Jon Hinck, of Counsel

Jon Hinck is a graduate of the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California Berkeley, where he was an associate editor of and published in the California Law Review. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History in 1976 from the University of Pennsylvania. He concentrates on mass tort litigation including representing plaintiffs in pension plan, investor, consumer and environmental cases.

With Lewis Saul & Associates, Mr. Hinck has represented plaintiffs in MTBE drinking water contamination cases, In re: MTBE Products Liability Litigation (S.D.N.Y.) and Millett v. Atlantic Richfield Co., No. CV-98-555 (Maine) and other mass torts.

Mr. Hinck recently served three years as Staff Attorney with the Natural Resources Council of Maine, Maine's leading environmental advocacy group. With NRCM, Jon worked to promote renewable energy, control mercury pollution and remove chemical hazards from Maine schools. In 2004, he led a successful effort to enact a landmark electronic waste law that allows Mainers to get rid of old computer monitors and TVs in an environmentally sound manner at manufacturer, not taxpayer, expense.

Prior to moving to Maine, Mr. Hinck was the Acting Attorney General for the Republic of Palau and successfully litigated a series of cases to enable the Pacific island state to gain its sovereignty in 1994. As an associate with Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein in San Francisco, Mr. Hinck worked on investor and consumer class actions and served as plaintiffs' class counsel in In re Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Lit., Civ. No. A89-095 (consolidated) (D. Alaska). With Morrison & Foerster he represented defendants in securities fraud class actions such as In re VeriFone Sec. Lit., Civ. No. C-90-2705-VRW (N.D. Cal.) His career has included years of work as a professional environmentalist with expertise in marine ecology, climate and toxic pollution. He was an official NGO delegate at the Kyoto and London Conventions.

Mr. Hinck is admitted to the bars of Maine, California and the Republic of Palau, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the District Courts of Maine and Northern California.