Below is a list attorneys who practice bankruptcy law in the State of Maine. Their education, location of there practice and phone numbers are included.

L. Dennis Carrillo Augusta, ME Jay Geller* Portland, ME Robert Keach* Portland, ME Tanya Sambatakos Biddeford, ME   Samuel Sherry* Portland, ME   Robert Sutcliffe Bangor, ME   James Whittemore Brunswick, ME

Types of Bankruptcy (Business, Consumer and Municipal)

Chapter 7 - Can be filed by individuals, partnerships and corporations. The most common type of bankruptcy filing Chapter 9 - Adjustment of debts of a municipality Chapter 11 - Filed by large and small businesses. Individuals filing Chapter 11, are involved in business in some capacity, either as sole proprietors, or as principals of a corporation or partnership Chapter 12 - Adjustment of debts of a family farmer or fisherman Chapter 13 - Available for individuals only, no corporations or partnerships may file Chapter 15 - Bankruptcy, reorganization and insolvency cases that have assets, debtors, creditors, and other interested parties in multiple countries

Attorney Name - Education, Address and Practice

Name L. Dennis Carrillo Education: Undergraduate School: University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida Law School: University of Maine School of Law - Portland, Maine Address: Doyle & Nelson Law Offices L. Dennis Carrillo, Attorney 150 Capitol Street Augusta, ME 04330 Telephone: (207) 622-6124 Fax: (207) 623-1358 Practice: Kennebec County Creditor's rights, Maine State Bar - Admitted 2002 Name: Jay Geller* Education: Undergraduate School: Dartmouth College - Hanover, New Hampshire Law School: Boston University School of Law - Boston, Massachusetts Address: Law Office of Jay S. Geller 1 Monument Way Suite 200 Portland, ME 04101 Telephone: (207) 772-6668 Fax: (207) 772-6669 Practice: Cumberland County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy Illinois State Bar - Admitted 1985 Maine State Bar - Admitted 2000 Name: Robert Keach* Education: Undergraduate School: University of Vermont - Burlington, Vermont. St. Bonaventure University - Olean, New York Law School: University of Maine School of Law - Portland, Maine Address: Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Law Office Robert J. Keach 100 Middle Street Portland, ME 04104 Phone: (207) 774-1200 Fax: (207) 774-1127 Practice: Cumberland County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy Maine State Bar - Admitted 1980 Name Tanya Sambatakos Education: Undergraduate School: Babson College - Wellesley, Massachusetts Law School: Suffolk University Law School - Boston, Massachusetts Address: Molleur Law Office Atty. Tanya Sambatakos 419 Alfred Street Biddeford, ME 04005 Telephone: (207) 283-3777 Fax: (207) 283-4558 Practice: York County Maine State Bar - Admitted 2006 Massachusetts State Bar - Admitted 2006 Name: Samuel Sherry* Education: Undergraduate School: New England Conservatory - Boston, Massachusetts University of Connecticut - Storrs, Connecticut Law School: California Western School of Law - San Diego, California Address: Samuel M. Sherry, Attorney at Law Metropolitan Legal Center, P.A. 500 Forest Avenue Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 799-8485 Fax: (207) 799-4790 Practice: Cumberland County Bankruptcy Specialist* Certified in Creditors Rights Maine State Bar - Admitted 1992 Connecticut State Bar - Admitted 1993 Name: Robert Sutcliffe Education: Undergraduate School: Dartmouth College - Hanover, New Hampshire Law School: Georgetown University - Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Address: Rudman & Winchell Attorney Robert E. Sutcliffe 84 Harlow Street Bangor, ME 04402 Telephone: (207) 992-4414 Fax: (207) 941-9715 Practice: Penobscot County Maine State Bar - Admitted 1975 Name James Whittemore Education: Undergraduate School: Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts Law School: University of Maine School of Law - Portland, Maine Address: James M. Whittemore Attorney at Law 155 Park Row Brunswick, ME 04011 Telephone: (207) 607- 4145 Fax: (888) 688-8407 Practice: Cumberland County Foreclosures, Chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13 Main State Bar - Admitted 1993

Bankruptcy Specialist*

       Attorneys listed with an asterisk* (Jay Geller, Robert Keach and Robert Keach) are specialists in certain areas of bankruptcy law and are certified by the American Board of Certification (ABC), located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Commercial Law League of America. The three areas of certification include the following; Creditors' Rights, Business Bankruptcy and Consumer Bankruptcy. For more information on this subject, please visit the Bankruptcy Specialist section on the web site.

Content written by Jack Garchar