Experience

Nick joined Pierce Atwood in 2004.  Previously, he worked for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and at an environmental consulting firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In his practice, Nick assists clients in a variety of areas, including permitting, land use, and environmental litigation.  He has experience working with state and federal regulators in multiple agencies, including the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Maine Department of Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, as well as with the Maine Board of Environmental Protection.  Recently, Nick has worked with clients to permit a wind power facility and upgrades to an oil terminal facility and interstate oil pipeline.

In his land use practice, Nick represents clients before municipal boards in cities and towns throughout Maine.  Most recently he has helped permit projects for an electric utility, a retail shopping center developer, and a college.

Should the need arise, Nick also assists clients in administrative appeals and environmental litigation.  Nick has helped successfully defend challenges to state-issued permits (Friends of the Kennebec Salmon v. Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Me. Super. Ct. 2006)), municipally-issued permits (Lampron v. Town of Standish ( Me. Super. Ct. 2007)), and contract provisions concerning the granting of conservation easements (Great Northwoods LLC v. Great Lakes Hydro America (Me Super. Ct. 2007)).

Publications

J. Neumann & N. Livesay, Coastal Structures:  Dynamic Economic Modeling, in Global Warming and the American Economy:  A Regional Analysis (R. Mendelsohn, ed., 2001).

Professional Activities

Nick is a member of the Maine State Bar Association.  He is chair of the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section of the Maine Bar.