FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Sheila Connors
(207) 942-2898
BANGOR, ME November 14, 2008 - Samuel W. Lanham, Jr., of Lanham Blackwell, P.A., has been named by the New England Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Maine for 2008. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named Super Lawyers.
The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics' attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.
Law & Politics publishes Super Lawyers magazines across the country. In 2008, Super Lawyers will reach more than 13 million readers. Super Lawyers can be found online at superlawyers.com, where lawyers can be searched by practice area and location.
Mr. Lanham represents clients in Maine and throughout the United States with pharmaceutical and medical device claims involving Avandia, FenPhen diet drugs, the Ortho Evra birth control patch, Vioxx, Trasylol, Fleet Phospho-soda, Zimmer and Stryker hip prostheses, Guidant defibrillators, and Medtronic Sprint Fidelis heart leads.
Mr. Lanham is a member of the American Association for Justice where he serves on the national Board of Governors. He is past president of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association and Penobscot County Bar Association.
Mr. Lanham served for ten years on the international Board of Directors of Up with People and for fifteen years on the Board of the Bangor Halfway House. He is currently serving on the Board and is President of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Lanham resides in Bangor with his wife, Stephanie, a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Acadia Hospital. They have three sons, Samuel, Andrew and John.