Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Our Law Practice, McCloskey, Mina, Cunniff & Frawley, LLC. Criminal defense lawyers, Portland, Maine — McCloskey, Mina, Cunniff & Frawley
• Fraud
  Alfred C. Frawley IV is admitted to the practice of law in the state and federal courts in Maine and Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, as well as the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit. He is also admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. Al is experienced in the areas of white collar criminal defense and investigations, securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, Whistleblower and False Claims Act cases, health care fraud, regulatory compliance, taxation, undue influence, and appellate advocacy. Al has appeared as trial counsel in state and federal courts across the country, and he regularly serves as local counsel for national law firms litigating complex cases in Maine.
• White Collar Crimes
  In 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Jay P. McCloskey to be the United States Attorney for the District of Maine, and the United States Senate confirmed him. Jay held that post for eight years. Prior to becoming Maine's chief federal prosecutor, Jay served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maine from 1980 until 1993. During his tenure as United States Attorney, Jay served as a member of the United States Attorney General's Advisory Committee from 1993 through 1995, where he played an integral role in the formulation of Department of Justice policies. Jay also served as the Chair for the U.S. Attorney General's Subcommittee on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines from 1993 through 2001 and as a member of the Attorney General's select committee on the criminal status of crack cocaine cases. He is recognized for his expertise in the field of white collar crime and federal regulatory compliance. By the time he retired from federal service, Jay had litigated dozens of federal cases before the United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
• Misdemeanors
  Pro bono legal advisor to a team of court administrators engaged by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the European Union to design a project that would implement judicial administration reforms in Serbia as part of that country’s application for admission to the European Union. It was delicate subject matter, and his work in Serbia involved liaison with judges and staff members of the Serbian High Court Council, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Cassation, the Courts of Appeal, the Commercial Court, the High Court, the Misdemeanor Court, and the Municipal Court, as well as the Serbian Ministry of Justice and other interested parties.
• Drug Crimes
  Mike began his law practice in 1999 after 27 years of federal law enforcement service with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and its predecessor agency, the United States Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. He emerged from his federal law enforcement career with a reputation for a high level of professionalism, superlative leadership skills, and an unusual record of accomplishment in multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary law enforcement settings. At the time of his retirement from federal service, Mike, then a Supervisory Special Agent, was managing a Massachusetts-based multi-jurisdictional task force operating in the inner-city neighborhoods of Eastern Massachusetts with the goals of reducing drug trafficking and improving the quality of neighborhood life, often concentrating on the suppression of drug-related violence.
• Murder
  He has handled complex civil matters litigated in federal and state courts as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants, served as defense counsel in complicated federal and state criminal matters, ranging from allegations of attempted murder and manslaughter to fraud, criminal conspiracies, and regulatory offenses, and represented professionals in administrative disciplinary proceedings. In addition to having extensive experience in pretrial litigation, hearings and trials, Mike has briefed and argued cases before the Maine Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court, he was lead counsel in a petition for
• Money Laundering
  In 1989, Thimi returned to Maine as an Assistant United States Attorney in Portland. During his tenure as a federal prosecutor in Maine, he was responsible for the prosecution of major crimes, including complex financial crimes such as bank and securities frauds, tax offenses, asset forfeitures, racketeering and money laundering cases. Thimi also tried numerous high visibility criminal cases and exercised senior prosecutorial authority in a number of sensitive public corruption cases.
• Manslaughter

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation
  Headquartered in Portland, Maine, McCloskey, Mina, Cunniff & Frawley, LLC is a law firm with a practice focused on complex civil litigation and white collar defense. The firm has broad experience representing individual and institutional clients in matters involving alleged violations of federal and state laws pertaining to health care, taxation, whistleblower and false claims, customs, imports and exports, the environment, banking, securities, commercial fraud and high technology. In addition, we are regularly called upon to represent parties involved in general commercial disputes, employment claims, matters of undue influence and elder abuse, environmental accidents, constitutional litigation and serious injury and death cases.

Finance Law

• Tax Law