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V O L . X X I V N O. X X V I N OV E M B E R 1 2 , 2 0 1 8 4 PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR James McCarthy SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Andrea Tetzlaff, Betsy VanderPloeg AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Kelly Ansley MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mark Jeanneret, Jim Milliken RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O Peter Stanton PRESIDENT Joe Zwiebel C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R C O N T E N T S Small but mighty Startup law firms are making their mark in Maine 12 16 Gender balance Law firms have more women associates but leadership roles are elusive 19 Making sense of Opportunity Zones Law firms jumping into the new development field L AW F O C U S I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 1 » 1 A C A D I A C O M M O N S • 2 5 0 C O U N T Y R O A D W E S T B R O O K , M E 0 4 0 9 2 C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O R . H . R E N Y, I N C . 2 0 1 7 A N N U A L S Y N E R G Y E X C E L L E N C E A W A R D F O R M A I N E Synergy Risk Management is a multi-disciplinary approach involving underwriting, claims and loss control professionals to help eligible policyholders reduce the frequency and severity of accidents and the exposures that lead to them. The Synergy Excellence Awards recognize one Acadia Synergy business customer in each state where Acadia operates. Closer Coverage SM means more value, delivered with a personal touch. F O R W I N N I N G T H E 16 P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY K.C. Jones, left, managing partner of Verrill Dana, with Jacqueline Rider, partner and chair of the diversity committee, and Michele Pattenaude, director of human resources, in the firm's Portland office. 12 Elisa Ellis, co-founder of the Augusta law firm Ellis & Meader.