PAUL W. CHAIKEN is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Maine School of Law. At the request of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, he  chaired of the task force rewriting Maine's Code of Professional Conduct, the ethics rules for attorneys in Maine, which rules were implemented in August 2009.  In 2003 he was appointed by Maine Governor Angus King to serve as one of Maine's three Commissioners to the Uniform Law Conference, the national organization which writes and seeks enactment of such uniform acts as the Commercial Code, the Probate Code, and numerous business codes. Paul is a past president of the Maine Bar Association. He served two terms as chair of the Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence. He currently chairs the Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct. Prior to joining Rudman & Winchell in 1977, Paul served as an Assistant District Attorney for the State of Maine.

• Areas of Practice
  • Education Law
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Disputes
  • Mediation & Arbitration
  • Personal Injury-Plaintiff and Defense
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Product Liability
  • Complex and Employment Related Crimes
  • Insurance Defense
• Bar Admissions
  • Maine, 1975
  • Massachusetts, 1975
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1975
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1994
  • U.S. Federal Court, 1975
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
• Education
  • University of Maine School of Law
    • Portland, Maine, 1974
    • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  • Boston University
    • Boston, Massachusetts, 1971
    • B.A., Bachelor of Arts
      • Major: Political Science