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District 5 - Representing Portland (except for Precinct 5.1)
Commissioner Cloutier has extensive financial and enterprise management experience as a former Councilor and Mayor of Portland, as a board member and officer of a local financial institution, and previous service as a board member of the Maine Turnpike Authority. Commissioner Cloutier represents the Board of Commissioners on the following committees: Coastal County Workforce Board, Maine County Commissioners Associations Risk Pool, Cumberland County Public Health Council and the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).
He has served on the boards of a regional soup kitchen, as the Chairman of the Board of the regional waste to energy plant, the regional Council of Governments, and a variety of other civic organizations.
Jim also represents clients in the courts of Maine in civil litigation matters, often involving real estate issues. He has extensive litigation experience in title underwriting, Maine lien law, contract law issues, and boundary and land area use issues.
Jim has tried dozens of cases – jury and non-jury - over 30 years and has briefed and argued cases before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court over 20 times.
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