“Trump isn’t a Republican, he’s a Trump.”. Gideon and her husband, lawyer Ben Gideon, have a net worth between $1 million and $3.1 million. “She’s tried to walk this line between what’s right and still go along with Trump,” he says. Sara Gideon, who served on the Freeport town council between 2010 and 2012, has attempted to distance herself from the company, telling reporters on Friday that she had nothing to do with her husband's business. Those instances of hypocrisy include Gideon’s assertion that she opposes corporate money in politics after building her career as Speaker of the Maine House through her personal leadership PAC, which accepted large donations from many corporations, including large pharmaceutical companies and others. Many of Ben’s cases involve people who were seriously injured or killed because of negligence within large corporations. Since joining Berman & Simmons in 2003, Ben has developed expertise across a broad range of case types, including personal injury, medical malpractice, civil rights, products liability, nursing home, toxic and environmental torts and other complex civil litigation matters.
The revelation of Gideon’s family receiving the benefit of a PPP loan while Gideon attacked Senator Susan Collins on the program reinforces the assertion many of Gideon’s opponents have made about Gideon, saying she often engages in blatant hypocrisy. Prior to joining Berman & Simmons, Ben practiced law at the New York City office of Latham & Watkins LLP, representing clients in securities fraud, qui tam, whistleblower, Medicare fraud, and intellectual property cases. The company did not pay off the last of its lien until 2012, one year after Concord Brook went out of business. Gideon’s husband, Ben, is an attorney from Maine who worked on former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Allen’s first gubernatorial and congressional campaigns. Schedule a Free Consultation 207-784-3576. Concord Brook intended to build the condominium along a new cul-de-sac called "Gideon's Way." Schedule a Free Consultation 207-784-3576. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, and House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, are in a tight battle for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat. FAQs: Find Answers to Your Questions Here. Ben Gideon. In inviting attorney Gideon into the organization, Inner Circle President, Joseph Power, Esq., a renowned trial lawyer based in Chicago, Illinois, wrote that judicial and peer reviews described attorney Gideon’s “excellent judgement” and “extraordinary oral advocacy skills.” Power further noted that “Although only 47, Ben has become a dominant trial attorney not only in Maine, but regionally.”, “It is an incredible honor to be invited to this amazing group of trial lawyers.” Gideon said. She ran for the Freeport Town Council five years later after someone originally tried to recruit her husband. Gideon was first elected to the Legislature in 2012 and quickly gained a reputation as a business-friendly Democrat. By providing your phone number (home or mobile) you consent to receive periodic campaign updates through automated text messages and calls from Sara Gideon for Maine. Republicans have raised Gideon’s investments in mutual funds as an issue, saying they conflict with a commitment she made to divest fossil fuel investments. Attorney Gideon is only the second lawyer in Maine history to be invited to join this group. Our job is to answer your questions, explain all your legal options, and help you pursue the best solution for your specific circumstances. She is a proud mother, wife, sister and daughter who will always fight for Maine families. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Follow Maine Examiner on Facebook for news and information you won’t find anywhere else! Established in 2005, Concord Brook purchased several properties in Freeport in pursuit of a redevelopment project to build a condominium in the area. took at least one million dollars from the federal government through the program. On multiple records from that year—including mortgage agreements and the government documents—Concord Brook listed the Gideon family residence as its company address, indicating that the Gideons were early participants in the business. Money has been a major talking point in the race, as Democrats have criticized Collins for her vote for a 2017 Republican tax bill that yielded greatest benefits for the wealthy, while Republicans have gone after Gideon over issues related to her husband’s past business interests.
To this day, the street has retained that name. Gideon’s husband, Ben, is an attorney from Maine who worked on former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Allen’s first gubernatorial and congressional campaigns. Collins is facing the toughest re-election challenge of her career this fall, as recent public polling has shown Gideon in a narrow lead. “I’ve learned that if you’re willing to work with others, it’s still possible to get things done,” Gideon says in one of her campaign ads. Disclosures only require candidates to list ranges of values for assets and liabilities. But even back in August, Gideon channeled voters who tell her it’s time for a change. Gideon’s ads weave a narrative of a mother of three who felt compelled to get into public service, first with the Freeport Town Council, then the Legislature and now the U.S. Senate. Sara Gideon gives a speech at Hidden Spring Winery in Hodgdon during a campaign stop in late August. Maine Trump Victory reaches two-millionth voter contact, Rep. Dillingham: We Have Government By The Majority Who Participate, Maine Trump Victory touts grassroots success at Presidential Debate Watch Party, Rep. Fran Head: Let’s Not Forget Domestic Violence During the Pandemic. He is motivated to hold negligent corporations accountable, and to prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future. Sara Gideon lives in Freeport, with her husband Ben and their children. It’s not that Mainers are looking for advice about who to vote for, it’s that they want to know who their senator thinks should be leading us,” Gideon said, pressing Collins during the first debate of the race. I’m disgusted.
