Attorney
Brunswick, Maine, 04011
Bradford Alan (“Brad”) Pattershall was born in Farmington, Maine, raised in central and southern Maine, and graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School in 1990. He has been an attorney in his home state since 1999 and is admitted to practice in the Maine state courts, the United States District Court for the District of Maine, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. From 2001 to 2014, he was an associate and later a partner at Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow, LLP in Portland, Maine. In 2014 he opened his own practice in Brunswick, Maine.
Brad’s practice is focused on litigation. He has represented both individuals and businesses in a wide variety of matters often involving complex and novel legal issues. His primary area of concentration is tort litigation, with an emphasis on personal injury and product liability. He also practices extensively in the areas of commercial litigation, landlord-tenant law, employment discrimination, and criminal defense. Brad has been recognized as a Local Litigation Star in Benchmark: Litigation and was recognized as a Rising Star in Super Lawyers New England from 2009 to 2012.
In 2016, upon the recommendation of leaders in the Maine House of Representatives and after nomination by Governor LePage, Brad was confirmed by the Maine Senate and appointed to the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. He was renominated by Governor Mills in 2019. The five-member bipartisan commission guards against corruption and undue influence of the election process by state, county, and certain municipal elected officials by assisting in the administration of Maine’s campaign finance laws, the Maine Clean Election Act, and Maine’s lobbyist disclosure law. In 2020 he left this position to run as a candidate for Maine Senate District 24.
Brad earned his B.A. in Economics from Colby College in 1994, and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Maine School of Law in 1999. During law school, he was a member of the Moot Court Board, and in 1998 he studied law at the Université du Maine in Le Mans, France, where his classes were taught in French. He maintains his fluency in French and enjoys speaking it, especially when assisting his francophone clients. Brad is an avid golfer, and in 2017 he was elected to serve on the board of directors of the Maine State Golf Association, the non-profit governing body of amateur golf in Maine.
As an undergraduate, Brad received a four-year scholarship from the MSGA. He earned a varsity letter in baseball as well. He studied at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland during his junior year, where he was the lone American to play the Scottish Highland sport of shinty for the university’s club during the 1992-1993 season.
Brad is a member of the Maine State Bar Association, the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Maine Trial Lawyers Association. In 2004 he received the Maine Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Publico Award for having worked the most hours on completed Volunteer Lawyers Project cases by a Maine attorney. Brad is a member of Mensa and enjoys woodworking and playing guitar. He lives in Freeport, Maine with his wife Sharon, and two daughters, Sofia and Isla.
