Robin L. Main is a partner in the Litigation group, co-chair of the Environmental and Energy group, and serves on the Executive Committee at Hinckley Allen. She is a seasoned environmental and energy attorney with over 40 years of experience. Robin has handled some of New England’s and New York’s most complex and significant environmental and energy matters. Robin handled the permitting for the first offshore wind farm in the United States before the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. Using her depth of experience in offshore wind and other energy projects, Robin navigated permitting in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York for the Revolution Wind, South Fork and Sunrise offshore wind farms including for federal consistency reviews.
For decades, Robin has represented clients facing environmental compliance issues, and she routinely navigates high-stakes enforcement actions by state and federal environmental agencies. Robin brings her comprehensive knowledge of environmental matters and the laws governing them to what can be tangled legal cases involving releases of oil and hazardous materials, air discharges of asbestos, brownfield agreements, and environmental insurance. Robin has extensive experience in the area of emerging contaminants and is handling numerous matters for clients in the evolving area of PFAS regulations, and she currently represents clients in PFAS litigation. She is tenacious in representation, resulting in numerous wins at appeal, at the state Supreme Court level, and before government agencies.
Robin’s reputation in environmental law includes the successful litigation of the largest tort suit for groundwater contamination in Rhode Island. In addition, she routinely represents companies in cleanup cases across the country. She holds the distinction of being nominated and elected as a fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers — a testament to her exceptional achievements in the field.
Robin is a member of the Energy Bar Association and New England Women in Energy and the Environment. She is a certified mediator and has been named on numerous occasions as one of the Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year, Go-To-Lawyer for Environmental, and a Super Lawyer in Rhode Island.
She volunteers numerous hours for civic and charitable organizations. Robin also served as a Commissioner of the Rhode Island State Ethics Commission for four years. In addition to her civic service, Robin was Chair of the Providence Animal Rescue League, and a board member of The Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, Jamestown Education Association, the Rhode Island Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council, and the Rhode Island Society of Environmental Professionals.