JTforME / RISE — searchable extraction of the supplied Documented Connections R1 PDF text extracted for accessibility and searching. The original PDF controls page layout, graphics, source IDs and wording. Extraction order can differ from visual order. --- PDF PAGE 1 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE PUBLIC RECORDS / RESEARCH EDITION 01 DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS Bedard–Lucy University of Maine & Maine Law Educational proximity. Archival evidence. The distinction between an institutional overlap and a documented personal relationship. EXPANDED REVIEW Moskowitz · Sutton · Seasonwein · McArdle 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 | R1 Prepared for Justin A. Tahai JTforME.com RISE.JTforME.com Independent source-based compilation. Not a court or university publication. --- PDF PAGE 2 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE READER’S GUIDE What this report establishes This edition consolidates the supplied Bedard–Lucy research and adds a separately identified review of Judges Jeffrey Moskowitz, Lea-Anne Sutton and Heather Seasonwein, with John A. McArdle III retained as a secondary professional-network comparator. The question is what the records establish—not what a shared name, school or employer might suggest. The supplied report remains the basis for the undergraduate and Maine Law archive leads. Selected sources were rechecked online on 20 September 2026. New findings are identified in the expanded-scope section. This is not a claim that every university record, archive image or internet reference has been searched. Evidence label Meaning Documented The cited record expressly supports the stated fact. A biography proves the published account; it is not automatically registrar verification. Corroborated Independent or differently sourced records support an identification or affiliation, while a stated gap remains. Inferred A stated conclusion follows only if identified assumptions are correct. Unresolved No sufficient record was located or the underlying material could not be inspected. Source-derived A finding or locator is retained from the supplied research or case transcription, rather than newly authenticated. Reading the connections Institutional overlap, a dated joint publication, the same case history, and a private relationship are different propositions. None is silently substituted for another. No conclusion of friendship, favoritism, undisclosed conflict or improper coordination is made here. Navigation: pages 3–8 address Bedard and Lucy; pages 9–13 contain the expanded review; pages 14–17 contain draft archival requests; pages 18 onward provide the source register. Bracketed source codes are clickable. These templates have not been sent. DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 02 --- PDF PAGE 3 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 01 / EXECUTIVE FINDINGS Shared institutions; unresolved personal ties Bedard’s published undergraduate account is political science and philosophy—not criminal justice. The source is his own professional biography. [S01] The core record supports educational proximity between Bedard and Lucy. It does not presently establish that they were friends, fraternity brothers, members of the same student organization, or in the same class. [S01] [S02] [S03] [U01] Question Finding and limit Same undergraduate Yes. Both are identified as University of Maine graduates. Bedard reports 1985; university? Lucy’s undergraduate graduation year remains unverified here. [S01] [S02] Early-1980s overlap? Probable, not registrar-confirmed. Bedard’s reported 1981–1985 educational path overlaps the 1983 football lead for Lucy. [S01] [S03] [S05] Same law school? Yes. Bedard reports Maine Law 1988. Lucy’s Maine Law degree is officially confirmed; the 1990 year is supported by contemporary reporting. [S01] [S02] [S03] Law-school attendance 1987–1988 is inferred from ordinary, continuous three-year programs. Exact overlap? matriculation and attendance dates are missing. [S01] [S03] Same fraternity or club? No sufficient evidence located. Historical chapter rosters, composites and full student-organization records remain retrieval targets. [S06] [S09] [U01] Same Law Review staff? Not established. A limited no-indexed-authorship result does not rule out staff membership. Full mastheads remain unverified. [S10] [U01] The strongest additional undergraduate lead is a John Lucy caption in historical football material. The university catalogue, secondary-host caption and later biographical identification are separate components; the original photograph has not been authenticated in this edition. [S03] [S04] [S05] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 03 --- PDF PAGE 4 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 02 / IDENTITY & DEGREE CHECK Bedard and Lucy: the record anchors Patrick S. Bedard His first-person law-office biography reports high-school graduation in 1981, UMaine graduation in 1985 with “degrees in political science and philosophy,” and Maine Law graduation in 1988. It does not describe an undergraduate criminal-justice degree. No university degree verification was obtained for this edition. [S01] The report therefore records the subjects exactly as published. It does not turn the word “degrees” into a verified claim about two separately conferred diplomas, a double major, or the precise degree titles. A registrar response would resolve those distinctions. [S01] [S26] John Lucy The State of Maine’s September 2012 announcement confirms UMaine and Maine Law graduation. It also places Lucy at Richardson, Whitman, Large & Badger from 1990. The Bangor Daily News nomination profile supplies Maine Law 1990 and identifies him as a former UMaine football player. [S02] [S03] For archival retrieval, the supplied research used John Lucy and John B. Lucy. The official announcement uses John Lucy. The middle initial is retained as a search variant rather than represented as an independently established university identifier. [S02] [U01] Name matching is not identity proof Search variants for Bedard include Patrick S. Bedard, Patrick Bedard, Pat Bedard and the