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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Dear Clients, Partners, and Friends:
Perkins Thompson and Maine Center for Elder Law are excited to announce their recent combination. Established in 1871, Perkins Thompson has been providing outstanding legal services to U.S. and Canadian businesses, institutions, governmental entities, and individuals for nearly 150 years. Maine Center for Elder Law, led by attorneys Barbara Schlichtman and Marty Womer, is a highly regarded elder law, trusts and estates, and special needs planning practice based in Kennebunk, and will continue as a practice of Perkins Thompson. The knowledge and expertise of Maine Center for Elder Law’s attorneys and staff are a wonderful addition to Perkins Thompson’s well-established trusts and estates practice.
This combination brings together the strengths of two dynamic firms, creating greater value for current and potential clients by offering expanded services and community engagement, and convenient office locations in both Portland and Kennebunk.
Please reach out to Tim Benoit, Phil Hunt, Barbara Schlichtman and Marty Womer for your trust, estate and elder law or special needs planning.