The Intersection of Law and Conservation - Private Environmental Enforcement

Speaker: Keith Ainsworth, A87, Environmental Attorney
Attorney Keith Ainsworth will offer a perspective on a 34-year career in conservation law through the reflections on the career path of a 1980’s ENVS grad by sharing highlights/take-aways along the way and Tufts’ role in the trajectory, in addition to talking about private environmental enforcement in American Law and what environmental law looks like from the trenches.
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Keith Ainsworth, A87, has been an environmental and land use litigator in Connecticut for over three decades. He has a broad conservation-based practice representing land trusts, non-profits, land owners and businesses in transactions and litigation before administrative agencies and state and federal courts. Currently Acting Chair of the CT Council on Environmental Quality, former chair of the CT Bar Association Environmental Law section and a municipal first selectman (Haddam), Keith brings a rounded perspective to conservation. A graduate of Tufts with a BS in biology, environmental studies and English literature, Keith applies a scientific and analytical background to the law. He is a life member of the Madison Land Conservation Trust and served on the national leadership council of Trout Unlimited. Keith also serves as General Counsel to Vista Life Innovations, Inc., a private educational institute for adults with intellectual disabilities. Keith is also an avid outdoorsman and the author of several volumes of poetry.