directory-derived Patrick Scott Bedard. For Lucy, use John Lucy, John B. Lucy, John B Lucy and J. B. Lucy. Match a result to education, location, professional history or another independent identifier before treating it as responsive. [U01] A recollection of a criminal-justice degree is a hypothesis to check. The currently located published account supports political science and philosophy. [S01] No degree subject is used here to infer personality, motives, ethics or professional conduct. DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 04 --- PDF PAGE 5 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 03 / CHRONOLOGY Endpoints are not full enrollment histories Year / interval Record or hypothesis Status 1981 Bedard reports completing high school. [S01] Published account 1983 Historical Black Bears caption names John Lucy; later reporting Corroborated lead identifies Judge Lucy as a former UMaine player. [S03] [S05] 1985 Bedard reports UMaine graduation. [S01] Published account 1981–1985 Likely Bedard undergraduate interval if attendance followed a Inferred continuous path. [S01] 1985–1988 Likely Bedard Maine Law interval if a conventional uninterrupted Inferred three-year program. [S01] 1987–1990 Likely Lucy Maine Law interval on the same assumption. [S03] Inferred 1987–1988 Probable shared Maine Law academic year under those assumptions. Inferred [S01] [S03] 1988 / 1990 Reported law-school graduation endpoints: Bedard / Lucy. [S01] [S03] Differently sourced What would convert overlap into a documented finding? A university response giving dates of attendance, a dated student directory, or a comparable institutional record could establish that both attended during a particular semester. A class list, organizational roster or jointly captioned photograph would answer the different question of a specific shared activity. [S23] [S24] [S26] [U01] The football lead is stronger than surname proximity because the caption uses John Lucy and the later biography independently identifies the judge as a football alumnus. It still does not place Bedard on the team or establish that the two met. [S03] [S05] A 2007 media guide is a retrospective institutional publication about an earlier team—not itself a record created in 1983. The original image and its exact printed page should be obtained before reproducing it as an exhibit. [S04] [S05] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 05 --- PDF PAGE 6 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 04 / UMAINE ARCHIVES The precise fraternity and activity targets The supplied research located yearbook sections covering the likely undergraduate window. These are useful retrieval instructions, not verified membership findings. Page ranges below are preserved from that research; the replacement scans were not inspected for this edition. [S06] [U01] Volume Printed-page locators Research purpose 1982 Prism Greeks from about 114; Organizations about Possible Bedard house, club or early activity 206; Seniors about 220. references. 1983 Prism Sports 62–99; Seniors 164–237; Greeks The highest-value joint-window volume; 238–259; Campus Life 260–293. cross-check Lucy athletics and named Greek records for both. 1984 Prism Sports 106–175; Organizations/Events Continuity of athletics and clubs; class-year 176–197; Campus Life 198–225; Seniors and caption evidence. 226–285; commencement about 308–315. 1985 Prism Organizations 188–203; Greek Week 210–219; Bedard’s senior entry and any named Class of 1985 226–299. organization/Greek affiliation. Football, newspapers and alumni publications The official catalogue identifies the 2007 football media guide and its university publisher. The searchable secondary mirror exposes the 1983 caption. Those sources should lead to the original image, an athletics roster and any class-year biography. [S04] [S05] Fogler’s history guide also identifies the Maine Campus, alumni publications, catalogues and historical materials. Search the names alongside fraternity, Greek Week, football, political science, philosophy, pre-law and student government; then verify each responsive item in its original context. [S08] [U01] No chapter name, house membership, initiation date or shared fraternity is established by this record. [U01] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 06 --- PDF PAGE 7 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 05 / MAINE LAW ARCHIVES Organizations, law review and likely overlap Start with the 1987–1988 academic year The inferred overlap identifies a useful archive window, not proof of a shared class. Prioritize the student directory for that year, then the 1988 and 1990 commencement programs and adjacent-year activity records. Bedard and Lucy’s different graduating cohorts could still have overlapped without sharing required classes. [S01] [S03] [U01] Phi Alpha Delta: three separate missing propositions Maine Law’s organizations page lists Phi Alpha Delta and calls it a professional law fraternity. The page describes recently active organizations; it does not establish an active chapter in 1987–1988. Before alleging a shared membership, the record must establish historical chapter activity, Bedard’s membership and Lucy’s membership independently. None has been established here. [S09] [U01] Maine Law Review: authorship is not staff membership The supplied research checked indexed issue material for volumes 39–42, covering 1987–1990, and reported no exposed article/comment authorship by either man. This edition rechecked the volume 40, issue 1 index. That limited result leaves editorial, staff and other participation open because complete mastheads have not been verified. [S10] [U01] Additional archive Record needed Student Bar Association Dated officer, representative or committee lists. Moot court / trial advocacy Competition teams, programs, awards and participant rosters. Student events Orientation and Barristers’ Ball programs with named participants, not merely announcements. Alumni history Contemporary class notes, dated event programs, photographs and captions. These are proposed retrieval categories from the supplied research, not claims that responsive records name either