Karin Marchetti

Karin Marchetti, juris doctorate, has been general counsel to Maine Coast Heritage Trust for 38 years and a practicing lawyer for 44 years, focusing on conservation easements and municipal and land trust matters. She is the founder of Land Conservation Legal Services, begun in 1991, providing counsel to land trusts and government agencies on the creation, acquisition and management of conservation easements and preserves. She is a frequent presenter at Land Trust Alliance’s National Rally. She is a co-author of The Conservation Easement Handbook, Second Edition, published by Land Trust Alliance in 2005, and is on the Claims Committee of Terrafirma Risk Retention Group, the land trust defense insurance company.