About
Rep. Hinck
Representative Jon Hinck is an attorney in Portland concentrating
on litigation on behalf of consumers, workers and environmental
interests.
He was previously employed at the Natural Resources Council
of Maine, where he worked to promote renewable energy, control
pollution and remove toxic hazards from Maine schools. In 2004,
he led a successful effort to enact Maine's landmark electronic
waste law that enables environmentally sound recycling of old
computers and TVs at manufacturer, not taxpayer, expense.
After earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania,
Jon worked for a decade with the environmental group Greenpeace,
including as campaign director for Greenpeace International in
charge of the organization's worldwide program.
He was instrumental in building Greenpeace USA into one of the
largest environmental groups in the U.S. and spearheaded major
efforts in marine ecology, energy and toxics issues. In 1990
Jon earned a JD from the law school at the University of California
Berkeley. His law practice, first in California and later in
Maine, has included significant roles in complex environmental
and consumer litigation including major litigation on the Exxon
Valdez oil spill and MTBE groundwater pollution.
Jon's experience includes serving as the Acting Attorney General
for the Republic of Palau, a Pacific Island nation. In 1996 he
was a delegate at the Kyoto Convention. Jon has taught environmental
law as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Maine
and was a member of Portland's Sustainability Task Force. He
has chaired the legislature's Energy & Utilities Committee
and is active with the national Council of State Government's
Energy & Environment Committee. Jon is married to Juliet
Browne, a Portland attorney. They have a 13 year-old daughter.
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News
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Committees
Rep. Hinck serves as the House Democratic Lead member on the Joint Standing
Committee on Energy,
Utilities and Technology.
For more information about the schedule of committee hearings or to sign
up for advance notice of public hearings click
here.
Issues
You can learn more about what the House Democrats are doing for
Maine by clicking
here. And I'd like to hear what you think -- please Contact
Me.
Legislation
Click on the button below to see all bills, joint resolutions
and orders I sponsored or cosponsored this session, as well as
legislative sentiments that honor and recognize people from our
district and throughout the state.
To do a general bill search, click
here.
Contact Me
Thank you for taking time to contact me. You may use the online
Contact Form to reach
me.
You can also contact me at my home:
142 Pine Street
Portland, ME 04102
Home tel: (207) 828-0995
When the Legislature is in session, you can leave
a message for me by calling the State House Message
Phone: (800) 423-2900 or the State House TTY Line:
(207) 287-4469.
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