Jeffery Thaler

Jeff Thaler is the University of Maine’s first Visiting Professor of Energy Policy, Law & Ethics, and also serves as Assistant University Counsel for environmental, energy and sustainability projects and sustainability initiatives. For many years, Jeff has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for his work in environmental and natural resources law, commercial litigation and appellate law, and by Chambers USA for both his environmental and litigation practices; and, by New England Super Lawyers for his environmental work. He was the 2010 President of the American College of Environmental Lawyers, a prestigious organization for which he also is a founder and charter member.

Jeff has been permitting counsel for on- and off-shore wind projects, hydro power and wood-to-biofuel facilities, as well as many other commercial development projects. He continues as the attorney for the only deepwater offshore wind power project in North America. Professor Thaler is the lead author of The Maine Environmental Handbook, the recent Lexis Nexis Treatise “Treatment of Greenhouse Gases Under the National Environmental Policy Act," and a Maine Bar Journal article on Maine’s Anti-SLAPP law and caselaw. He also is a founder and Co-Chair of the Environmental and Energy Technology Association of Maine, the state’s leading organization for that growing sector of Maine’s economy. Professor Thaler graduated magna cum laude from Williams College and earned a law degree from Yale Law School. He clerked for Chief Justice Vincent McKusick and Senior Associate Justice Sidney Wernick of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.