PORTLAND ATTORNEY PETER BENNETT CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR TO AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE – AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S BOOK ENTITLED “PRACTICE CHECKLIST MANUAL ON TRIAL ADVOCACY.”

PORTLAND, MAINE - Peter Bennett, President of The Bennett Law Firm, P.A. is a contributing author to the American Law Institute – American Bar Association’s 2001 book Practice Checklist Manual on Trial Advocacy.  Bennett’s contribution addresses the subject of the direct examination of the defendant in an employment lawsuit.  He provided a comprehensive analysis of the subject of direct examination in this context. 

The Bennett Law Firm, P.A. specializes in employment and labor law representation on behalf of management throughout New England, including prevention of unionization, employment conflict resolution, collective bargaining and defense of wrongful discharge and discrimination lawsuits.  The firm also handles all types of commercial and civil litigation. 

Peter Bennett received his M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from Boston University where he is President Elect of the Law School’s Executive Committee and Alumni Association.  Mr. Bennett is active in numerous bar associations but most notably in the American Bar Association, where he serves on the Council of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section.  Mr. Bennett is also a charter member, Vice President and Board member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, the “good-housekeeping” seal of approval for lawyers, www.primerus.com.  Mr. Bennett was a contributing author and/or editor of recent ABA books on the litigation of sexual harassment cases, the litigation of wrongful discharge cases, the insurance coverage of employment disputes, and the litigation of employment tort cases.  He is also a contributing author and editor of Guide to Equal Employment Practices (1998).  Mr. Bennett co-authored an article on employment defamation claims which appeared in the Spring 1998 edition of the Tort and Insurance Law Journal.  Since 1989 Mr. Bennett has been teaching Personnel Law and Labor Law courses for the University of Southern Maine’s Human Resources Certificate Program.