Dawn-Marie Harmon | Portland Employment Lawyer

Dawn Harmon is a director and shareholder at Perkins Thompson, having joined the firm in 2004 after serving a clerkship for Chief Justice Leigh Saufley of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Ms. Harmon’s practice focuses on civil litigation and employment and labor law. Ms. Harmon is an experienced civil litigator, having appeared on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts. Practicing in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, Ms. Harmon maintains a diverse civil litigation practice, with an emphasis on employment law litigation, commercial litigation, products liability, and real property disputes, including boundary disputes and partition actions. She has also appeared before municipal boards representing clients in land use disputes.

Ms. Harmon’s employment law practice includes assisting clients with discrimination, wrongful discharge and wage and hour claims before the Maine Human Rights Commission and representing clients in litigation matters in both state and federal courts. Ms. Harmon regularly advises clients on wage and hour laws, employment contracts, terminations and discrimination and harassment matters. She also regularly conducts training seminars on important employment law matters for her clients. Ms. Harmon also acts as an independent investigator for companies investigating claims of harassment and discrimination to charges of discrimination.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Perkins Thompson, Attorneys & Counselors at Law	Portland, ME	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Maine School of Law	J.D.	Law School	2003
Wheaton College	Bachelors		1999

State / Court	Date
New Hampshire	2012
Massachusetts	2004
Maine	2003

• Ms. Harmon is a member of the Maine State and American Bar Associations as well as the Maine Trial Lawyers Association. She is active in the Employment Law Section and Women’s Law Section of the Maine State Bar Association. While in law school, she served as Executive Editor of the Maine Law Review.

• BV Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2017

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