individual. Maine Law’s repository and historical collection are navigation leads. [S11] [U01] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 07 --- PDF PAGE 8 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 06 / PROVENANCE & GAPS Three-level trails—and where they stop A source trail is not a completed investigation simply because it has three labels. The table identifies the actual document reached and the missing evidentiary step. It preserves the original request to drill down without treating inaccessible material as inspected. Lead Trail reached Unfinished step Bedard education Professional biography → educational paragraph → University confirmation was not identified degree-verification channel. [S01] [S26] requested or obtained. Lucy football Official biography/news profile → university Original image, roster and media-guide catalogue → secondary caption text. attendance dates. [S02]–[S05] Greek affiliation University-history holdings → specific Prism volumes → Inspect names on original section printed-section locators from supplied report. [S06] [S08] scans and chapter records. Law Review Journal archive → dated issue → exposed index and Complete masthead/staff roster masthead link. [S10] inspection. Fraternity at Maine Organizations page → Phi Alpha Delta description → 1980s chapter activity and Law historical roster request proposed. [S09] individual membership records. Access limits UMaine’s legacy retirement notice states that Digital Commons sunset on 30 June 2026 and directs users to replacement discovery/Specto. Old yearbook links now produce a redirect or retirement page in the available retrieval path. That limits the strength of negative web-search results. [S07] The original report found no retrievable shared fraternity roster, class list, club record, joint event program or photograph naming Bedard and Lucy together. That result is carried forward as a bounded search outcome—not proof that no such document or relationship exists. [U01] No complete Wayback crawl, exhaustive historical newspaper review, registrar response, fraternity archive response or authenticated photo comparison is claimed. DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 08 --- PDF PAGE 9 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 07 / EXPANDED SCOPE • NEW REVIEW Moskowitz, Sutton and Seasonwein The additional names do not all lead to the same law school. The table distinguishes published directory information from official institutional confirmation. Graduation years were not verified with registrars. Person Undergraduate Law school Source posture Jeffrey H. Moskowitz St. Lawrence University Syracuse University Education fields in professional B.A., 1980 J.D., 1984 directory. [S12] Lea-Anne Sutton Smith College Year not Maine Law J.D., 1995 Schools in 2018 nomination verified report; J.D. year in directory. [S13] [S14] Heather M. Seasonwein Hamilton College B.A., Maine Law J.D., 2001 Professional profile; historical 1994 alias Heather S. Walker. [S15] John A. McArdle III UMass Boston 1984 Suffolk University Law Self-presented directory School 1987 biography. [S19] What the education comparison supports Bedard, Lucy, Sutton and Seasonwein have a documented or reported Maine Law affiliation, with distinct graduation years. The standard three-year timelines implied by the latter two years do not themselves indicate attendance overlap with the 1988/1990 pair. Moskowitz and McArdle are not placed in that alumni group by the sources reviewed. [S01] [S02] [S03] [S12]–[S15] [S19] McArdle’s biography reports teaching trial practice at Maine Law. No teaching dates or class roster was obtained. Teaching there is not evidence that he taught any particular named person. [S19] Source-quality control: one Sutton directory calls 22 March 2018 an appointment date. The contemporary WAGM report describes nominations that day. This edition uses it only as a nomination-announcement date and does not import the directory’s appointment characterization. [S13] [S14] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 09 --- PDF PAGE 10 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 08 / INSTITUTIONAL CONNECTIONS The same courthouse and case history Official institutional assignment The Judicial Branch’s published roster lists Lucy, Moskowitz, Sutton and Seasonwein at the Biddeford District Court. That is a direct institutional affiliation. It does not establish their day-to-day work schedule, a discussion about a particular case or a private relationship. [S16] The supplied order documents procedural intersections The user-supplied February 11, 2026 order transcription identifies Bedard as opposing counsel at the January 16 hearing and recounts earlier proceedings before the other judges. The following dates are source-derived locators; the signed orders and docket entries should be checked before evidentiary use. [U02] Judicial officer Events recounted in the supplied order Moskowitz Agreed modification: 15 December 2020. Temporary protection order: 6 December 2024. Amended temporary order: 17 April 2025. [U02, pp. 3–4] Sutton Continuance: 16 December 2024. Amended temporary order: 9 January 2025. Consolidation/continuance: 4 September 2025. [U02, p. 4] Seasonwein Continuance: 17 July 2025. Pretrial proceedings/order: 22 September 2025. [U02, pp. 3–4] Lucy Consolidated hearing: 16 January 2026. Findings and Order: 11 February 2026. Bedard identified as counsel at the hearing. [U02, p. 1 and document heading] A narrower, indirect committee connection Moskowitz is a consultant on the Criminal Law Advisory Commission’s February 2026 roster; Sutton chairs the Criminal Process Stakeholders Working Group. Both published rosters include Deborah Cashman, Julia M. Lipez, Amanda Doherty, Laura Yustak and Kathryn Slattery in stated roles. This is a shared institutional network through other participants, not proof that Moskowitz and Sutton sit together on the same body. [S17] [S18] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 10 --- PDF PAGE 11 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 09 / PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS Seasonwein–McArdle: the specific leads