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Gene Libby, Esq.

Gene R. Libby has a rich history of litigation experience over the last 30 years. He has tried over 100 civil and criminal jury cases to verdict. His practice focuses on a wide variety of civil and criminal litigation representing individuals and small businesses, including divorce, real estate disputes, small business litigation, elder law, personal injury and criminal defense. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2003 and named a New England Super Lawyer by his peers since 2007. In 2010, he was named one of the top 100 Maine trial lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association.

Mr. Libby served as District Attorney for York County from 1981-85. Since 1998, he served York County as General Counsel to the York County Commissions and all County departments (Deeds, Probate, Sheriff, Corrections). After serving as General Counsel to a large Portland-based law firm for twelve years, Mr. Libby founded the Kennebunk firm of Libby O’Brien Kingsley & Champion, LLC in 2007.

In 1999, Mr. Libby founded Mary’s Walk in memory of his late wife who had passed away from Burkett’s Lymphoma in 1997. Mary’s Walk raises money exclusively for Maine Cancer Foundation and has donated over 1.5 million to date.

Practice Areas

• Family/Divorce Law
• Civil Litigation
        Real Estate
        Small Business
        Civil Rights
        Probate
• Elder Law
• Criminal Defense (State and Federal)
• Mediation (serves as Neutral in disputed civil matters)

Bar Admissions/Professional Memberships

State Courts

• 1978, Maine and U. S. District Court, District of Maine
• 1990, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Boston, Massachusetts

Memberships

• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Maine State and York County Bar Associations
• American Bar Association
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Education

• University of Southern Maine (B. S., Summa Cum Laude, 1974)
• University of Maine School of Law (J. D., 1978)

Community Public Service

• Founder, Board Member, Mary’s Walk
• Board Member, Maine Cancer Foundation, President 2010-present
• Incorporator, Southern Maine Medical Center (2000-present)
• Saco City Council (1999-03)
• Maine Bar Association, Fee Arbitration Commission, Panel Chair (1998-01)
• York County Budget Committee, Chair (1994-1998)
• Sentencing Options, Inc., Board of Directors (1988-1992)
• Member, Maine Highway Traffic Safety Commission (1982-1984)
• Member, Governor’s Working Group on Child Abuse and Neglect Legal Proceedings (1984)
• York County District Attorney (1981-1985)

Honors

• BNA Criminal Practice Manual, “Rugged Cross Examination Exposes Flawed DNA Tests,”  Vol. 4, No. 2, 31-38, (1990)
• Science, “Maine Case Deals Blow to DNA Fingerprinting,” Vol. 246: 1556-58 (1989)
• Listed in “Who’s Who in American Law,” (1995-1999)
• Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America" since 2003
• Named a New England Super Lawyer by his peers since 2007
• Named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in 2010 by the American Trial Lawyers Association
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Fellow, Maine Bar Foundation