H. Ilse Teeters-Trumpy

H. Ilse Teeters-Trumpy is a partner at Taylor, McCormack & Frame in Portland, Maine whose practice focuses on civil litigation with substantial family-law and commercial-dispute experience. She represents clients in high-conflict family matters and also supports businesses in commercial, construction, contract, employment, and shareholder disputes throughout New England. Her family practice includes complex divorce, property tracing, custody disputes, protective orders, parentage, guardianship, and adoption matters.

Teeters-Trumpy graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maine School of Law in 2006 and earned degrees in Government and French, magna cum laude, from Connecticut College in 2000. At Maine Law, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Maine Law Review and later clerked for Justice Donald G. Alexander of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. This background supports Teeters-Trumpy’s legal analysis and problem solving in family and commercial litigation, including work that requires close attention to detailed facts, governing rules, and practical consequences.

Teeters-Trumpy’s experience includes state and federal litigation involving family disputes, commercial conflicts, construction, contracts, employment, and shareholder matters. Teeters-Trumpy handles cases with complex financial, property, and personal facts, including disputes over marital businesses, non-marital property, custody concerns, and emergency protective relief. Through these matters, Teeters-Trumpy helps clients assess legal options, manage risk, and move through transactions, disputes, administrative processes, or litigation as the situation requires.

H. Ilse Teeters-Trumpy has been a partner at Taylor, McCormack & Frame since 2017 and brings appellate-clerkship and litigation experience to the firm. Her practice combines sensitive family advocacy with commercial litigation for businesses and owners. In serving families, businesses, and owners, Teeters-Trumpy brings practical judgment and subject-matter knowledge to the issues presented. Teeters-Trumpy helps clients navigate high-stakes family disputes and complex commercial litigation with advice grounded in the specific facts and legal framework of each matter.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Taylor, McCormack & Frame
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• President, New England Mountain Bike Association (local chapter)

Licensed State

• Maine

Education

• University of Maine School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Connecticut College
  Bachelor’s Degree in Government and French

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