Jack Woodcock

Jack Woodcock is a trial attorney with more than 20 years of experience handling complex commercial, environmental, mass tort, and constitutional cases. He represents individuals, closely held businesses, and corporations facing significant legal and business risk, pairing a deep command of the legal and regulatory landscape with a disciplined and practical approach to case strategy. 

Jack is known for his clear judgment and steady advocacy. From the earliest stages of a dispute, he works to define goals, assess risk, and build a strategy that lasts through trial and any appeal. 

Jack’s practice includes:

Commercial Litigation

• Breach of contract, trade secret, and business torts 
• Closely held company and partnership disputes involving fiduciary duties, dissolution, and corporate governance

Environmental and Mass Tort Litigation

• Large-scale environmental claims alleging widespread contamination
• Mass tort claims arising from single catastrophic events, including Hurricane Katrina and the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster

Constitutional Litigation

• Challenges to state legislation and practices, including claims involving First Amendment campaign speech, federal constitutional structure and preemption, equal protection, and substantive and procedural due process

Outside his practice, Jack recharges by exploring Maine’s landscape on foot, by bike, or on skis. He shares daily life with his wife, two school-aged children, and a short but spunky dachshund.