Our History
Crandall, Hanscom & Collins, P.A., is a highly respected law firm that has been providing the best in legal representation to the people of Maine since 1901. Alan C. Bird, Esq. established the firm in 1901. Mr. Bird was instrumental in the development of many institutions in the Mid-Coast area, including the water company, rail service and the cement and mining industries.
His partner, Samuel W. Collins, Jr., served the mid-coast Maine community for forty years as an attorney. He also served as the Majority Leader of the Maine State Senate and as a Justice of the Maine Supreme Court.
Our attorneys, Wayne R. Crandall, Stephen W. Hanscom and Edward M. Collins, are proud to follow in our predecessors footsteps and have served as officers and board members of many charitable institutions, including The Farnsworth Art Museum, The Georges River Land Trust, Rotary, The Maine Bar Foundation, the Oyster River Bog Association, Mid-Coast Mental Health, the North Haven Foundation and The Knox County Bar Association.