AUBURN — Skelton Taintor & Abbott, 95 Main St., announces that Jordan Payne has joined the firm as an associate attorney.

She will practice in the areas of employment law, labor law, family law, commercial litigation and civil rights litigation. She is licensed to practice in Maine and is a member of the Maine State Bar Association.

Prior to joining Skelton Taintor & Abbott, Payne worked as a legal intern for the U.S. Attorney’s Office Civil Division in Portland and as judicial intern for the honorable Norman H. Stahl of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She has also worked as a McKeen Fellow for the Maine Volunteer Lawyer’s Project.