A shared historical firm affiliation Seasonwein’s professional profile lists Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman employment in 2018. A separate historical directory listing also associates her with the firm. McArdle’s biography says he joined KRZ in 2007, and a 2013 firm-hosted notice corroborates a historical association. [S15] [S19] [S20] [S21] Supported: both have published historical KRZ affiliations. Still missing: a contemporaneous 2018 firm roster establishing the exact joint employment period. The records are more specific than simply belonging to the same state bar. They do not, without employment dates or joint matter records, establish supervision, partnership together, collaboration on a case or a continuing personal tie. A dated publication that lists both names A Portland Press Herald joint letter published on 4 October 2018 lists “John A. McArdle” and “Heather Seasonwein” among its signatories. The McArdle entry omits the suffix III; the professional context supports the match, but the report preserves the published name rather than silently expanding it. [S22] The co-listing is evidence of a shared published statement. It does not prove that they drafted it together, met in person or had any relationship concerning Justin’s litigation. The letter’s political position is not assessed or adopted in this report. Association and teaching leads need dates Seasonwein’s profile lists Maine Trial Lawyers Association board service without a date. McArdle’s biography and the firm notice describe service in that association. The reviewed materials do not establish a contemporaneous joint board term. His reported Maine Law teaching likewise requires dated course or faculty records before linking him to a specific alumnus. [S15] [S19] [S20] An online profile can combine old employment, undated memberships and current license information. A remaining “present” label is not treated here as proof of current private practice by a sitting judge. DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 11 --- PDF PAGE 12 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 10 / PAIRWISE CONNECTION REGISTER Every pair in the six-person scope This register prevents an indirect pathway from being mistaken for a direct relationship. “No specific link established” describes this bounded review, not proof that the people do not know one another. Pair Connection supported by the reviewed material Bedard — Lucy UMaine and Maine Law affiliation; inferred attendance overlap; January 2026 counsel/judge roles in the same proceeding. No social tie established. [S01]–[S05] [U02] Bedard — Moskowitz Professional involvement in the same litigation history, as recounted in the supplied order. No shared school or private relationship established. [S01] [S12] [U02] Bedard — Sutton Maine Law alumni affiliation, different reported years; same litigation history. No contemporaneous student activity or personal tie established. [S01] [S13] [S14] [U02] Bedard — Seasonwein Maine Law alumni affiliation, different reported years; same litigation history. No same-house or student-cohort link established. [S01] [S15] [U02] Bedard — McArdle No specific direct educational, firm or joint-activity link established in this edition. General professional proximity is not recorded as a personal tie. [S01] [S19] Lucy — Moskowitz Published Biddeford court affiliation; successive roles in supplied case history. No shared education established. [S02] [S12] [S16] [U02] Lucy — Sutton Published Biddeford court affiliation; Maine Law alumni affiliation at different reported years; same case history. [S02] [S03] [S13] [S14] [S16] [U02] Lucy — Seasonwein Published Biddeford court affiliation; Maine Law alumni affiliation at different reported years; same case history. [S02] [S03] [S15] [S16] [U02] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 12 --- PDF PAGE 13 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE 10 / CONNECTION REGISTER, CONTINUED What remains to be proved Pair Connection supported by the reviewed material Lucy — McArdle McArdle reports teaching at Lucy’s law-school alma mater, but dates and teacher/student contact are unverified. No specific direct relationship established. [S02] [S03] [S19] Moskowitz — Sutton Biddeford court and case-history links; indirect connection through overlapping participants on separate criminal-process bodies. [S16] [S17] [S18] [U02] Moskowitz — Seasonwein Biddeford court and supplied case-history links. No same-school or historical-firm link established. [S12] [S15] [S16] [U02] Moskowitz — McArdle No specific direct education, firm or joint-activity link established by the reviewed sources. [S12] [S19] Sutton — Seasonwein Biddeford court and case-history links; Maine Law alumni affiliation with different reported graduating years. [S13] [S14] [S15] [S16] [U02] Sutton — McArdle Reported Maine Law teaching/alumni proximity; no dates establishing classroom contact or other direct relationship. [S13] [S14] [S19] Seasonwein — McArdle Historical KRZ affiliations; published 2018 signatory co-listing; association-service lead without verified joint term. Exact 2018 joint employment remains to be confirmed. [S15] [S19]–[S22] The records with the most discriminatory value For Bedard–Lucy, obtain dates of attendance and the named 1983/1985 yearbook sections. For Seasonwein–McArdle, obtain a dated 2018 firm roster and dated association-board lists. For the judicial links, preserve the actual orders and official roster versions. These records distinguish a real shared activity from generic institutional proximity. No relationship register in this report establishes a disclosure obligation, recusal ground or disciplinary violation. Those are separate legal questions requiring the applicable rules, actual facts and a complete procedural record. DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 13 --- PDF PAGE 14 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE APPENDIX A / DRAFT • NOT SENT Fogler Library / Special Collections To: um.library.spc@maine.edu. Institutional contact and collection context: [S07] [S08]. Subject: Historical research request — Patrick S. Bedard and