Jonathan M. Dunitz,
Counsel

jdunitz@verrill-law.com

Jonathan M. Dunitz

Jonathan M. Dunitz

News

August 15, 2024 Press Releases

87 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2025, Including 12 Named Lawyers of the Year More

January 10, 2024 Press Releases

Verrill Attorney Jonathan M. Dunitz Elected President of the Maine State Bar Association More

August 17, 2023 Press Releases

82 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2024, Including 10 Named Lawyers of the Year More

July 27, 2023 Press Releases

Verrill Attorney Jonathan Dunitz Appointed Member of the State of Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s Access to Justice Tax Credit Committee More

August 24, 2022 Press Releases

77 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2023, Including Six Named Lawyers of the Year More

February 23, 2022 Press Releases

Verrill Attorney Jonathan M. Dunitz Elected as Vice President of the Maine State Bar Association More

August 31, 2021 Press Releases

65 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2022, Including Eight Named Lawyers of the Year More

August 24, 2020 Press Releases

Nearly 80 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2021, Including a Dozen Named Lawyers of the Year More

Firm Highlights

Successful Representation of Insurer before U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Verrill successfully represented an insurer before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in an insurance coverage matter alleging that the insurer improperly denied a defense and indemnification to a landlord under...

Maine Governor Mills To Tap Heather Sanborn of Portland as Next Public Advocate

On December 5, 2024, Governor Janet Mills announced her intent to nominate former state senator and representative Heather Sanborn to serve as the next Public Advocate of the State of Maine. Sanborn, of Portland...

Balancing Local Control and State Mandates: The Implications of the MBTA Communities Act Ruling

The state’s highest court has affirmed the Legislature’s power to force towns to adopt denser, transit-friendly zoning. In 2021, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Communities Act (G. L. c. 40A, § 3A) amended...

Converting Risk to Reward in the Biosolids Industry

Despite having over 130 years of collective environmental law experience, Verrill’s environmental group is very cautious in making predictions about the future. But sometimes we identify a trend that seems so obvious that we...

Normalizing Attorney Well-Being by Eliminating Stigma

Join Verrill's Jonathan Dunitz at the Maine State Bar Association's 2025 Summer Bar Conference in Bar Harbor. Jonathan will be featured on the Normalizing Attorney Well-Being by Eliminating Stigma panel. One of the major...

Governor Healey Enacts Transformative Clean Energy and Economic Development Laws: Streamlined Permitting, Equity Protections, and Extended Project Approvals

On November 20, 2024, Governor Maura Healey signed the Massachusetts Leads Act, engrossing House Bill 5100 (the “MA Leads Act”), which, among many funding provisions, contains two changes that will significantly benefit project developers...

Unwrapping Maine's Gift to the Environment: A New Packaging Stewardship Program Set to Launch in 2026

Beginning in May of 2026, [1] owners of brands selling packaged products and importers of foreign-produced packaged products sold in Maine will be required to adhere to Maine’s Stewardship Program for Packaging. [2] Beginning...

Mitigating Impacts of Solar Development on High Value Agricultural Land

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued final rules on Permitting Solar Energy Developments on High Value-Agricultural Land , with an effective date of April 20, 2025 (the “Rule”). The Rule implements...

Implications of Trump Executive Orders for Massachusetts Environmental Justice Programs

On the first day of his Presidency, among 26 other Executive Orders that day, Donald Trump issued his Unleashing American Energy Executive Order rescinding President Biden’s Executive Order 14096 of April 21, 2023 (Revitalizing...

Maine DEP Issues New Maine Construction General Permit

On January 14, 2025, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) issued a new Maine Construction General Permit (“MCGP”). The new permit replaces the prior 2006 MCGP, which expired and had been administratively continued...

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