Gideon and her husband, lawyer Ben Gideon, have a net worth between $1 million and $3.1 million. “She knows I’m not voting for her. Allen, of course, would challenge Collins in 2008 and lose in a landslide.
There will be a formal induction ceremony into the Inner Circle in August in Ireland.
Gideon is also facing a barrage of criticism for her failure to act in response to reports, confirmed by The Bollard, a Portland-based magazine, that a Democrat legislator in her caucus had groomed at least three young women for sexual relationships before they graduated high school when he taught at Maine Girls’ Academy. Have a tip for a great or important story for Maine Examiner? Ben Rogoff Gideon is on Facebook. The Inner Circle limits its membership to no more than 100 of the top plaintiff trial lawyers in the nation. We need a change,’” Gideon says.
Disclosures only require candidates to list ranges of values for assets and liabilities. See Photos. Maine also could face serious budget consequences if projected budget shortfalls are not addressed. The firm employs 18 lawyers, according to their website. Gideon’s husband, Ben, is an attorney from Maine who worked on former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Allen’s first gubernatorial and congressional campaigns. She describes her childhood as uneventful but blessed. After listening to Lee Leviter’s great interview with the Beacon podcast a week or so ago, I was given cause to think about our own experiences with anti-Semitism in Maine and elsewhere. They point to various instances where Gideon has publicly stated, sometimes in paid ads, that she takes one position on an issue, but her political history or private actions show the opposite. Gideon became speaker of the Maine House in 2017 and her campaign often uses her experience as evidence of her problem-solving.
Polls have shown a very tight race. “You know, I don’t think everybody who says that to me is everybody in Maine,” she says. A filing by Sara Gideon with the Maine Ethics Commission shows Gideon’s husband, Ben Gideon is an attorney at Berman & Simmons, a Portland based law firm. “People say to us, assertively, ‘I voted for Susan Collins two times, or three times, or four times.’ People always know exactly how many times and which years they voted for her, and they’ll say, ‘We can’t do it again. Perennially behind on its taxes, Concord Brook ultimately abandoned the redevelopment plan.
Freeport, Maine. That was after the scope of these reports, which covered the 2019 calendar year. In a television ad, Gideon has accused Collins of authoring the PPP to benefit her donors and of tailoring the program to mostly benefit large corporations, but has never disclosed that her husband’s law firm was a beneficiary of the program.
That's some new territory right there. Savage reported a net worth of between $165,000 and $380,000 earlier this year. In Her Campaign For US Senate, Sara Gideon Looks To Attract Former Susan Collins Supporters. Now, newly released data from the U.S. Small Business Administration has revealed that Gideon’s husband’s law firm took at least one million dollars from the federal government through the program. The lawmaker has never been charged with a crime, but national Republican groups boosting Collins’ reelection continue to accuse Gideon of a cover-up in ads that have been running since June. He previously served as editor for The Cornell Daily Sun. Maine Public On Your Voice-Activated Device, Maine High School Basketball Championship Weekend, Watch Maine Public Television on YouTube TV or with an Antenna, Age of Nature Student Challenge and Lecture Series, Community Calendar – Virtual and Live Events in Maine, Maine Public's Tiny Screen Concert Series/Brown Bag Edition, Maine Public's Dash of Maine Holiday Cooking Challenge, Facts About Maine Public's Federal Funding. A little more than a year ago, Sara Gideon was someone known mostly in the insular political circles of the Maine Legislature. Maine Senate Democratic candidate Sara Gideon's family business failed to pay more than $57,000 in local property taxes, according to state records. Yuichiro Kakutani - August 27, 2020 4:59 AM. Meet Benjamin Gideon. But by Gideon’s own admission, her time as House speaker has had its challenges. Yuichiro Kakutani is a reporter at the Washington Free Beacon. “I sometimes think back on it and think, ‘This was a person who didn’t want government to work, but maybe more importantly, just didn’t want people to work together. Candidates and members of Congress are required to file yearly financial reports, which include information on their assets, liabilities and sources of income. #mepolitics https://t.co/OawjnphszG. Unenrolled candidates Lisa Savage, a teacher from Solon and former member of the Green party, and Max Linn, a businessman from Bar Harbor, are also in the race, which will use ranked-choice voting. The redevelopment scheme, however, started to go downhill in 2008.