About Jason

Jason Jabar is a personal injury attorney based in Waterville, Maine. He has been practicing law in Maine since 2001, following his graduation from the University of Maine School of Law in 2000. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1996 from Colby College. He is a member of the Maine State Bar Association and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer from 2018 to 2023 and in 2025. He is also a member of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association and serves on its Board of Governors. He is fluent in English.

He is a partner at Jabar LaLiberty, LLC, located at 1 Center Street, Waterville, ME 04901 — The firm specializes in personal injury, civil litigation, and criminal defense. He has extensive courtroom experience, handling hundreds of civil and criminal cases, including two criminal homicide cases. He has fought in over one hundred contested trials, including several jury trials. In his first personal injury jury trial, he obtained a $148,000 jury verdict for his injured client after a four-day trial against one of the state’s top insurance defense attorneys. In that case, the opposing insurance company offered nothing to settle. He also obtained verdicts of $406,000, $311,000, and $175,000 for his clients, all in cases where the opposing parties offered nothing to settle.

He has helped recover tens of millions of dollars for his clients in personal injury settlements and judgments, including $3.9 million and $4.5 million settlements. Before entering private practice, he worked in the Appellate Division of Unum Insurance Company. In 2001, he left Unum to join Jabar LaLiberty, LLC, where he has been representing clients ever since. He trained under his father, current Maine Supreme Court Justice Joseph Jabar, and former law partner and current Maine Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy. He currently serves on the Board of Governors for the Maine Trial Lawyers Association and previously served on the Board of Directors for the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In January 2013, he was given the prestigious “Top 40 Under 40” label at the National Trial Lawyers Association Summit in Miami.

From 2018 to the present, he has been named to the “Super Lawyers” list by the reputable Super Lawyers Magazine in the field of personal injury. He has received a “superb” rating of 10 on Avvo. Because of his strong experience and reputation in personal injury law, other Maine attorneys regularly refer personal injury cases to him. He is married with four children. When not working, he is active coaching youth football and basketball and enjoying time with his family.

Education

University of Maine School of Law

2000

Colby College

1996

Accepted Jurisdictions

Maine

Court Admissions

Maine Supreme Judicial Court State Supreme Court · Admitted 2001
U.S. District Court for the District of Maine U.S. District Court · Admitted 2003

Types of Cases Handled

Personal Injury Civil Litigation Criminal Defense

Legal Services Scope

Trial Appellate