Maine - Statewide Law Practice

Attorney Ken Hovermale has handled cases in all 16 of Maine's counties in the State and Federal Courts. He has also been lead trial counsel in malpractice and negligence cases throughout the country. This experience brings a broad network of medical malpractice contacts and knowledge to local counsel.

Ken Hovermale has never (and will never) represent doctors, hospitals, or insurance companies in medical malpractice cases.

Ken Hovermale handles most cases on a contingent fee basis and will share fees with referring lawyers consistent with the Bar Rules.

Medical malpractice cases in Maine are extraordinarily difficult for many reasons:

• The enormous cost involved in working the case up, proceeding through the prelitigation panel system, and then on towards trial put a tremendous amount of time, effort and money strain on a busy practitioner. The out of pocket costs to try a case to a panel can be as much as $35,000-$40,000. Through trial can top $100,000.
• The medicine has to be learned even when simply investigating the case. This obviously takes time and effort that a busy practitioner many times doesn't have.
• The adjusters for the major carriers are top-notch. The defense lawyers are top-notch. All these factors have turned medical malpractice into a true subspecialty over the last 10-15 years.

If you have a potential medical malpractice case, he is here to talk to you about it and, if promising, investigate and handle it for you - all on a fee sharing basis consistent with the Bar Rules.

His paralegal, Barbara Tufts, has been with him for 14 years. She not only knows the business inside and out, but also knows all the players in the system - a true asset.

Feel free to call anytime at (207) 780-9900 to talk about any malpractice or negligence case you feel has potential merit.