Tilghman, Michael A.

For the last 14 years, Peter has fought to protect the rights of Maine employees. In the last three years, Peter has won five employment discrimination jury trials with jury verdicts and post-judgment settlements totaling more than $2,000,000. Attorney Thompson has been designated a New England "Super Lawyer" in the field of Plaintiff's Employment Discrimination Litigation for the last four years.

Peter is a Board Member of the Disability Rights Center (www.drcme.org). He also directs the Consumer Health Law Program (CHLP)(www.mainecahc.org), a non-profit organization based in Augusta, Maine. The CHLP provides free legal assistance to individuals who have been denied health insurance benefits. Through his work with the CHLP, Peter has helped hundreds of individuals and families obtain necessary health care benefits.

Peter has successfully litigated several nationally-reported cases including Arnold v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 136 F.3d 854 (1st Cir. 1998), Duckworth v. Pratt & Whitney, Inc., 152 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 1998), and Hall v. Maine Municipal Employees Health Trust, 93 F. Supp. 2d 73 (D. Me. 2000).