Personal Injury
- Automobile accidents
- Premises liability
- Workers compensation
- Medical negligence
Family Matters
- Divorce or separation with or without children
- “Gray” Divorce with asset division
Before you start a lawsuit – I can help couples amicably reach a MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND TERMS – which they can take to their attorney(s) for formal drafting and court approval.
By Zoom and In-Person
I offer remote video meetings as well as face-to-face get togethers to help facilitate the mediation process.
Legal Background
Joy McNaughton
Member, Maine State Bar Association and American Bar Association
(Dispute Resolution Section)
Maine Native and Work Highlights
- Wiscasset High School; Colby College; William and Mary School of Law
- Law clerk, Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1984-1985)
- 34 years of litigation of personal injury and insurance claims:
- Preti Flaherty
- Berman and Simmons
- Hanover Insurance
- Tried 15 jury trials to conclusion in Maine Superior and federal courts; over 500 workers compensation testimonial hearings in all 16 of Maine’s counties; represented Hanover or its insureds in hundreds of mediations
Education and Training
- 40 hour mediation training at the University of Southern Maine in September, 2013
- 8 hour trainings in transformative mediation (2014); family law (2015 & 2022); domestic violence (2021 & 2022); consumer law (2015 & 2022).
- 12 hour advanced training, Mosten Guthrie Institute, November 2021: “Skills and Strategies for Mediating Marital and Separate Property”.
- 21 hour “Elder & Adult Family Mediation Training”, by Elder Decisions, July 2020.
- Rostered mediator for Maine District Court since 2015; Opportunity Alliance; Volunteers of America Northern New England; Family and Community Mediation Services; Maine Agricultural Mediation Program
- Rostered as Maine CADRES family mediator since fall 2020 with numbers for each year below:
- (2021) conducted 40 family mediations via Zoom
- (2022) as of 7/7/22 conducted 26 family matters mediations via Zoom or in person
Contact Information
Available by Zoom and In-Person
Office Address:
Mailing Address:
102 Racine Ave.,
Portland, ME 04103