Benjamin B. Algeo

Attorney

Benjamin B. Algeo

Attorney

Phone: 207.771.9218 Fax: 207.772.3627 Email: balgeo@dwmlaw.com

84 Marginal Way, Suite 600 Portland , ME 04101

Assistant: Vanessa Bailey Email: VBailey@dwmlaw.com

About

Ben Algeo is an attorney and former Summer Associate at Drummond Woodsum. Ben graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Maine School of Law where he received a Certificate in Environmental and Oceans Law, received the Gignoux Award for Appellate Advocacy, and was the Head Case Note and Comment Editor for the Ocean and Coastal Law Journal. In 2022, Ben received the David Sive Award for Best Brief Overall from the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, and in 2023 received the award for Best Brief for a Party from the competition.

Ben has served as a Law Clerk for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, as a Legal Intern for New England Ocean Cluster and the Maine Public Utilities Commission, and as a Student Attorney for the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic. He was also a Judicial Extern for the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

On joining the firm, Ben shared, “The attorneys at Drummond Woodsum have a reputation for excellence. The opportunity to work with and learn from this talented group of professionals is one I could not pass up.”

Outside of work, Ben enjoys running, snowboarding, fishing, and being his dog’s favorite person.

Education

University of Maine School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude

University of Maine, B.A.

Awards & Recognition

National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition – 2022 David Sive Award for Best Bried Overall, 2023 Award for Best Brief for a Party

University of Maine School of Law – Gignoux Award for Appellate Advocacy

Publications

Bejamin B. Algeo, Fishing Against the Wind: The Federal Government’s Obligation to Consider and Mitigate Fishing Impacts from Offshore Wind Development on the Outer Continental Shelf, 28 Ocean & Coastal L.J. 135 (2023).

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