Attorney Profiles

James W. Case 
Topsham, Maine
Partner
phone (207) 725-5581
fax (207) 725-1090
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JAMES W. CASE , born June 21, 1945, is a native of Chicopee, Massachusetts and a graduate of Clark University and the University of Maine School of Law. In addition to state and federal courts in Maine, he is admitted to practice in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Lawyers' Coordinating Committee, the Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group and the Maine State Bar Association.  Jim serves as counsel for the Maine AFL-CIO and works with the Maine AFL-CIO on labor, public policy and workers' compensation issues. He also represents Local S6 of the International Association of Machinists and many other labor unions throughout the state. Jim represents members of Local S6 before the administrative law judges of the U.S. Department of Labor in cases falling under the jurisdiction of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.  He also represents people injured under the Defense Base Act and works extensively before the Maine Workers' Compensation Board.  Jim served in Washington, D.C. from 1974 through 1981 as chief legislative counsel and administrative assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie and Senator George J. Mitchell.

Areas of Practice:
Employment Law -- Employee
Labor Law
Workers' Compensation Law
Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
Defense Base Act
Bar Admissions:
Maine, 1974
U.S. District Court District of Maine, 1982
Education:
University of Maine School of Law, Portland, Maine, 1974
J.D.


Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1968
B.A.


Representative Clients:
Maine AFL-CIO
Maine State Building and Construction Trades Council
International Association of Machinists - District Lodge 4, Local S6
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group, 1998 - Present
Member


Maine State Bar, 1974 - Present
Member


The law firm of McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker accepts clients throughout the state of Maine including Portland, Topsham, Bangor, Waterville, Lewiston, Augusta, Bath, Brunswick, Auburn and Biddeford. We currently represent former IBM employees in an age discrimination claim in states throughout the U.S. including New York, California, Vermont, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Oregon.