Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 11033

In evaluating a license application, the superintendent shall consider the criminal record of any individual applicant, of any partner, if the applicant is a partnership, of any officer or director, if the applicant is a corporation, or of any employee of the foregoing, in accordance with Title 5, chapter 341. No license may be granted to any lawyer, whose license to practice law has been suspended or revoked, during the effective period of that suspension or revocation.