LEWISTON — Berman & Simmons, a firm of 18 attorneys with offices in Portland, Lewiston and Bangor, has recently hired two lawyers for the Lewiston office. They are Dov Sacks, a New York native, and Travis Brennan, a lifelong Maine resident.

Sacks has spent the past seven years representing low-income clients in Philadelphia. He was a top scholar at Harvard College and at the George Washington University Law School. In his law school class of more than 500 students, he was selected to receive an award for his dedication to public interest law. He has represented victims of mortgage fraud and unfair business practices, homeowners facing foreclosure and parents fighting to preserve their parental rights in family court. He and his wife have a young daughter.

Brennan is a lifelong Maine resident who has worked for a major law firm in Portland since 2010. He will develop a personal injury practice at Berman & Simmons. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maine School of Law in 2009. He has focused on complex commercial disputes and health care privacy compliance. He and his wife live in Portland with their daughter.