Mr. Peter C. Fessenden

Peter C. Fessenden is a standing chapter 13 trustee for the District of Maine in Brunswick. He also acts as trustee for all chapter 12 cases filed in Maine, and occasionally as a chapter 11 trustee. Mr. Fes- senden founded and directed Maine Legal Services for the Elderly, Inc. and was a partner with Ranger, Fessenden & Copeland P.A. before limiting his practice to trustee work in 1994. He sometimes teaches bankruptcy as an adjunct at the University of Maine School of Law and is currently a law school team coach for the Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. In addition, Mr. Fessenden is a mediator/arbitrator for the state court ADR program and frequently serves as a referee or special master in civil cases. He currently serves on the Grievance Commission for the Maine Board of Bar Overseers and has also spoken at numerous CLE programs. Mr. Fessenden was a delegate to Slovakia in 1996 and to Archangel, Russia, and he has been faculty at numerous CLE programs for the Maine State Bar Association, ABI, National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, New Mexico Bar Asso- ciation, New York Bar Association, Florida Bar Association and the Maine Federal Judicial Conference, among others. Mr. Fessenden is a graduate of Antioch College and received his J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law.