Caring Through Charity

At the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein we are proud to give back to the communities that our clients come from. With a statewide practice and five local offices in Biddeford, Portland, Lewiston, Augusta, and Bangor, we see the efforts of numerous charities and organizations that support the wellbeing of Mainers. It is with great pleasure that we commend these companies with our respect, gratitude, and financial support.

Here is a partial list of some of the organizations we have supported in the past few years:

AG Bell
American Association of Justice
AJFCA
American Heart Association
American Lung Association
Autism Society of Maine
Bangor High School
Boys & Girls Clubs of Maine
Boys to Men
Brain Injury Association
Brewer Youth Sports
Camp Susan Curtis
Cape Elizabeth Theater
Carmel Boy Scout Troop
Carolina for Kibera
Center Day Camp Scholarship Fund
Cedars Auxiliary
Chabad House
Citizens for Justice
Coastal Humane Society
Community Counseling Center
Community Mediation
Congregation Etz Chaim
Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Deboche Project
Double B Equine Rescue
Gary's House
Good Shepherd Food Bank
Hampden-Newburgh Little League
Hillel at Northeastern University
Hillel Society of Lehigh University
Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine
Independent Transportation Network
Jewish Family Services
Jimmy Fund
John Bapst Memorial High School
Junior Achievement of Maine, Inc.
King Middle School
Leadership for Maine

Levey Day School
Literacy Volunteers
Maine Bar Foundation Campaign for Justice
Maine Civil Liberties
Maine Educational Center for the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Maine Civil Liberties Union Foundation (MCLU)
Maine Jewish Film Festival
University of Maine School of Law Alumni Association
Maine People's Alliance
Maine Reads
Maine Trial Lawyers Association
Maine Women's Fund
Majority 101
March of Dimes
Marine Animal Lifeline
Mount Holyoke College
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muskie Fund for Legal Services
NA'AMAT USA
National Multiple Sclerosis
Old Orchard Beach Firefighters
Penobscot Theater
Perkins School for the Blind
Portland Chevra Kadisha
Portland High School
Preble Street Resources Center
Reiche School
Schair Memorial Lecture
Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue
Shalach Manot Project
Supreme Court Historical Society
Tedford Housing
Temple Beth El - Kulanu Campaign
TSA Research Fund
United Way
Academic Council For Post-Holocaust, Christian,
Jewish & Islamic Studies
Waynflete School
WMPG


 

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Law Day Celebrated Throughout The Land

On May 1st, Law Day was celebrated in the United States. The day is dedicated to highlighting how law and the legal process contribute to our country’s freedom.

Each year, Law Day has a theme. This year’s 31st annual Law Day honored the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln with the theme: A Legacy of Liberty—Celebrating Lincoln’s Bicentennial. Lincoln is long considered one of America’s greatest presidents, however, before elected, he was a lawyer.

In January, Barak Obama became the 26th lawyer sworn in as president.

Often referred to as “Prairie Lawyer” due to his modest upbringing, Lincoln worked as an attorney for 25 years before becoming president. During his tenure, Lincoln tried over 5,000 cases, including several in the Illinois Supreme Court and one before the U.S. Supreme Court. Lincoln’s most notable case came in 1858 when he successfully defended his client in a murder trial after citing an almanac as judicial notice. Lincoln argued in accordance to the almanac that the moon was too low on the night of the murder for someone to properly identify the assailant, contradicting the testimony of the witness. Based on his argument, the defendant was acquitted. Lincoln’s work in the now famous Illinois v. Armstrong (1858) was pro bono.

The idea for Law Day initiated in 1957, when American Bar Association President, Charles S. Rhyne, envisioned a special day for celebrating the U.S. legal system. In 1958, his vision became a reality when U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower established Law Day as “a day of national dedication to the principles of government under law.” In 1968, Congress dedicated May 1st as the official date for celebrating Law Day.

Today, Law Day is celebrated by law firms, businesses, and schools alike. While the day is relatively unknown outside the U.S. and is not a national holiday, it acts as an observance. An observance for what is right and what is fair, and for what is just and what we hold dear: America’s Freedom.

And like Lincoln, who fought for justice while uniting a nation, the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein has been fighting for the rights of Maine’s injured and disabled for nearly 35 years. We are proud to celebrate Law Day, and do so with our forefather in mind. 200 years after the birth of the sixteenth president of the United States, we remember the words of Abraham Lincoln:

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”

For more information on Law Day, please visit: http://www.abanet.org/publiced/lawday/2009/home.shtml.