Jim Hale

Jim Hale is an attorney with Jackson & MacNichol in South Portland, Maine. Hale focuses on veterans benefits and disability compensation matters. The practice includes representation of veterans pursuing benefits for service-connected conditions and related claims. These matters require close attention to legal requirements and to the practical circumstances surrounding each client’s objectives. The current professional profile shows a practice built around the specific services and legal needs described in these areas.

Hale earned a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York, graduating magna cum laude, and a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1993. His legal education followed military and law-enforcement service and included work as an intern with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Hale’s experience includes veterans-benefits representation together with earlier personal injury litigation, trial and appellate work, prosecution-related training, and judicial clerkship experience. Before his current practice, he served in the Army, worked in law enforcement, clerked for a Florida judge, and practiced in personal injury matters. Across these matters, the work calls for careful preparation, clear issue identification, and practical attention to the available legal options.

Jim Hale brings a professional background that combines military service, law enforcement, litigation, and veterans advocacy. That experience provides direct context for his current work with veterans navigating disability compensation claims. The overall profile reflects sustained professional work in the areas described above and a practical approach to client representation. That combination of experience and professional involvement supports measured guidance on the legal issues within the current practice.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Disability Benefits Law
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, National Association of Veterans’ Advocates

Licensed State

• Maine

Education

• University of Mississippi School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• The State University of New York
  Bachelor’s Degree

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