John Lucy, UMaine circa 1981–1986 Dear Special Collections staff, I am conducting historical research concerning two UMaine alumni: Patrick S. Bedard, whose professional biography reports graduation in 1985 in political science and philosophy; and John Lucy, later a Maine judge, whose biography identifies him as a former UMaine football player. Search variants include Patrick Bedard, Pat Bedard, Patrick Scott Bedard, John Lucy and John B. Lucy. Please use corroborating institutional identifiers to distinguish namesakes. Please identify available public historical records showing dates or years of attendance; student-directory and commencement entries; yearbook names, photographs and captions; named fraternity/Greek memberships or officers; and student-organization or athletics participation. I am also interested in any contemporary publication or program that names both individuals. The most useful known Prism targets are 1983 Sports, pp. 62–99, and Greeks, pp. 238–259; 1984 Sports, pp. 106–175, and Organizations/Events, pp. 176–197; and 1985 Organizations, pp. 188–203, Greek Week, pp. 210–219, and Class of 1985, pp. 226–299. These page ranges come from earlier catalogue research and should be checked against the original volumes. Please also identify the original 1983 Black Bears team photograph/roster referenced in the 2007 football media guide, catalogue item 2510, including its printed page and any class-year information. The searchable mirror contains the name John Lucy, but I am seeking the authoritative university copy. For each responsive item, please provide the collection, volume/year, page, box/folder or item identifier, and a scan or stable URL where available. A brief description of inaccessible or undigitized materials would also help. I am not requesting grades, transcripts, private addresses, disciplinary files or other confidential student information. Please advise of any fees before undertaking work that would incur a material charge. Thank you, Justin A. Tahai DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 14 --- PDF PAGE 15 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE APPENDIX B / DRAFT • NOT SENT Registrar directory-information inquiry Separate routing: UMaine, umrecord@maine.edu; Maine Law, lawregistrar@maine.edu. Verified institutional contact pages: [S26] [S27]. Subject: Historical degree and dates-of-attendance verification — Bedard / Lucy Dear Registrar / Office of Student Records, I am seeking any releasable historical directory information maintained for Patrick S. Bedard (also searched as Patrick Scott Bedard) and John Lucy (also searched as John B. Lucy). The purpose is to establish an accurate institutional chronology without relying on inferred attendance periods. The published background identifies Bedard as UMaine 1985 and Maine Law 1988, and Lucy as a UMaine alumnus and Maine Law 1990. Please confirm, to the extent your office maintains and may release the information, the dates of attendance, degree or degrees conferred, conferral dates, and programs of study. For UMaine, I also request any releasable directory information about university sports or activity participation that would help confirm the John Lucy identified in historical 1983 football material. For Bedard, please preserve the institution’s precise terminology when describing the political science and philosophy program or degree record. Please do not disclose grades, transcripts, identification numbers, home addresses, course schedules, disciplinary information or other protected student records. I understand that directory-information restrictions may prevent a response and that no release is guaranteed. Where a formal degree or enrollment verification is the appropriate route, please advise how this historical inquiry should be submitted. If records are held elsewhere, please identify the relevant institutional custodian. Thank you, Justin A. Tahai Why this request is narrow UMaine and Maine Law list dates of attendance, programs of study, degrees and activity participation among directory-information categories, subject to release restrictions. This proposed inquiry seeks those limited categories; it does not assume that all records are public or that a request overrides privacy protections. [S23] [S24] Optional separate verification inquiries for the added judges should follow the same restricted scope, using their reported schools and years on page 9. Do not treat an inability to release information as disproof of education. DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 15 --- PDF PAGE 16 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE APPENDIX C / DRAFT • NOT SENT Garbrecht Law Library / Maine Law To: lawlibrary@maine.edu. The institutional directory also lists lawregistrar@maine.edu and mlreditor@maine.edu for targeted referrals. [S27] Subject: Maine Law historical records — Patrick Bedard ’88 / John Lucy ’90 Dear Garbrecht Law Library / Maine Law archives, I am researching the historical student affiliations of Patrick S. Bedard, reported Maine Law class of 1988, and John Lucy, reported class of 1990. Please identify public or archival materials for academic years 1985–1986 through 1989–1990 containing either name, with particular attention to the likely 1987–1988 attendance overlap. The requested categories are student directories; 1988 and 1990 commencement programs; class photographs; Student Bar Association officer/representative lists; Phi Alpha Delta chapter-history, officer or public membership records; moot-court and trial-advocacy rosters; public student-event programs; and contemporary alumni notes or student publications. For Maine Law Review, please identify complete mastheads and editorial/staff lists for volumes 39–42. Online article indexes are not sufficient to determine staff membership. Please distinguish full staff rosters from the named authors of individual articles or comments. For Phi Alpha Delta, the specific questions are whether a Maine Law chapter was active in the relevant period and whether an existing public record names either individual as a member or officer. The current organizations webpage alone does not answer those historical