Thomas F. Monaghan

Thomas F. Monaghan was born in Gardiner, Maine. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1954 and received his LL.B. from Boston College Law School in 1959. He was admitted to practice in Oregon in 1959 and in Maine and before the U.S. District Court, District of Maine in 1960. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1965. Upon graduating from law school he served as a law clerk for the United States District Court of Oregon. From 1965-1966 he served as a prosecuting attorney for Cumberland County; from 1971-1978, he was a member of the State Board of Bar Examiners; and from 1974-1976, he served as President of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association.

During the 1970's, Mr. Monaghan served as personal attorney to the Governor of the State of Maine, representing Maine before the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Monaghan created and was a member of the State of Maine's Judicial Selection Committee that still serves as the format for selecting Maine judges. He served for fourteen years as a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Maine System, including four years as Vice Chairman and Chairman. He has tried in excess of three hundred cases, with his legal practice primarily in the area of civil litigation. He is currently "of counsel" to the firm.