Gerald F. Petruccelli

Gerald F. Petruccelli is a partner at Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow, LLP in Portland, Maine whose practice focuses on civil trials, appeals, administrative matters, mediation, and arbitration. He represents clients in state and federal courts and Maine administrative agencies and also serves as a neutral in dispute-resolution proceedings. His firm lists practice areas including Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appeals, Business Litigation, Construction Law & Litigation, Contract and Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Insurance, Product Liability, and Professional Liability.

Petruccelli earned an A.B. from Boston College and a J.D. from Boston College School of Law. His academic career later included decades of teaching at the University of Maine School of Law and a 2022 Civil Procedure course at Boston College Law School. This background supports Petruccelli’s legal analysis and problem solving in civil litigation and appellate practice, including work that requires close attention to detailed facts, governing rules, and practical consequences.

Petruccelli’s experience includes many years of civil trial and appellate work, administrative proceedings, mediation, arbitration, and expert-witness service in professional liability matters. Petruccelli taught subjects including Civil Procedure, Evidence, Contracts, Commercial Law, Bankruptcy, Torts, Constitutional Law, Remedies, Copyrights, and The Legal Process while maintaining an active practice. Through these matters, Petruccelli helps clients assess legal options, manage risk, and move through transactions, disputes, administrative processes, or litigation as the situation requires.

Gerald F. Petruccelli has been recognized by Chambers, Benchmark, Best Lawyers, and Martindale-Hubbell and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. He has chaired the Grievance Commission of the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar and served in nonprofit and access-to-justice leadership roles. Petruccelli brings decades of trial, appellate, administrative, mediation, and arbitration experience to complex disputes and applies practical judgment to the specific legal and procedural issues presented.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow, LLP
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
• Former Chair, Grievance Commission of the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar
• Member, Maine Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Cumberland Bar Association
• Member, Pine Tree Legal Assistance
• Member, Maine Equal Justice
• Member, Maine Justice Foundation
• Honorary Life Director and Past President, Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine

Licensed State

• Maine
• Massachusetts

Education

• Boston College School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Boston College
  A.B.

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