Telephone: 207-282-5966
Email: prescoda@bc.edu
Dana E. Prescott has been licensed to practice law since 1983 in federal and state courts in Maine and Massachusetts and is a partner with Prescott, Jamieson, & Murphy Law Group LLC, Maine.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers, and a rostered GAL in Maine.
He holds an MSW from the md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College School of Social Work and a Ph.D. in social work from Simmons University and is an adjunct faculty in social welfare policy at the md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College School of Social Work, and was an Instructor, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2017-2020).
He currently serves on the Board and as President of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work and is co-editor of the Journal of the AAML. He may also be contacted at dana@southernmainelaw.com
Garber, B.D., Prescott, D.E., & Mulchay, C. (2022). The family law professional’s field guide to high-conflict litigation: Dynamics, not diagnoses. American Bar Association.
Rogerson, C.V., Howard, H., & Prescott D.E. (2024). A look at values, bias, & ethics. In Rogerson, C.V. & Vandergrift, K.F. (Eds.), Introduction to Social Justice. CA: Cognella.
Prescott, D.E. (2023). Older adults in forensic settings. In McLeod, D.A., Natale, A.P., & Whitehill Bolton, K. (Eds.), The handbook of forensic social work. Oxford University Press.
Prescott, D. E. (2022). Weaponizing clinical mental health in family justice courts: Ethical and legal minefields. Journal of Forensic Social Work, 6, 22-42.
McEwen, C., & Prescott, D.E. (2022). Adverse Childhood Experiences and COVID-19: Implications for family courts and legal professionals. Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 34, 409-438.
Rogerson C.V., Prescott, D.E., & Howard, H.G. (2021) Teaching social work students the influence of explicit and implicit bias: Promoting ethical reflection in practice. Social Work Education: The International Journal, DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2021.1910652
Sol Gothard Lifetime Achievement Award, National Organization of Forensic Social Workers (2017).
Board Member, National Organization of Forensic Social Workers (2018-present; Vice-President, 2019-2021; President-Elect, 2021-2022; President, 2022-present). Board of Directors, Caring Unlimited, York County’s Domestic Violence Program (2004-present). Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (1990-present; Co-Editor, Journal of the AAML, 2020-present; AAML Journal Board of Editors, 2009-present; Co-Chair, Legislation Committee, 2012-2020; President, AAML Northeast Chapter, 2016-2018). Fellow, International Academy of Family Lawyers (2010-present; Board of Governors, USA Chapter Delegate, 2016-2017). Guardian ad Litem Review Board, Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar, appointed Chair by Maine Supreme Judicial Court (2015-2021, term limits).