Charles J. Micoleau
207.774.9000 ext 213
cmicoleau@curtisthaxter.com
cmicoleau@curtisthaxter.com
Charlie Micoleau oversees the firm’s legislative and public affairs services.
A former chief of staff to U.S. Senator Edmund S. Muskie in Washington, D.C., Charlie’s practice encompasses administrative and regulatory law, as well as public issues management. He currently serves as chairman of The Public Affairs Group, the firm’s government relations affiliate in the state capitol, Augusta. He is the firm’s representative to the 128-member State Capital Global Law Firm Group of which Curtis Thaxter is a founding member.
For more than thirty years, Charlie has been active in shaping governmental policies affecting energy, technology investment and environmental protection. He counsels private as well as non-profit entities in their dealings with regulators, legislators and executive branches of government. He has served as counsel to numerous corporate entities in environmental issues, public and private financings, technology transfer matters and public sector dispute resolution. He has been counsel to a number of non-utility electricity generators and currently to independent transmission lines being developed in the northeast and Canada.
During a leave from the firm from 1986 to 1988, Charlie served as Vice President of Communications and Government Affairs for The NutraSweet Company, a subsidiary of Monsanto Corporation. In that capacity, he was responsible for overseeing corporate and regulatory affairs in the U.S. and Canada, as well as in Europe and Latin America.
Representative Matters
Charlie is a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Maine’s Muskie School of Public Policy and Management. He has served as President of the Maine Center for Innovation in Biotechnology and currently serves on loan review committees of the Maine Technology Institute, a state supported technology investment entity. He is a past president of the Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, the state’s largest environmental organization. From 1984 through 1992, he was a member of the Democratic National Committee.
A former chief of staff to U.S. Senator Edmund S. Muskie in Washington, D.C., Charlie’s practice encompasses administrative and regulatory law, as well as public issues management. He currently serves as chairman of The Public Affairs Group, the firm’s government relations affiliate in the state capitol, Augusta. He is the firm’s representative to the 128-member State Capital Global Law Firm Group of which Curtis Thaxter is a founding member.
For more than thirty years, Charlie has been active in shaping governmental policies affecting energy, technology investment and environmental protection. He counsels private as well as non-profit entities in their dealings with regulators, legislators and executive branches of government. He has served as counsel to numerous corporate entities in environmental issues, public and private financings, technology transfer matters and public sector dispute resolution. He has been counsel to a number of non-utility electricity generators and currently to independent transmission lines being developed in the northeast and Canada.
During a leave from the firm from 1986 to 1988, Charlie served as Vice President of Communications and Government Affairs for The NutraSweet Company, a subsidiary of Monsanto Corporation. In that capacity, he was responsible for overseeing corporate and regulatory affairs in the U.S. and Canada, as well as in Europe and Latin America.
Representative Matters
- Regulatory counsel to Neptune Regional Transmission System, responsible for securing all federal and state environmental approvals in New York and New Jersey for a 67 mile undersea cable.
- General counsel to Knight Industries and Knight-Celotex, a major manufacturer of building materials, with facilities in five US states and China; including oversight of intellectual property and licensing matters.
- Renegotiated master solid waste disposal agreements for Penobscot Energy Recovery Company, a waste-to-energy facility, with over 75 municipal entities in Maine; subsequently served as counsel in a financial restructuring of the company with state supported bonds.
- Governmental relations counsel in Maine for the Maritimes and Northeast Natural Gas Pipeline, traversing Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and northern New England.
Community Service
Charlie is a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Maine’s Muskie School of Public Policy and Management. He has served as President of the Maine Center for Innovation in Biotechnology and currently serves on loan review committees of the Maine Technology Institute, a state supported technology investment entity. He is a past president of the Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, the state’s largest environmental organization. From 1984 through 1992, he was a member of the Democratic National Committee.
PRACTICE AREAS
EDUCATION
J.D., George Washington University, 1977
M.A., International Finance, Johns Hopkins University 1965
B.A., Government, Bowdoin College, 1963
M.A., International Finance, Johns Hopkins University 1965
B.A., Government, Bowdoin College, 1963
BAR ADMISSIONS
Maine
Washington, D.C.
U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Maine and Massachusetts
Washington, D.C.
U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Maine and Massachusetts
MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association
Maine State Bar Associations
Maine State Bar Associations
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
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