Sarah A. McDaniel

Sarah A. McDaniel is an attorney and co-founder of Douglas McDaniel & Campo in North Yarmouth, Maine whose practice focuses on ownership, management, and use of land, with work spanning property law, land use, real estate transactions, and civil litigation. She advises families, landowners, and other clients on passing camps and farms between generations, permissible land uses, municipal regulation, boundaries, access, and easements. Her practice also includes mediation, land conservation, real estate litigation, and judicial and administrative appeals.

McDaniel earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2003, a Master of Environmental Studies from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 1995, and a B.A. in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic in 1993. She also completed mediation training in 2021. This background supports McDaniel’s legal analysis and problem solving in real estate and land use, including work that requires close attention to detailed facts, governing rules, and practical consequences.

McDaniel’s experience includes property disputes involving boundaries, access rights, easements, and inherited lands, as well as transactions and land-use questions involving privately held property. Her work includes helping clients evaluate municipal requirements, resolve disputes over the use or ownership of land, and structure real estate matters with attention to long-term stewardship. Through these matters, McDaniel helps clients assess legal options, manage risk, and move through transactions, disputes, administrative processes, or litigation as the situation requires.

Sarah A. McDaniel has built a practice that combines litigation, transactional work, land-use counseling, and mediation. As a co-founder of the firm, McDaniel also brings a practical perspective to disputes that may be resolved through negotiation or formal proceedings. In serving landowners and families, McDaniel brings practical judgment and subject-matter knowledge to the issues presented. McDaniel helps property owners and families address land-related decisions with clear legal guidance with advice grounded in the specific facts and legal framework of each matter.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Douglas McDaniel & Campo LLC, PA
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, Maine Land Conservation Attorney Network (2008-Present)
• Member, Edward T. Gignoux Inn of Court (2007-2010)
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Cumberland County Bar Association
• Vice Chair, Cumberland County Board of Assessment Review (2014-2020)
• Co-President, PFLAG Portland Maine (2019-Present)
• Board of Trustees, College of the Atlantic (2004-2015)
• Member, Maine Association of Mediators

Licensed State

• Maine

Education

• Harvard Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
  Master of Environmental Studies
• College of the Atlantic
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Human Ecology

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