Auburn lawyer appointed to city ethics panel

AUBURN — Jim Pross has been appointed to the city’s Ethics Panel by Mayor Jason J. Levesque. The Ethics Panel is authorized to review matters relating to conflicts of interest and the incompatibility of employment positions and issue advisory opinions. Pross joins the five-member panel for a three-year term.
Pross’ practice areas include real estate, landlord/tenant, municipal and government law, Social Security disability and employment law. Active in the community, Pross has served as an Auburn City Councilor and as a member of the Auburn School Committee. He was recently elected to the Androscoggin Land Trust’s board of directors, on which he previously served from 2009-2018, including two years as president.
“I’m honored to have been nominated by Mayor Levesque and look forward to continuing my service to the City of Auburn as a member of its Ethics Panel,” he said. Pross is a shareholder at the law firm of Skelton Taintor & Abbott.