Paige Eggleston

Paige Eggleston is an Associate at Bernstein Shur in Portland, Maine. Eggleston focuses on labor and employment law and municipal and governmental services. The practice includes employee discipline, disability accommodations, leave, wage-and-hour issues, collective bargaining, workplace policies, and Maine Human Rights Commission matters. These matters require close attention to legal requirements and to the practical circumstances surrounding each client’s objectives.

Eggleston earned a B.A. from the University of Maine and a J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law. Her Maine education supports work with public-sector employers, nonprofit organizations, and private clients on workplace and municipal issues. This background supports careful legal research, analysis, writing, and practical problem solving across the matters handled in the practice.

Eggleston’s experience includes employment counseling and disputes involving discipline, accommodations, leave laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act, collective bargaining, and policy development. Before private practice, she worked for U.S. Senator Susan Collins, managing Maine scheduling and helping coordinate priorities connected with the senator’s Washington work. Across these matters, the work calls for careful preparation, clear issue identification, and practical attention to the available legal options.

Paige Eggleston serves as Chair of the Maine State Bar Association New Lawyers Section Governing Council. She also serves on the University of Maine Board of Visitors and participates in professional organizations connected with municipal practice. The overall profile reflects sustained professional work in the areas described above and a practical approach to client representation.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P. A .
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Immediate Past Chair, MSBA New Lawyers Section Governing Council
• Member, Regional Association of Municipal Attorneys (ROMA)
• Board Member, University of Maine Board of Visitors
• Trustee, Portland Trails Board of Trustees

Licensed State

• Maine

Education

• University of Maine School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Maine
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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