Education
University of Maine School of Law
J.D. | 1984
University of Vermont
B.S. | 1978
Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court | 1994
- U.S. District Court, District of Maine | 1985
- Maine | 1984
University of Maine School of Law
J.D. | 1984
University of Vermont
B.S. | 1978
Jim Katsiaficas practices environmental, land use, municipal, administrative, and real estate law. He is a shareholder of the firm.
Jim represents municipalities; water, sewer, and other special districts; counties; State agencies; and other public entities, as well as individuals, groups and businesses appearing before governmental agencies. His practice includes representation of clients before Maine’s courts and administrative agencies, local and county boards, and the Maine Legislature. Some of the issues he assists clients with include: planning and zoning, environmental permitting, environmental and land use due diligence, property taxation and abatement, stormwater regulation, oil and hazardous substance site remediation, solid waste management, energy regulation, eminent domain, road law, and legislation/lobbying.
Prior to joining Perkins Thompson, Jim was a Senior Staff Attorney for the Maine Municipal Association; he previously had been a partner in a Portland law firm, Associate Corporation Counsel for the City of Portland, and Assistant Director for State and Federal Relations for the Maine Municipal Association.
Jim is a member of the Maine State Bar Association and of its Administrative Law; Public Sector and Government Lawyers (Chair, 2003); Municipal Law; Environmental and Energy Law (Chair 2002); and Real Estate Sections. He also is a member of the Cumberland Bar Association, and served as State Chair for the International Municipal Lawyers’ Association, 1990-1996.
Jim is a member of the Board of Directors (2010-present) and Chair (2013-2016) of E2Tech (the Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine). He is Chair of the Our Lady of Hope Parish Events Committee and has served on its Pastoral Council. He has served as a member of the City of Portland’s Cable Television Committee and Land Bank Commission, and as a Board member of the Maine Academy of Modern Music.
He has been recognized by the Best Lawyers in America for Administrative and Municipal Law since 2011.
Jim’s interests include performing blues, country, folk and rock music; woodworking; and building and repairing stringed instruments. He resides in Portland.
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