Meryl Poulin

Meryl Poulin is a trial lawyer and partner at Gideon Asen LLC whose practice focuses on medical malpractice, personal injury, and product liability litigation. A Maine native, Meryl graduated from Colby College, where she was a multi-sport varsity athlete and captain of the hockey and field hockey teams, and earned her J.D. cum laude from the University of Maine School of Law, where she received the Gignoux Award for Appellate Advocacy. Before joining Gideon Asen in 2021, she defended medical malpractice and personal injury cases at a large Portland firm and then represented low-income Mainers in housing and domestic violence matters at Pine Tree Legal Assistance, trying nearly twenty cases to verdict. Since joining the firm, Meryl has played a central role in trial teams that have secured more than $41 million in jury verdicts in Maine. She was part of the team that won the $25 million medical malpractice verdict in October 2025, the largest personal injury verdict in Maine's history. She also obtained a $5.5 million verdict in 2022 and a $4.5 million child sex abuse verdict in 2023. Meryl is recognized in Best Lawyers Ones to Watch and Super Lawyers Rising Stars.