Attorneys/Staff
Patrick Scott Bedard psbedlaw@bedardbobrow.com
Patrick Scott Bedard was born on September 7, 1963 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire while his father was working as a welder on submarines at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. When he was five, his family moved to Columbia, Maine, a small town of about 400 people in Washington County where he grew up raking blueberries every August since he was old enough to hold a blueberry rake. He graduated in 1981 from Narraguagus High School. In 1985, he graduated with high distinction with a double major in political science and philosophy from the University of Maine. He graduated from the University of Maine Law School in Portland, Maine in 1988. He was admitted to practice in the States of Maine and New Hampshire in 1988 and continues to practice in both states. He has practiced law as a sole practitioner since 1990. He practiced law for a number of years with Mark Lawrence before Mark became District Attorney in York County. He has actively practiced law in the states of Maine and New Hampshire for over 17 years representing thousands of clients in almost all areas of the practice of law, primarily in state courts, including divorce, civil litigation, criminal law, estate planning, real estate, probate, business sales, criminal defense, zoning and planning, entity formation (corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships). He lived in Kittery from 1986 until this past year and served on the Kittery Zoning Board of Appeals from 1992 until 2005, where he served as chairman of the Board of Appeals. He recently relocated to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He has three children, two sons, Derek and Andy, who attend the University of Maine and a daughter, Jessica, who is a sophomore at Traip Academy. He is engaged to be married to Abby Cohen of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
David Jesse Bobrow djblaw@bedardbobrow.com
David Jesse Bobrow, the son of Julie Sipser and Danny Bobrow, was born in Denver, Colorado and spent time in many states during his childhood years, including Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Maine. He graduated from Cony High School in Augusta and attended college at Loyola/New Orleans. Upon graduation in 1995, he moved to Florida where he took the position of Director of Marketing for a natural products company. He left that company in 1998 to attend law school. He graduated from George Washington Law in Washington DC in 2001 and relocated to Kennebunkport, Maine where he become the first lawyer at Caring Unlimited, York County’s Domestic Violence Program. During the past four years, David has represented over one thousand clients in family and civil matters. He is an adjunct professor at York County Community where he teaches the family law section and the mock trial section of the paralegal program. He is licensed to practice in the states of Maine and Massachusetts and estimates having a license to practice in New Hampshire by the summer of 2006. David has published numerous legal and non-legal articles since 1998. He is an avid sports fan where he cheers primarily for the Minnesota Twins and Kansas Jayhawks. He enjoys spending time at the gym, traveling, listening to music, and fine food.
Janet P. Murray – Paralegal jpmlaw@bedardbobrow.com
Janet M. Murray was born and raised in Kittery, Maine by Charles and Florrie Perry. She graduated from Robert W. Traip Academy in Kittery and Bay State Junior College in Boston, Massachusetts. She lived in Eliot, ME where she raised her two children, Jason and Nicolas Murray, until moving to Stratham, New Hampshire in 2002.
She joined Patrick Bedard’s Law Office in 1991. She has extensive practical experience in numerous areas including family law, civil litigation, criminal law, corporate law, and real estate. As a paralegal, some of her current responsibilities include: interviewing clients, drafting complaints, motions, subpoenas, summons, and letters. She also researches titles to property, drafts deeds, reads and interprets property surveys, and completes settlement statements. She has familiarity with the Courts in Maine and New Hampshire. During her free time, her many interest include traveling, shopping, the 2004 World Champion Red Sox, spending time with family and friends, and making the world a better place.