questions. I would also appreciate a document title, year, page and stable URL or collection identifier for any public event program or photograph caption naming both individuals. Please do not infer participation from a generic invitation or announcement. This request concerns public institutional publications and archival materials, not grades, transcripts, class schedules or confidential education records. Please identify any access restrictions and advise of material fees before proceeding. Thank you, Justin A. Tahai The separate expanded-network lead—McArdle’s reported teaching at Maine Law—would require dated faculty/course information. That is not proof he taught either alumnus and is not asserted as such in this request. [S19] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 16 --- PDF PAGE 17 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE APPENDIX D / DRAFT • NOT SENT University of Maine System FOAA request To: foaa@maine.edu. State public-records process and custodial routing: [S25]. Subject: Maine FOAA request — existing public institutional publications and organization records, 1981–1990 To the University of Maine System Public Access Officer: Pursuant to the Maine Freedom of Access Act, I request copies of existing non-exempt public records maintained by the University of Maine or the University of Maine School of Law that identify institutional or student-organization affiliations of Patrick S. Bedard / Patrick Scott Bedard and John Lucy / John B. Lucy. The relevant periods are approximately 1981–1986 at UMaine and 1985–1990 at Maine Law. Please search responsive public student directories; commencement and event programs; named Greek/fraternity member or officer lists and chapter photographs; publicly maintained sports rosters; public student-organization records; Phi Alpha Delta chapter publications; Student Bar Association publications; Maine Law Review mastheads; alumni newsletters; and organizational photographs with captions. I seek existing records, not creation of a new relationship analysis. A record naming either individual is responsive even if it does not name both. Please preserve original dates, titles, captions and page numbers. I do not request grades, transcripts, home addresses, identification numbers, financial information, disciplinary records or other confidential education records. If an exemption applies, please identify the basis and provide any reasonably segregable non-exempt material to the extent required by applicable law. Please distinguish a category with no responsive records located from one withheld or unavailable because of a restriction. If another university custodian holds a requested category, please identify the appropriate office or route the request as your process permits. Electronic PDF copies or stable institutional download links are preferred. Please provide an estimate before incurring material fees. Thank you, Justin A. Tahai This template uses the state FOAA terminology employed by UMS. It is a proposed records inquiry, not a legal conclusion that every student-organization record must be disclosed. [S23] [S24] [S25] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 17 --- PDF PAGE 18 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE SOURCE REGISTER / 1 OF 5 Sources & verification notes Full URLs are clickable. Rechecked sources are distinguished from carried-forward archive locators. A catalogue or index is not the underlying image, roster or degree record. S01 Patrick S. Bedard law-office biography Education paragraph reports high school 1981, UMaine 1985 in political science and philosophy, and Maine Law 1988. This is a first-person professional biography, not a university degree verification. https://www.patbedardlawoffice.com/attorneys/patrick-s-bedard-esq/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S02 State of Maine: judicial swearing-in announcement, 21 September 2012 Official announcement identifies John Lucy as a graduate of UMaine and Maine Law and a partner at Richardson, Whitman, Large & Badger, where he had practiced since 1990. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEGOV/bulletins/544d48 Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S03 Bangor Daily News: judicial-nomination profile, 20 August 2012 Christopher Cousins reports Lucy’s Maine Law graduation in 1990 and former membership of the UMaine football team. Secondary reporting independently complements the official biography. https://www.bangordailynews.com/2012/08/20/news/lepage-nominates-his-legal-counsel-for-district-court-judge/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S04 UMaine: 2007 Black Bears Football Media Guide, catalogue item 2510 Official catalogue identifies the University of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office as author, the university as publisher, and 1 September 2007 as publication date. Catalogue verified; original historical team-photo page not obtained. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/univ_publications/2510/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S05 SlideShare: UMAINE Football, searchable media-guide mirror Search-indexed text under “1983 BLACK BEARS” lists John Lucy in the third-row caption. This is secondary-host text, not an authenticated original photograph or contemporaneous 1983 enrollment record. https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/umaine-football/70065650 Indexed caption rechecked, 20 September 2026; original image not inspected S06 UMaine Prism yearbooks, 1982–1985: legacy catalogue locators Specific printed-page ranges in this report are carried forward from the supplied research report [U01]. Current legacy links redirect to replacement discovery or a retirement notice. No chapter roster or senior entry was newly inspected. