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Doug, a native of Illinois, has practiced law in Maine since 1983. He received his B.A. from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, in 1978. Between college and law school, he worked in the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. for U.S. Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III of Illinois. In 1983, Doug graduated cum laude from Suffolk University Law School where he was a member of the Law Review. He then returned to Maine, and from 1983 to 1985, practiced in Bangor with now Supreme Judicial Court Justice Warren M. Silver. In 1985, he moved to Portland where he was a partner at the law firm of Bornstein and Hovermale.
In 1995, Doug co-founded Kaplan & Grant where he limits his practice to personal injury and workers' compensation law. Since then, he and Ben have helped thousands of Maine's injured and disabled citizens. Doug has lectured at numerous professional seminars. He has served as Counselor to the Edward T. Gignoux Inn of Court, and is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Maine State Bar Association, and the Maine Trial Lawyers Association. He has been named as one of the New England Super Lawyers. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Maine and Massachusetts as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a past President of the Purpoodock Club in Cape Elizabeth. He and his wife, Ann, have two children, Samuel and Lisa. Doug is an avid skier and golfer and regularly bicycles to work on a year-round basis.
Matt, a native of Tennessee, has practiced law in Maine since 2010. He received his B.A. from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 2005, and in 2010 graduated with Cum Laude honors from Florida Coastal School of Law where he volunteered with the Housing Rights Clinic and was involved with the Environmental Law Society.
Prior to attending law school, Matt spent five months hiking the Appalachian Trail where he met his wife Sarah, of Bethel, Maine. After finishing law school Matt and Sarah decided to start their lives together in Portland. After spending a few years working for the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, and with the Maine Workers’ Compensation Board’s Abuse Investigation Unit, Matt worked as an attorney for MEMIC.
Matt’s desire to help injured workers led him to start working exclusively for injured workers in 2021. He believes that an injury should not mean financial hardship or concern over how to pay medical bills. He joined Kaplan and Grant in 2023 where he represents clients in workers’ compensation, personal injury, and social security disability cases.
Matt is a member of the Maine State Bar Association and is admitted to practice in Maine. He and Sarah live in Portland with their three children, Ethan, Lucy, and Rowan. Matt spends his time free time hiking, mountain biking, and wood working. He is committed to biking to work more days per year than Doug.
Ben, a native of Wisconsin, has practiced law in Maine since 1986. He first came to Maine to attend Bowdoin College, graduating in 1980, magna cum laude, with a degree in biochemistry. He graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 1986. While at Northeastern, he chaired the Equal Justice Foundation, an organization dedicated to making the justice system accessible to traditionally under represented segments of society, and co-founded a public interest law fellowship funded by alumni.
His attachment to the state brought him back to Maine following law school. He worked for the Portland law firm of Bornstein & Hovermale for eight years, representing clients in workers' compensation, personal injury, and social security disability cases as well as a significant number of pro bono clients.
In 1995, Ben co-founded Kaplan & Grant, where he specializes in workers' compensation and social security disability cases. He is committed to giving every client the personal attention they deserve. Ben also has a long history of providing legal assistance to low-income clients through the Volunteer Lawyers Project. He has received the Maine Bar Foundation's Pro Bono Award, given to the attorney who takes the most pro bono cases in a year, for 14 of the past 33 years. Over the years, he has represented over 300 clients in landlord/tenant and unemployment compensation cases.
Ben is a member of the Maine State Bar Association and Maine Trial Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of Maine. Ben and his wife, Caroline Eliot, have two sons, Elias and Caleb, as well as a flock of chickens and several beehives. Ben spends his spare time cutting firewood to heat their home, and woodworking.
Heather was born and raised in Annapolis, Maryland. She earned her BA degree at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1988, and received a certificate in paralegal studies from Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland, in 1991. Heather moved to Maine in 1991 and has been working as a paralegal in the field of workers' compensation and personal injury since then. She joined Kaplan and Grant in June, 1996 and works with Ben Grant as his paralegal.
Jodi was born and raised in Saco, Maine. Her workers’ compensation career began in 1997 when worked for a Hearing Officer in the Portland office of the Maine Workers’ Compensation Board. From there, she managed a small plaintiff’s workers’ compensation/personal injury/social security disability firm until September 2012. For six years worked as a paralegal at a workers’ compensation defense firm where she realized her heart was with helping people who had suffered injuries. In 2018, she followed that desire to help people who had suffered injuries, and joined Kaplan & Grant. Jodi works with Doug Kaplan as his paralegal. She spends her free time with family and friends and enjoys paddle boarding and kayaking.
Traci has worked with Doug and Ben since June, 1986. She is the office manager at Kaplan & Grant and also performs paralegal duties for both Doug 's and Ben's clients. She spends her free time playing golf during the summer and cross-country and downhill skiing during the winter.