PORTLAND - A Camden attorney was disbarred by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court after he was accused of possessing child sexual abuse materials.

Justice James Martemucci ordered the disbarment for Thomas Karod, 57, on April 7.

Karod was arrested on August 21, 2025, on a charge of possession of sexually explicit materials, a class C felony, according to a news release from the Maine Department of Public Safety.

The criminal investigation began in March 2024, after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a tip from the electronic server Dropbox that an internet address connected to Karod had uploaded eight sexually explicit videos of minors. The investigation was conducted by the state police and it was determined that the files included explicit videos of children under 12, according to the disbarment order.

In May 2024, the Maine Computer Crimes Unit requested a search warrant for Karod’s Damariscotta home and seized electronic devices including 18 files that depicted children younger than 12 years old engaging in sexual acts based on a forensic analysis. 

Karod was arrested without incident by the Damariscotta and Camden police departments. He made his court appearance at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset and was released on $500 cash bail with the condition that he not use the internet and have any contact with children under the age of 18.

The Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar then obtained an interim suspension from the court in Sept. 2025 to prevent Karod’s right to practice law. He failed to respond to the allegations or participate in the disbarment proceedings that began in November 2025, a board hearing in December and subsequent hearings in January and February.

“Lawyers are entrusted to uphold the law and protect vulnerable members of society,” Justice Martemucci wrote in the disbarment order. “Karod engaged in serious criminal misconduct that reflected adversely on his fitness as a lawyer. His conduct was intentional and undertaken with full knowledge of its illegality and the consequences thereof.”

Karod was admitted to the Maine Bar in October 1994 after graduating from the University of Maine School of Law.

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