Vivian A. MikhailAttorney

207.253.0536 Direct

207.772.3627 Fax

vmikhail@dwmlaw.com

84 Marginal Way, Suite 600

Portland, ME 04101-2480

Vivian Mikhail is an attorney consultant in Drummond Woodsum’s Strategic Consulting Group.

Vivian comes to DWSC from the Maine Attorney General’s Office, where she served under

Governor Janet T. Mills during two of the Governor’s terms as AG. There Vivian was responsible

for all enforcement, legislative, regulatory, litigation and national arbitration matters involving the

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement She was instrumental in maintaining and collecting the

State’s settlement revenue of approximately $55 million annually from Big Tobacco. Vivian also

worked with interested stakeholders throughout Maine around its retail and workplace tobacco

regulations, and related public health matters.

Prior to her service at the AG’s Office, Vivian was an advocate and public policy consultant for

Maine families of children who are deaf and hard of hearing. She also worked as Managing

Editor of a legal publishing company when she settled in Maine in 2003.

Before her move north, Vivian- a rare native Washingtonian- practiced law for a decade in the

DC metro area. Her practice included employment, business and domestic relations litigation.

Immediately after law school, Vivian served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry F. Greene on

the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, where she assisted Judge Greene on his active

trial docket of felony and family law matters. While in law school, Vivian was an active member of

the Trial and Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Teams, on which she placed as a finalist in

numerous national competitions.

EDUCATION

The George Washington University, B.A., cum laude (1992)

Catholic University of America, J.D. (1995)

COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE

Maine Women’s Lobby and Policy Center Former Co-Vice Chair and Board Member

Maine Hands & Voices Founding Board Chair and Former Board Member

PRACTICE AREAS

Government Relations

Government Affairs

Grassroots Organizing

Campaigns