Seven attorneys from Murray Plumb & Murray have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2025 in their respective fields.
Drew A. Anderson – Real Estate Law
Anderson is a partner and chair of the Real Estate & Real Estate Finance Practice Group at Murray Plumb & Murray. He is a resident of Portland.
John C. Bannon – Land Use and Zoning Law and Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
Bannon is of counsel with Murray Plumb & Murray. He is a resident of West Cumberland.
Christopher B. Branson – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; and Securities / Capital Markets Law
Branson is a partner and chair of the Business & Corporate Law and Intellectual Property Practice Groups at Murray Plumb & Murray. He is a resident of Falmouth.
Kelly W. McDonald – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
McDonald is a partner and chair of the Bankruptcy & Business Reorganization Practice Group at Murray Plumb & Murray. He is a resident of Portland.
Richard O’Meara – Appellate Practice; Arbitration; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Civil Rights Law; Commercial Litigation; Education Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment
O’Meara is a partner, chair of Education Law Practice Group, and Co-Chair of Litigation & Trial Practice Group at Murray Plumb & Murray. He is a resident of Portland.
Michael D. Traister – Land Use and Zoning Law and Litigation – Construction
Traister is the firm’s managing partner, chair of the Construction Practice Group, and co-chair of the Litigation & Trial Practice Group at Murray Plumb & Murray. He is a resident of North Yarmouth.
Nicholas J. Bernate – Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 in Commercial Litigation
Bernate is a senior associate whose work is largely devoted to commercial, real estate, and construction litigation.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. More than 184,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received more than 25.8 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.
For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 31st edition.
For the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, more than 4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 27,000 lawyers honored in the new edition.
