Former ABA President Robert Hirshon Joins Verrill Dana
Robert E. Hirshon, former President of the American Bar Association, has accepted a position at Verrill Dana, LLP, where he will serve in the Firm’s Litigation & Trial Department.
“We are glad to welcome Bob back to Maine, and thrilled that he has chosen to join Verrill Dana,” states Managing Partner K.C. Jones. “His reputation as a respected practitioner and a leader among legal professionals is widely known from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, and back again.”
Bob Hirshon served as the ABA President during 9/11 and its aftermath. Previously, Mr. Hirshon was a prominent litigation attorney in Portland, Maine for 30 years, serving as President of the Maine State Bar Association and the Maine Bar Foundation, and Chair of the Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association (ABA).
Hirshon soon switched coasts to work with the Portland, OR firm, Tonkon Torp LLP, where he served as Chief Executive Officer. He also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Stoel Rives LLP, a 370 lawyer firm based in Portland, OR.
“Bob’s tremendous professional experience, while rooted in Maine, is national in scope,” says Jones. “He brings fresh perspective, and inspiring enthusiasm.”
This fall, Hirshon will join the University of Michigan School of Law faculty as the school’s first Frank G. Millard Professor from Practice, and will maintain a part-time position at Verrill Dana.
Hirshon has accepted numerous awards, including the Howard Dana Pro Bono Award from the Maine Bar Foundation, the Muskie Award for Public Service from the ABA, and the Muskie Access to Justice Award from the Muskie Fund for Legal Service.
Hirshon graduated from University of Michigan and the University of Michigan School of Law and has received degrees from Willamette College of Law, University of Denver School of Law, and the Suffolk University School of Law.
“Verrill Dana is so much more than a ‘Maine law firm,’” says Hirshon. “They are preeminent in the region and their client base reaches across the map. It’s a perfect fit for me.”
About Verrill Dana:
Verrill Dana, LLP is one of the top New England law firms, known for providing first-class legal services in an attentive and receptive manner that often exceed clients’ expectations. Verrill Dana is a full-service law firm with over 100 attorneys running a nationwide practice from offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine; Washington, D.C; Boston, Massachusetts; and Hartford, Connecticut.
About Verrill Dana’s Boston Office:
The Boston Attorneys in our Boston office provides its business, institutional, and individual clients with sophisticated legal services and the personal attention and sense of value that have been hallmarks of Verrill Dana since 1862.
Since its opening in 2004,our Boston office has been serving clients in both traditional and cutting-edge practice areas such as: Higher Education, Stimulus Package, Health Technology, Immigration and H1B Visa Attorneys, Alternative Energy Law, Estate Planning, Matrimonial Law, and monitors the changing landscape of legal and business trends to provide services that address emerging issues critical to the needs of the firm’s clients. Two attorneys in the Boston office have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America and four have been honored as New England Super Lawyers.
