

• Will Bell v. Town of Wells Be Eroded With Time? 57 ME. L. REV. 117 (2005).

Reginald Huber Smith Fellow Attorney, 1972-1975

J.D., Boston College Law School, 1972

B.A., Asian History, Middlebury College, 1967

Maine

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

American Trial Lawyers Association

American Bar Association

Maine State Bar Association (former Governor)

Cumberland County Bar Association

Maine Trial Lawyers Association