David Bischoff
David cares about his clients and enjoys leveraging his legal skills and experience to help them achieve their goals.
For more than 25 years, David has maintained a busy civil litigation and domestic relations practice. David combines his trial and litigation experience with a genuine commitment to and concern for his clients as he works with each client's unique circumstances and objectives to chart and deploy a strategy best positioned to achieve a successful outcome. While many cases can be settled favorably through negotiated resolution, when a trial is in his client's best interests, David tries cases with deliberate, disciplined, and resolute determination to prevail.
In addition to his practice representing parties in disputes, David is also a skilled and dedicated alternative dispute resolution practitioner. David completed the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Management and calls on his keen interest in and experience with dispute resolution methods and practices to assist in finding successful resolutions to even the most difficult matters.
For more than 25 years, David has maintained a busy civil litigation and domestic relations practice. David combines his trial and litigation experience with a genuine commitment to and concern for his clients as he works with each client's unique circumstances and objectives to chart and deploy a strategy best positioned to achieve a successful outcome. While many cases can be settled favorably through negotiated resolution, when a trial is in his client's best interests, David tries cases with deliberate, disciplined, and resolute determination to prevail.
In addition to his practice representing parties in disputes, David is also a skilled and dedicated alternative dispute resolution practitioner. David completed the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Management and calls on his keen interest in and experience with dispute resolution methods and practices to assist in finding successful resolutions to even the most difficult matters.
Education and Honors
- B.A. University of New Hampshire, Phi Beta Kappa
- J.D. University of Maine School of Law
- Best Lawyers in America®, Family Law and Commercial Litigation since 2016
- Best Lawyers in America®, 2019 Portland Lawyer of the Year, Family Law
- AV designation by Martindale Hubbell since 2010 (representing highest rating for professional excellence by the country's oldest legal directory)
- Member, Maine Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct
- Member, Advisory Committee to Consider Spousal Support Guidelines
- Member, Board of Directors, Maine Sandlot Baseball League, Inc.
Representative Practice Areas
- Family and Domestic Relations
- Civil and Commercial Litigation
- Mediation and Arbitration