Beliveau, Severin

Severin Beliveau

Severin M. Beliveau, one of Maine's best-known attorneys, has significant experience in legislative and regulatory issues. He is a Founding Member and Senior Partner of Preti Flaherty and directs the firm's legislative and regulatory practice in Augusta and Washington, D.C. His work also involves public issues, environmental projects and international trade. Severin's private practice experience as a legal generalist, along with his work in public practice, the Maine Legislature and the U.S. Congress, make him uniquely qualified as a litigator concentrating in regulatory law and project development. His comprehensive understanding of every financing and regulatory agency in Maine allows him to employ creative, nontraditional legal solutions to problems by effecting changes in law as an alternative to litigation. Throughout his career, Severin has been a leader in national and international organizations, giving him perspectives that transcend state boundaries. As a former director of the bipartisan American Council of Young Political Leaders, he helped promote cultural and political exchange programs among NATO countries and Eastern Europe. His work took him to Moscow, Leningrad, Riga and Tbilisi in the former Soviet Union. He also served on political leadership committees dealing with U.S.-Canadian relations, European security, the environment and technological change. Severin is currently president of the American Association of the Forum Francophone des Affaires, the Maine-based United States chapter of a worldwide alliance of 36 French-speaking nations working to promote economic development through business, industry and technology exchanges. He is fluent in French. Severin is a former State senator and State representative and was chairman of the Democratic State Committee. During his last two years as chairman, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee. He is a former member of the Commission on Maine's Future, former director of Medical Care Development Inc., and a former trustee of the University of Maine. He was a founder of the Maine Alliance, a group of several hundred businesses that monitor public policy on environmental regulation and economic development. The group today is part of the Maine Chamber and Business Alliance. Severin is a former president of the Samantha Smith Foundation and is French Consular Agent for the state of Maine. He is a former member of the Board of Governors of both the Maine State Bar Association and the Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Severin was born in Rumford to a distinguished family of Maine lawyers and judges. His father, Albert J. Beliveau, Sr., was a justice of the Maine Supreme Court. His grandfather, Matthew McCarthy, served as the first municipal court judge in Rumford. His uncle, William E. McCarthy, was a Superior Court judge. His brother, Albert J. Beliveau, Jr., is a Member of Preti Flaherty. Severin graduated from Georgetown University and earned his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center in 1963. He then began private practice with his father and brother in Rumford. Two years later, he was elected Oxford County Attorney and gained exceptional trial experience early in his career.

Mr. Severin Beliveau
Preti Flaherty Beliveau Pachios & Haley LLC
P.O. Box 1058
Augusta (ME)
04332-1058
US
Telephone 1 : 207-623-5300
Fax : 207-623-2914
Email : SBeliveau@preti.com
Web : www.preti.com

Categories : Justice

Last Update : 2006-11-20