Peter Bennett has been reappointed by incoming American Bar Association (ABA) President Michelle Behnke to serve as Special Advisor to the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.
For over 65 years, the ABA’s independent Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary has evaluated the professional qualifications of Presidential nominees to the United States federal courts by conducting extensive peer reviews of each nominee’s integrity, professional competence, and judicial temperament. The Standing Committee focuses solely on a nominee’s professional qualifications. Evaluators do not consider a nominee’s philosophy, political affiliation, or ideology.
The Committee’s objective is to provide impartial peer-review evaluations of prospective Article III judicial nominees to assist the White House in assessing whether such individuals should be nominated to the federal judiciary. The Committee submits its final rating to the White House, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the U.S. Department of Justice to assist in the confirmation process. The Committee’s historic role in the evaluation process helps ensure that the most qualified persons serve on the federal judiciary.
The Committee consists of twenty members. Appointment to the Committee is based on a lawyer’s professional stature and integrity and represent a cross section of leaders in the profession. Since 2016, Bennett has served on the Standing Committee for seven years, nearly an ABA record for service.
Bennett is managing partner of The Bennett Law Firm in Portland, ME and is nationally recognized as a leader in labor and employment law, where he specializes in representing management in collective bargaining negotiations and related traditional labor law matters and employment litigation. He represents clients in state and federal courts as well as before various administrative bodies, and in arbitration.
In addition to serving on the Standing Committee, Attorney Bennett serves as Maine State Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates and Chair of the ABA Committee on Issues of Concern to the Legal Profession. He is a past Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Judicial College in Reno, NV, a past Chair of the 35,000 member ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, a past Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence and a past President of the Boston University School of Law Alumni Association. He appears in Best Lawyers in America, Chambers, the Bar Register, and New England Super Lawyers amongst other recognition. He has received numerous awards, including Top 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in the Nation.
Bennett graduated from Harvard University with honors and from Boston University School of Law and Graduate School of Management with a JD/MBA.
About The Bennett Law Firm
The Bennett Law Firm was founded over 60 years ago as boutique practice focused on representing management on issues of labor and employment law. The firm has a sophisticated trial practice and offers experienced legal guidance in aggressively avoiding unionization, and specializes in developing preventative policies and procedures, conducting workplace investigations, training, avoiding and, if necessary, resolving employment disputes (including alternative dispute resolution), negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and arbitration. The firm is located in Portland, Maine, and offers legal services to a broad client base throughout New England.
The Bennett Law Firm is a member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms.