Stephen devotes his practice to land use, municipal, public finance, administrative, and environmental law matters and represents municipalities, counties, special purpose districts, nonprofits, Tribal Nations, utilities, neighborhood groups, private landowners, and developers. Clients especially value Stephen’s ability to navigate complex legal and regulatory matters and provide his governmental and private clients alike with clear and pragmatic advice necessary to meet their respective goals.

As a member of Rudman Winchell’s Municipal and Land Use Law Practice Group, Stephen is specifically relied on for his expertise and experience in representing municipalities and developers on economic development and public finance matters. Stephen regularly serves as bond counsel for the firm’s public-sector clients and especially enjoys navigating municipalities and developers through the process of utilizing tax-increment financing and other development tools to realize community visions and ambitious projects. Also, Stephen has substantial experience in the food law, renewable energy leasing, Maine’s adult-use and medical marijuana laws, and shoreland zoning matters.

Before joining Rudman Winchell in 2018, Stephen clerked for the Maine Superior Court and spent two years at a boutique environmental law firm in Concord, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine. Stephen lives in Bangor with his wife, Cayla, and daughter, Greta. When not lawyering, Stephen is probably gardening, paddling, hiking, off to camp, or messing about in the kitchen.