“What About Bob?” (1991 2023)- LeBrasseur plays the roll of Bob, a mentally unstable attorney who follows his egotistical director, Rob Ruffner, on a quixotic campaign to reform Maine’s Indigent Defense System. When Bob befriends the other members of MIDC, Bob’s problems push the director over the edge.
Rob tries to get Bob to leave; the trouble is, everyone loves Bob. As his oblivious new attorney makes himself at home, Rob loses his professional composure and, before long, may be ready for the loony bin himself.
Seriously, Attorney Robert “Bob” C. LeBrasseur is the youngest of 5 children. He was a military brat and traveled the world with his parents growing up. His parents returned home to Maine when they retired from the military. Bob earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history, summa cum laude, from St. Joseph’s College in 1994. He graduated from the University Of Maine School Of Law in 1997 with the Judge Gignoux Appellate Advocacy Award. Bob was a member of the Moot Court Board and worked as a student attorney with the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office during law school. Upon graduating from law school, Bob worked as an associate attorney for a small general practice firm. His practice area focused on criminal defense, family law, and general litigation. He opened his own law firm in July of 2000 practicing solely as a criminal defense attorney where he conducted dozens of jury trials and hearings. The Maine Department of Attorney General hired Attorney LeBrasseur in 2002 as the York County Drug Prosecutor where he appeared in court daily prosecuting drug offenses and worked closely with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA). He was also an instructor at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. Attorney LeBrasseur joined the Maine office of Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies at the Law Offices of Frederick C. Moore where his practice concentrated on general liability and trial work. He defended multinational corporations and individuals insured with Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies. Subsequently, Attorney LeBrasseur returned to his true passion for criminal defense forming his own firm. Bob worked as a hearing examiner for the Maine Secretary of State prior to joining the Maine Indigent Defense Center in 2023. Bob has been involved in the criminal justice system for over 25 years as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and hearing examiner. For 21 of those years, his practice focused almost exclusively on criminal defense. He was 1 of 3 defense bar representatives for the creation of the Unified Criminal Docket in Cumberland County, served as defense counsel for Project Exodus (Maine’s first drug court), and served as Resource Counsel for the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services in Cumberland County. He also served as a Commissioner for the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services. Bob lives in central Maine and often can be found in the Maine and New Hampshire woods hiking and on the water kayaking with his dogs by his side.