APRIL A. BENTLEY was born and raised in Florida. She is a graduate of Florida State University and graduated magna cum laude from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She currently serves as Vice President of the Penobscot County Bar Association, is a council member for the Branch Pond Association, a member of the John Waldo Ballou American Inn of Court, and a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Prior to joining Rudman & Winchell, April completed a judicial clerkship with the Maine Superior Court.

April owns and trains horses in dressage. She and her husband live year round at the Bangor Y's Camp Jordan, where her husband is Camp Director.

• Areas of Practice
  • Immigration Law
  • Municipal Law
  • Equine Law
• Bar Admissions
  • Maine, 2003
  • Florida, 2002
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 2005
• Education
  • Thomas M. Cooley Law School
    • Lansing, Michigan, 2002
    • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
      • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Florida State University
    • Tallahassee, Florida, 1998
    • B.A., Bachelor of Arts
      • Major: Insurance/Risk Management