Vivian A. MikhailAttorney
207.253.0536 Direct
207.772.3627 Fax
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