Commercial Civil
Resume:
TIMOTHY J. LAMAR, ESQ.
Scarborough, ME 04074
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
June 2001-Present, Private Practice, Advise and represent individual
clients and
- commercial clients (primarily Gorham Savings Bank) in various
matters
ranging from commercial and civil litigation, real property law
and creditor in
bankruptcy to commercial contracts and wills and trusts.
1994-June 2001, Independent Contractor, Seaborn Associates, P.A., Portland,
Maine.
- Advised and represented individual and commercial clients on property
law issues, commercial law actions, commercial and consumer litigation
and general counsel matters.
- Negotiated and wrote multi-million dollar contracts, including vendor
contracts for computer hardware and software and third party originator
contracts for mortgage companies and banks, regularly producing results
exceptionally favorable to clients.
- Provided legal services to banks including Gorham Savings Bank,
BankNorth Group (n/k/a TD Bank) and affiliated companies:
- Exclusively negotiated contracts for the bulk purchase and sale of
whole loan
- mortgages and loan servicing for Peoples Heritage Mortgage Company.
- negotiated inter-affiliate transactions involved in consolidating
servicing operations
from banks acquired by Peoples Heritage Financial Group a/k/a
BankNorth Group
n/k/a TD Bank.
1991-1994, In-House Counsel, Legal Affairs Department, Peoples Heritage
Bank, Portland, Maine (an affiliate of BankNorth Group n/k/a TD Bank).
- Advised bank officers at all management levels on legal issues
concerning real property,
Bank regulatory practice, contracts, UCC and transactional law.
- Actively litigated civil actions including commercial and consumer loan
foreclosures,
Mechanic lien, quiet title and federal drug seizure actions.
- Worked with the Commercial Workout Department to restructure commercial
debts,
in the process writing and negotiating new agreements with customers or
their counsel.
- Provided legal support to branches on vendor contracts, service
contracts and questions
concerning negotiable instruments.
- Negotiated contracts for the bulk purchase and sale of whole loan
mortgages and/or
servicing rights, including a 2.2 billion dollar purchase marking the
bank's entry into
this field of operations.
1990-1991, Litigation Associate, Hiscock and Barclay, Augusta, Maine.
- Litigated commercial and consumer civil action foreclosures and
defended quiet title and
Mechanic lien actions on behalf of Key Bank of Maine.
- Advised Key Bank officers on general issues of commercial and retail
banking law.
- Prepared legal title opinions.
1988-1989, General Practice Associate, Law Office of Dean A. Beaupain,
Millinocket, Maine.
- Represented clients in criminal defense, collections, civil action
foreclosures, divorce,
Adoption, personal bankruptcy and landlord-tenant law.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION:
1988, Admitted to Maine State Bar and US District Court, District of Maine
1987, Juris Doctor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.
1984, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Economics, University
of Maine.
1977, Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science, University of
Maine.
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Bar Association:
Sole Practitioner Section
American Legion
AMVETS
Scarborough Fish and Game Association, Inc. - Past -President 2000-2002,
Life Member
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