Josh’s clients include some of the nation’s largest clean energy investors and developers as well as municipal and state governments and other public sector entities. For example, his recent experiences include:

• Representing The Nature Conservancy with respect to acquisition and preparation of surrender and decommissioning plans for four hydroelectric facilities on the Lower Kennebec River in Maine;
• Providing environmental counsel to a prospective buyer of a large manufacturing facility in Maine;
• Representing major independent power producers in regulatory proceedings before the Maine Public Utilities Commission; 
• Advising battery energy storage system developers in navigating municipal law permitting and zoning matters in Massachusetts;
• Advising Massachusetts municipal and state agencies regarding reorganization, real property transfers, and jurisdictional issues; and
• Counseling a national land-based wind developer on New York's permitting requirements and processes to repower six wind facilities.

Josh frequently writes articles about major clean energy policy developments with an emphasis on offshore wind, battery and other energy storage systems, state-level climate leadership, interstate cooperation, and large-scale transmission. Josh serves on the board of the Maine Renewable Energy Association and the Maine Seacoast Mission.

Josh’s general administrative law and regulatory practice spans other highly regulated activities, including state and local lobbying compliance and adult-use cannabis licensing. Josh has assisted clients in acquiring adult-use cannabis licenses for cultivation, manufacturing, retail dispensaries, and microbusinesses and navigating related compliance matters in various states. He has also advised various clients in receiving or maintaining women-owned, diversity-owned, and related certifications for minority-owned businesses.

Prior to joining the firm, Josh received a dual JD/MBA with a central focus on energy, climate, and business. Josh provided consulting services for several highly entrepreneurial small business, nonprofit, research and development, and state and municipal government organizations in Maine, including the Maine International Trade Center and the Maine Governor’s Energy Office. He also worked at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center for nearly 10 years on a project to commercialize floating offshore wind technology in the Gulf of Maine.

He served as a city councilor in Bangor, Maine, from 2013-2016. He also served on the board of directors of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra—one of the nation’s longest continually operating professional orchestras—during the same period.