Court Weighs F. Lee Bailey"s Bid to Practice Law in Maine

An appeal that seeks to deny famed attorney F. Lee Bailey’s application to practice law in Maine will be heard Tuesday in the State’s Supreme Judicial Court, the Portland Press Herald reports.

Last year, a judge on the panel ruled that Bailey could regain the right to practice but still owed taxes of nearly $ 2 million.

The full court will now weigh arguments on an appeal by the Maine Board of Bar Examiners that would block Bailey’s bid to hang a shingle in Maine.

Bailey, whose clients have included O.J. Simpson, Patty Hearst, Sam Sheppard and “Boston Strangler” Albert DeSalvo, was disbarred in Florida in 2001 and Massachusetts in 2003 for his alleged mishandling of a client’s stock.

He later passed the Maine state bar exam but in 2012 the Board of Bar Examiners denied his admission, saying it was not convinced he had “the requisite good character and fitness necessary” to practice.

Last year, Bailey, now a Maine resident, told the Press Herald, “I was pretty disappointed about the practice of law until I got up here. All these lawyers are all honest people and practice without any dirty tricks.”

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Maine governor says 47 percent of state’s residents choose not to work

By Travis Gettys
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:38 EDT

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Maine’s tea party-backed governor suggested during a conservative gathering last week that nearly half the state’s residents who could work do not.




Gov. Paul LePage said he had two points to make last week when he was told the gathering in Falmouth, Maine, was about to end.




His first point consisted only of the word “energy,” but then LePage began sketching out a point about “workplace development.”
“About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work,” LePage said.




One woman in the audience loudly called out, “What?”




“About 47 percent,” LePage repeated. “It’s really bad.”




Audience members grumbled and agreed that such a scenario was bad.




But it’s also not accurate.




According to Maine’s Department of Labor, about 65 percent of residents over 15 years old are working or unemployed and actively seeking work.




The remaining 35 percent are nearly all retired or caring for children or other family members, while others are pursuing education or training or have a disability that prevents them from working.




LePage’s comment was remarkably similar to a remark made by 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who suggested 47 percent of Americans were dependent on the government and saw themselves as victims.




Romney’s remarks were recorded on video and are frequently cited as a factor in his eventual defeat by President Barack Obama.
LePage says he plans to run for re-election next year.




Watch a recording of LePage’s remarks uploaded to YouTube by Bangor Daily News:




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Maine governor says 47 percent of state’s residents choose not to work

Maine man can whistle, but he must keep moving

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A man charged with disorderly conduct for his loud whistling in downtown Portland has reached a deal with the city — he can whistle, but he can’t linger in one spot.
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Maine man can whistle, but he must keep moving

Maine man can whistle, but he must keep moving

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A man charged with disorderly conduct for his loud whistling in downtown Portland has reached a deal with the city — he can whistle, but he can’t linger in one spot.
Offbeat Headlines

Maine man can whistle, but he must keep moving