Ed is a true local lawyer, raised in Bangor, Maine and a Winterport resident since 1973. He has been practicing in the area for over 40 years , since 1979, and had his own firm, Russell, Lingley & Silver, later Russell and Silver,  from 1986 to 2015 . He later  associated with  Lanham, Blackwell and Baber in Bangor. His years of practice involved specialties in all aspects of residential and commercial real estate transactions, lending, land use and litigation, along with wills, estates and probate litigation.

 

Ed served locally for 20 years on the Board of the Ronald MacDonald House of Bangor. He has been chairman of the Winterport Zoning Board of Appeals and has been on the Board of Trustees of the Winterport Cemetery District since its creation in 1995, currently as Chairman. He also serves on the Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Council of Maine and Brain Injury Trust Fund of Maine, advocating and assisting brain injury survivors. 

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Ed is semiretired now, continuing to do wills, powers of attorney , advance healthcare directives, estates, and real estate from his office in Winterport.  He makes house calls locally if necessary.