Attorney Profiles

Janmarie Toker 
Topsham, Maine
Partner
phone (207) 725-5581
fax (207) 725-1090
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JANMARIE TOKER is a native of Portland Maine, graduating from Catherine McAuley High School, Bates College and the University of Maine School of Law. In addition to the state and federal courts in Maine, Janmarie is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the District of Columbia and the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Janmarie currently practices social security disability law and workers' compensation law in both the state and federal systems.  She focuses most of her practice on federal Longshore cases and is interested in helping workers through the Longshore system.   Janmarie joined the firm in 1986 and became a partner in 1990. Janmarie has spoken on workers' compensation law, including most recently presenting the employee's perspective in the Advanced Workers' Compensation Law seminar. Janmarie has also authored "Maine's Workers' Compensation Law as It Affects Maine's Working Women". Before joining McTeague Higbee, Janmarie served as an Assistant District Attorney in York County.

Areas of Practice:
Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
Workers' Compensation Act
Social Security -- Disability
Bar Admissions:
Maine, 1979
U.S. District Court District of Maine, 1980
Education:
University of Maine School of Law, Portland, Maine, 1979
J.D.


Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1976
B.S.


Representative Cases:
Parker v. Bath Iron Works, 624 A.2d 1037 (Me 1994)
Stone v. Thorbjornson, 656 A.2d 1211 (Me 1995)
Kotch v. American Protective Services, 788 A.2d 582 (Me 2002)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Advanced Workers' Compensation in Maine, National Business Institute, 1999


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Maine State Bar, 1979 - Present
Member


Maine Bar Foundation, 2004 - Present
Fellow


Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group, 2005 - 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.