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/yearbooks/87/ https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/yearbooks/88/ https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/yearbooks/89/ https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/yearbooks/90/ Legacy endpoints rechecked; page-range extraction carried forward from [U01] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 18 --- PDF PAGE 19 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE SOURCE REGISTER / 2 OF 5 Sources & verification notes S07 Fogler Library: repository migration and legacy retirement notice The retirement notice states that Digital Commons at UMaine sunset on 30 June 2026 and directs readers to Specto/new searches. Migration affects retrieval; it is not evidence of missing or nonexistent memberships. https://library.umaine.edu/new-institutional-repository/ https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/yearbooks/90/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S08 Fogler Library: UMaine history resources, 24 March 2020 Institutional guide identifies digitized university-history collections, including yearbooks, the Maine Campus, alumni publications, catalogues and related materials. Special Collections is the appropriate historical-research channel. https://library.umaine.edu/2020/03/24/umaine-history-resources-available-online/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S09 Maine Law: student organizations Page lists recently active organizations and describes Phi Alpha Delta as a professional law fraternity. This is not a historical chapter roster and does not establish membership in the 1980s. https://mainelaw.edu/student-life/student-organizations/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S10 Maine Law Review: overlap-period issue locators The 1988 volume 40, issue 1 index was rechecked. The wider 1987–1990 no-indexed-authorship finding is carried forward from [U01]. Complete staff mastheads have not been verified; indexed authorship and staff membership are different. https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol39/iss1/ https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol39/iss2/ https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol40/iss1/ https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol40/iss2/ https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol41/iss1/ https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol42/iss1/ One issue index rechecked; wider search result attributed to [U01] S11 Maine Law institutional-history repositories Repository and historical-collection locators supplied by the original research. They are archive-navigation leads, not evidence of a shared organization or relationship. https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/ https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/maine-law-historical-collection/1/ Carried-forward source locators from [U01] DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 19 --- PDF PAGE 20 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE SOURCE REGISTER / 3 OF 5 Sources & verification notes S12 Lawyers.com / Martindale-Avvo: Jeffrey H. Moskowitz Education section lists St. Lawrence University, B.A., 1980, and Syracuse University, J.D., 1984. Directory evidence; not a registrar-issued confirmation. https://www.lawyers.com/portland/maine/jeffrey-h-moskowitz-609648-a/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S13 WAGM: judicial nominees, 22 March 2018 Nomination report identifies Lea-Anne Sutton as a Smith College and Maine Law graduate and reports Attorney General’s Office service since 1995. March 22 is a nomination-announcement date, not proof of appointment that day. https://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/Governor-LePage-announces-judicial-nominees--477668143.html Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S14 Trellis: Lea-Anne Sutton judicial biography Lists Maine Law J.D. 1995 and Smith College undergraduate degree. The graduation year is directory-supported. Its March 22, 2018 “appointment” wording is not adopted; [S13] describes nominations on that date. https://trellis.law/judge/lea-anne.sutton Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S15 Avvo: Heather M. Seasonwein professional profile Lists Hamilton College B.A. 1994, Maine Law J.D. 2001, the alias Heather S. Walker, KRZ employment in 2018, and several professional associations. Undated “present” employment/association labels are not treated as current judicial-era appointments. https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/04032-me-heather-seasonwein-1774832.html Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S16 Maine Judicial Branch: District Court judges Official roster lists Lucy, Moskowitz, Seasonwein and Sutton at the Biddeford District Court. It proves institutional assignment as published, not daily attendance, collaboration on a case or a private relationship. https://www.courts.maine.gov/courts/district/judges.html Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S17 Maine Judicial Branch: Criminal Law Advisory Commission Roster updated 25 February 2026 lists Moskowitz as a consultant. It also names Deborah Cashman, Julia M. Lipez, Amanda Doherty, Laura Yustak and Kathryn Slattery in stated roles. https://www.courts.maine.gov/about/committees/clac.html Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 20 --- PDF PAGE 21 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE SOURCE REGISTER / 4 OF 5 Sources & verification notes S18 Maine Judicial Branch: Criminal Process Stakeholders Working Group Charter dated 25 August 2025; published roster identifies Sutton as chair. Several listed members/liaisons also appear in [S17]. This supports an indirect institutional connection, not shared membership by Sutton and Moskowitz on one body. https://www.courts.maine.gov/about/committees/criminal-process-working-group.html Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S19 Avvo: John Albert McArdle III professional biography Biography reports UMass Boston 1984, Suffolk Law 1987, joining KRZ in 2007, prior Sugarman & Sugarman practice, Maine Trial Lawyers Association service and teaching trial practice at Maine Law. Directory/self-presented evidence; dates of teaching are unspecified. https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/04112-me-john-mcardle-1319928.html Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S20 Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman: McArdle professional-association notice, 