Chip joined Pierce Atwood as a partner in 1990. Having concentrated his practice on environmental matters almost exclusively since 1977, Chip has extensive experience in the entire range of environmental law. Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Chip spent 12 years in the Natural Resources Division of the Maine Attorney General's Office, serving as Deputy Attorney General and Division Chief for eight years. While in the Attorney General's Office, he supervised the State's environmental enforcement efforts and litigated major cases in all areas of the State's environmental laws. He also provided legal advice and representation to the State's environmental agencies, the Governor's Office and the Legislature.
Chip currently represents clients in all areas of environmental law.
Much of his practice time is spent counseling clients on complex, significant regulatory and enforcement matters, including major permitting matters before the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Land Use Regulation Commission. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in many of the most significant environmental enforcement and licensing proceedings in Maine for many years. After having represented the State s environmental agencies while he was Deputy Attorney General and Chief of the Natural Resources Section of the Maine Attorney General s Office, Chip now represents clients before those agencies on an entire range of issues, including land use, solid and hazardous waste, oil spill remediation and reimbursement, wetlands, and enforcement. Chip has also represented clients before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a number of occasions. Chip was admitted to the Bar in 1975 for both Maine and the U.S. District Court, District of Maine.