Robert Levin

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last updated: March 2022

Rob Levin has extensive experience in nonprofit organization legal matters, land conservation transactions and related tax issues.  Over the last nine years, he has consulted for the Land Trust Alliance and has represented several Maine land trusts, including Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Loon Echo Land Trust, and York Land Trust.  Rob has spoken at many conferences, including the Land Trust Alliance Rally and the Maine Land Trust Network Conference, and has written several papers on conservation issues in Tax Notes, the Land Trust Alliance’s Exchange, and NYU’s Environmental Law Journal.

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Attorney at Law
94 Beckett Street
2nd Floor
Portland, Maine  04101
Phone: (207) 774-8026
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