27 March 2013 Firm-hosted notice concerning McArdle’s Maine Trial Lawyers Association executive-committee service. Corroborates a historical firm/professional association; does not prove a 2018 joint staffing period with Seasonwein. https://www.krz.com/2013/03/27/john-a-mcardle-iii-was-recently-recognized-for-completing-a-4-year-appointment-to-the-maine-trial-lawyers-ass ociation-executive-committee/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S21 Elite Lawyer: Heather Seasonwein historical professional listing Listing associates Seasonwein with Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman and displays a 2018 recognition marker. Used only to corroborate the historical firm lead, not to assert current employment or endorse a rating. https://www.elitelawyer.com/profile/759-heather-seasonwein Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S22 Portland Press Herald: published joint letter, 4 October 2018 Signatory list contains John A. McArdle and Heather Seasonwein. The former is printed without “III”; surrounding professional identifiers support, but do not replace, identity confirmation. Cited for co-listing only; no assessment of the letter’s political position is adopted. https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/04/letter-to-the-editor-sen-collins-must-protect-high-courts-credibility-vote-no-on-kavanaugh/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S23 UMaine Student Records: FERPA for students Identifies dates of attendance, programs, degrees and sports/activity participation as directory information, subject to restrictions. Release is not guaranteed and a nonresponse or restriction would not establish nonattendance. https://studentrecords.umaine.edu/students/ferpa/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 21 --- PDF PAGE 22 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE SOURCE REGISTER / 5 OF 5 Sources & verification notes S24 Maine Law: FERPA Institutional privacy guidance likewise lists directory-information categories and the possibility of restricted release. Does not authorize acquisition of grades, transcripts, course schedules or confidential student records. https://mainelaw.edu/ferpa/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S25 University of Maine System: Freedom of Access requests Official state public-records request process. The page identifies foaa@maine.edu, including for Maine Law, and explains distributed records custody. A request is subject to applicable exemptions and records actually maintained. https://www.maine.edu/general-counsel/freedom-of-access-requests/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S26 UMaine Student Records: degree/enrollment verification Describes verification through the university or its authorized clearinghouse and identifies umrecord@maine.edu. Use for releasable historical dates/degree confirmation, not a demand for protected records. https://studentrecords.umaine.edu/students/verification/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 S27 Maine Law: department directory Current institutional contacts include lawregistrar@maine.edu, lawlibrary@maine.edu and mlreditor@maine.edu. Addresses used in the proposed request templates; no request was transmitted. https://mainelaw.edu/directory/departments/ Rechecked online, 20 September 2026 U01 User-supplied Bedard–Lucy research report The full report pasted in this conversation is the editorial basis. Its repeated conclusions are consolidated; its archive locators and negative-search results remain expressly attributed where the underlying material was not independently rechecked. Supplied text; not independent external proof U02 User-supplied transcription: Findings and Order, 11 February 2026 File: feb-11th-order-copied-and-pasted-from-image-only-pdf-already-in-sources.txt. Dockets YORDC-FM-10-190 / BIDDC-PA-24-1285. Pages 1 and 3–4 supply counsel/hearing and procedural-history locators. Original signed orders and docket records control. Supplied transcription; not certified or independently authenticated U03 User-supplied manuscript: THE CALL OUT: WAR File: thecalloutwar.pdf. Used only as contextual source map. Its shared-school discussion does not independently establish outside educational facts or a personal connection. Supplied manuscript; editorial/context source only DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 22 --- PDF PAGE 23 OF 23 --- JTforME.com RISE DOCUMENT CONTROL / R1 Preserve the source, not the assumption The established connections are educational, institutional and, in a few instances, publication- or firm-specific. The unresolved questions remain unresolved. This research edition is an editorial consolidation of the supplied Bedard–Lucy report with an additional public-source review of the named judges and McArdle. It is not an authenticated university record, court finding, relationship certification or legal determination. The PDF and searchable text are new derivative research products. The original source documents, university publications, native records and signed orders control over this compilation. No correspondence was sent, no court filing was made, and no recipient was contacted in preparing it. Personal addresses, private family information, grades and protected student records are not reproduced. Institutional request addresses appear only to support the proposed archival inquiries. A co-listing or common employer is not presented as evidence of misconduct. The corpus package includes the PDF, matching searchable text, a structured source register and a SHA-256 manifest. Hashes identify these generated bytes; they are not proof of the truth of a source claim. Adding the package does not rebuild an external search index, embeddings or a local-drive mirror. Research cutoff: 20 September 2026. Source availability, published rosters and biographical pages can change. Maintain later corrections as dated supplements rather than silently erasing earlier provenance. Prepared for Justin A. Tahai. Generative-AI research, editing and layout assistance. JTforME.com / RISE.JTforME.com DOCUMENTED CONNECTIONS • 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 • R1 23