The CLF Team

Ivy Frignoca is a Staff Attorney with Conservation Law Foundation Maine. Frignoca joined CLF after an extensive career as a trial attorney preceded by years of work for the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. In her role, Frignoca uses her trial experience to bolster CLF’s efforts to ensure clean air and water for Maine and New England communities, and to foster solutions to Maine’s transportation challenges.

Frignoca’s background spans legal and scientific work. Prior to joining CLF, Frignoca had a diverse civil trial practice, and clerked for Chief Justice Wathen of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Before becoming an attorney, Frignoca worked as Assistant State Naturalist and Chief of Conservation Education, a section tasked with serving as spokesperson on issues regarding natural resources and conservation.

Frignoca received her JD from University of Maine, where she graduated Cum Laude and won numerous awards for advocacy, and her BA from the University of Vermont, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Cum Laude. She is an avid outdoorswoman, who particularly enjoys Nordic skiing, hiking, and gardening.