Founded in 1915, Bernstein Shur is a leading New England-based law firm advising clients across the U.S. and around the world. Our more than 100 attorneys and consultants share an unwavering dedication to client success, provide practical and innovative counsel, and practice in more than 20 key areas across a variety of industries. 

Bernstein Shur is known for simplifying complex issues and winning through steadfast persistence and creative problem-solving. The firm is Maine’s exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the world’s foremost network of independent law firms. Bernstein Shur is also one of the few firms to be represented in twelve Maine rating categories of Chambers USA, the definitive directory of business lawyers in the United States.

Bernstein Shur’s broad commercial practice includes specialized expertise in:
-    Asset Management & Securities
-    Auto & Equipment Dealers
-    Business Law
-    Business Restructuring & Insolvency
-    Climate Change
-    Commercial Finance
-    Construction
-    Corporate Governance
-    Crisis Management and Public Relations
-    Energy & Environmental
-    Financial Regulation & Compliance
-    Food & Beverage
-    Fund & Investment Product Formation
-    Health Care
-    Immigration Law
-    Intellectual Property
-    Labor & Employment
-    Land Use
-    Litigation & Dispute Resolution
-    Mergers & Acquisitions
-    Municipal & Governmental Services
-    Private Capital
-    Real Estate
-    Tax, Trusts, & Estates
-    Technology, Outsourcing, & Data Security

Speaking to our international strengths, our trademark practice represents and manages a portfolio that includes about 4,000 trademark filings for 300 companies in over 100 countries. In addition, the firm’s broad-based litigation, trial, and dispute resolution practice represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of specialty disciplines in state and federal courts throughout New England and the rest of the United States. Its municipal, regulatory, and legislative practice is the largest and most experienced in Maine.

Internationally, the firm represents clients in cross-border transactions and other matters in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, India, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Bernstein Shur offers specialized legal and non-legal services, including handling public affairs, strategic communications and political consulting, and Monument Title Company, which provides escrow and other real estate related services to national and international lenders, local and out-of-state law firms, title insurance companies, and developers.