Background
W. Ahrens, Philip F. was born on July 17, 1946 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States.
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Philip F. W. Ahrens
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Amherst College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1968). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
Worked at Pierce Atwood (Portland, Master of Engineering) specializing in General Practice. Administrative, Admiralty, Agriculture, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bids and Bidding, Business Planning, Charitable Organizations, Civil Litigation, Commercial, Construction, Consumer Credit, Contracts, Copyright, Corporate, Creditors" Rights, Discrimination, Education Law, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Employee Retirement Services, Energy, Environmental, Estate Planning, Foreclosures, Franchising, Health Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor, Land Use & Zoning, Legislative, Lender Liability, Lobbying, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Public Utility, Railroads, Real Estate, Secured Lending, Securities, State and Federal Taxation and Trust Law, Surety Law, Technology, Telecommunications, Trade Regulation, Trademark, Trust and Estate Administration, Utilities Litigation, Utility Privatizations, Utility Reorganizations, Wills and Trusts, Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Maine and United States.
District Court, District of Maine.
1979, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 1986, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1991, United States. Supreme Court. Author: "Wetland Regulation in Maine," Maine State Bar Association, 1995.
"Practice and Procedure Before the Department of Environmental Protection - Administrative, Civil and Criminal Enforcement," Maine State Bar Association, 1993.
"The Maine Administrative Procedure Acting," Maine State Bar Association, 1992. "Wetland Regulation as a Taking of Property," Maine State Bar Association, 1992. "Maine"s Recent Solid Waste Legislation: The Start of a Trend?" American Bar Association Nineteenth Annual Conference on the Environment (1990).
"State and Citizen Enforcement: Environmental Compliance at Federal Facilities," Executive Enterprises (1989).
Company-author: "Maine Environmental and Land Use Statutes Deskbook," 1991-1995. "Hazardous Waste in Maine," National Business Institute (1988-1992).
Assistant Attorney General, 1977-1983, Deputy Attorney General and Chief, Natural Resources Division, 1983-1990, State of Maine, Office of the Attorney General. Appointed to the Advisory Committee on Judicial Records by the Maine Supreme Court, 1982-1991.
Member: Governor"s Land Acquisition Priorities Advisory Committee (1996).
Advisory Committee (1990) and Scientific Forestry Management Area Committee (1990), Baxter State Park. Participant: Keystone Dialogue on Department of Defense Hazardous Waste, 1989-1991. Keystone National Environmental Decision Making Forum, 1990.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Chair, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section) and American (Vice Chair, Special Committee on State and Regional Environmental Cooperation) Bar Associations. Military: With United States.
Navy, 1968-1972
History and Areas of Practice: Northern New England"s largest law firm, Pierce Atwood is a full service firm experienced in handling complex legal matters in the areas of Corporate, Commercial and Securities Law, Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Health Care, Labor and Employment Law, Public Utilities and Energy Regulation, Real Estate Law, Taxation, Estate Planning, Legislation and Litigation. With offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine and Newburyport, Massachusetts the firm provides legal services to all areas of the State.
In the areas of Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Federal Court Litigation, Energy Regulation and Labor Law, the firm"s practice extends throughout New England and beyond.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Governor"s Land Acquisition Priorities Advisory Committee (1996). Advisory Committee (1990) and Scientific Forestry Management Area Committee (1990), Baxter State Park. Participant: Keystone Dialogue on Department of Defense Hazardous Waste, 1989-1991.
Keystone National Environmental Decision Making Forum, 1990.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Cumberland County, Maine State (Chair, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section) and American (Vice Chair, Special Committee on State and Regional Environmental Cooperation) Bar Associations.
Military: With United States. Navy, 1968-1972.
