BBB Rating: A+

Background and Experience

Experienced Business Attorney and Entrepreneur, starting in 1999. DelMar Law Offices established in 1999.

Representative Matter

Represented the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Eastern MA, ME & VT in its acquisition of the Rhode Island Better Business Bureau.

Media Quotes and Interviews

ARN, Airport Revenue News concerning ACDBE and Airport Concession Leasing, Industry Officials Discuss Best Practices in Judging RFP Responses. "Michelle DelMar thinks many airports need to alter their evaluation process to focus less on bidders' history and overall balance sheet and more on finding good concepts and making sure that operators have the financial capabilities to deliver." "These [current] requirements effectively eliminate the possibility of new, innovative business prevailing on . . . bids for space and substantially reduces the overall possibility that a new innovative business will lease any space in airports."

Mainebiz. Impacts felt from new LLC law changes. "Wherever the [LLC] Agreement fails to specifically spell out the members' wishes, default provisions of the [new LLC] law apply . . . Even sophisticated business owners are going to need a lawyer to create an LLC."

Boston Business Lawyer: Founder of DelMar Law Offices, estab. 1999; Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar; Member of the Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Better Business Bureau.

Maine Business Lawyer: Admitted to the Maine Bar; Member of the Maine State Bar Association, Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Maine Better Business Bureau.

Prior Legal Experience: Essex Superior Court, Law Clerk Intern, 1999; U.S. Attorneys Office, Law Clerk Intern, 1998; Law Firm Experience in various capacities since 1989; New England Law Boston, Acting Registrar, 1999-2000.

Education: New England Law Boston (J.D., cum laude) 1999, (Award for Best Brief in International Competition); Northeastern University, Boston (B.S., cum laude, Political Science); The School of Language and Culture for Foreigners, Siena, Italy; and Massachusetts College of Art.

Recipient/Achievements: Recipient of Excellence for the Future Award; Best Brief Award in International Competition; Participant in the International War Crimes Project; Recipient of Women Achievers Award.

Author: Establishing a Joint Venture with the P.R.C., A Guide for American Businesses, New England International and Comparative Law Journal, 1999; Proposed Sentencing Guidelines for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, submitted by request to the Prosecutor’s Office of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; and How to Start a Virtual Law Practice, New England International and
Comparative Law Journal 2001.

Other Interests and Activities: Studied in Europe, including Italy and Greece; Education started with the arts, evolved to political science and then to Law (a true testament showing that, what you set out to do, is not always what you end up doing); Enjoy spending quality time with her children, practicing yoga, sailing, and spending time in nature.

Life Philosophy: Live and Work Passionately. If you follow a path for which you are truly passionate, at home and at work, you will be amazed at what you can create and who can benefit from your efforts. Also, when you always do the “Right” thing and do your best, all the pieces fall into place.

Speaking Engagements:

1. Federal Tort Claims Act, What Every Business Needs to Know, Annual Meeting of the World Trade Association of New England, Spring 2001.
2. How to Start a Virtual Law Office, International Law Seminar, Spring 2001, New England School of Law

Legal Instructor: Supervising Attorney, International Law Clinic and Business Law Clinic, New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.

Directorships: Former Member of the Board of Directors of the Falmouth-Cumberland Community Chamber of Commerce; Former Member of the Board of Directors, Better Business Bureau, Boston 2002 to 2008; Former Member of the Board of Directors, Women in World Trade of Boston 2000-2004;

Massachusetts Business Attorney, Maine Business Attorney, Founder and President, DelMar Law Offices, Founder of the International Business Lawyers Connection.