Background
Austin, Ralph W. was born on July 24, 1951 in Port Jervis, New York, United States.
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Ralph W. Austin
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Drew University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1973). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Career
Worked at Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry (Biddeford, ME) specializing in General Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Probate, Real Estate, Banking, Insurance, Municipal, Public Utility, School, Taxation, Bankruptcy, Construction, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Criminal, Legal Malpractice, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Antitrust, Insurance, Personal Injury and Products Liability Law. Trials in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Maine. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, 1975-1976.
Chairman: Kennebunk Planning Board, 1981-1982. Kennebunk Charter Commission, 1983-1984. Member: Kennebunk Budget Board, 1986-1995.
Kennebunk Downtown Revitalization Committee, 1989-1993. Kennebunk Comprehensive Plan Committee, 1989-1991. Member, Board of Directors, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine, 1992.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1991-1994 and Board of Advisory Trustees, 1996, Portland Symphony Orchestra. Member: York County (President, 1984-1985), Maine State (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1987. Third Vice-President, 1988.
Second Vice-President, 1989. President-Elect and President Pro Tem, 1990. President, 1991), New England (Member, Board of Governors, 1984-1988.
President, 1989-1990) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1996) Bar Associations. National Conference of Bar Presidents (Member, Executive Council, 1992-1995). American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1990.
Treasurer, 1993); Maine Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1992. Treasurer, 1993; Vice President, 1994. President-Elect, 1995.
President, 1996); New England Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1992). Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry is a professional corporation engaged in full range of civil and criminal law practice. From its inception more than twenty-five years ago, the firm has expanded steadily and now has more than thirty lawyers with offices in Portland and Biddeford.
The firm strives to provide its clients with the highest quality legal services in an atmosphere of openness and availability. Our legal assistance is delivered in the clients best interest. We want our clients to know that they have the support necessary to address whatever civil or criminal legal problems may come their way.
We also want to help our clients anticipate and avoid problems before they arise.
Membership
Member: Kennebunk Budget Board, 1986-1995. Kennebunk Downtown Revitalization Committee, 1989-1993. Kennebunk Comprehensive Plan Committee, 1989-1991.
Member, Board of Directors, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine, 1992. Member, Board of Trustees, 1991-1994 and Board of Advisory Trustees, 1996, Portland Symphony Orchestra. Member: York County (President, 1984-1985), Maine State (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1987.
Third Vice-President, 1988. Second Vice-President, 1989. President-Elect and President Pro Tem, 1990.
President, 1991); New England (Member, Board of Governors, 1984-1988. President, 1989-1990) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1996) Bar Associations. National Conference of Bar Presidents (Member, Executive Council, 1992-1995).
American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1993). Maine Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1990. Treasurer, 1993; Vice President, 1994.
President-Elect, 1995. President, 1996); New England Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1992). (Resident, York County Office).
