Donald S. (Don) Lawson-Stopps

Practice Areas

Construction Law
Criminal Defense
Civil Litigation

• Real Estate disputes
• Estate Litigation
• Property Liens
• Personal Injury
• Parental Rights and Paternity Actions

• Corporations
• Non-Profit Corporations
• Limited Liability Companies
• Road Associations
• Condominium Associations

Born in Ontario, Canada and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Don came to Maine after graduating from the University of Richmond, Class of '74. In 1979 Don began an apprenticeship in traditional wooden boat building at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. Don and his wife Ruth bought a home in Bath in 1981 where they still live and where they raised two daughters.

After a career as a partner in a construction company specializing in custom homes, cabinetry, and architectural woodwork, Don attended Maine School of Law.

As an Assistant District Attorney for five years Don became an accomplished trial attorney in both District and Superior Court. He brought business and every day life experience to his ten year practice of Law, to counseling clients, and to presenting cases to juries and judges.

Don is a member of the Bath/Brunswick Bar, the Maine Bar Association, the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Maine Trial Lawyers Association.