(Main Office)

Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick is a Vermont law firm providing representation and counsel to clients on a wide variety of legal issues. Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick attorneys practice as a team, sharing experience and skills, so that clients receive the expertise necessary to address their problems. For more than seventeen years, Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick's goal has been to provide our clients with the best possible legal representation through personal quality service. The firm serves clients throughout northern Vermont from its two offices in Burlington and Essex Junction, Vermont

Statement of Practice

General Practice, Personal Injury, Environmental Litigation, Business, Corporate, Real Estate, Development, Planning and Zoning, Criminal Law, Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts, Taxation, Employment Law, Civil Litigation, Divorce and Domestic Relations Law, Foreclosure.

Address

27 Main Street P.O. Box 925
Burlington, VT 05402, (Chittenden Co.)

Phone

Phone: 802-863-1191
Fax: 802-863-5798

Website

http://www.bpflegal.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

Essex Junction, Vermont Office: 34 Pearl Street. Telephone: 802-879-6304. Fax: 802-879-6533.

MEMBERS OF FIRM

John J. Bergeron (Member) born Burlington, Vermont, November 24, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: St. Michael's College (B.A., 1970); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1973). Deputy States Attorney, 1973-1976. Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Automobile Accidents; Business Transactions; Divorce; Civil Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: John J. Bergeron

Vincent A. Paradis (Member) born Concord, Massachusetts, October 9, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Vermont; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Norwich University (B.A., 1968); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1971). Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Zoning, Land Use and Environmental; Litigation; Municipal; Business Law; Real Estate.Email: Vincent A. Paradis

Edward D. Fitzpatrick (Member) born Burlington, Vermont; admitted to bar, 1977, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1972); Suffolk University (J.D., 1975). Practice Areas: Business/Corporations; Criminal Law; Banking Regulation; Real Estate; Development and Zoning; Foreclosures.Email: Edward D. Fitzpatrick

Priscilla Bondy Dubé (Member) born New Rochelle, New York, March 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Colby College (A.B., 1977); Vermont Law School (J.D., 1980). Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Domestic Mediation; Child Support; Child Custody; Modification.Email: Priscilla Bondy Dubé

Douglas G. Kallen (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, December 23, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, New York; 1985, Colorado; 1987, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1977); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 1980). President, Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2007. Assistant District Attorney, Brooklyn, New York, 1980-1986. Member: Vermont Bar Association (Co-Chair, Criminal Law Committee, 2002); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; DUI/DWI; Felonies; Drug Crimes; Personal Injury.Email: Douglas G. Kallen

Daniel P. O'Rourke (Member) born Burlington, Vermont, September 13, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Massachusetts; 1993, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1986); Suffolk University (J.D., 1989). Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Real Estate; Business; Corporate; Zoning, Development and Land Use.Email: Daniel P. O'Rourke

Kerin E. Stackpole (Member) born Burlington, Vermont; admitted to bar, 1990, Maryland (inactive); 1992, District of Columbia (inactive); 1995, Vermont. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., cum laude, 1984); American University Washington College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Member: Vermont Bar Association (Chair, Employment Law Section, 2000-2004). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Business Law; Business Formation; Civil Litigation.Email: Kerin E. Stackpole

Michael D. Danley (Member) born Highland Park, Illinois, December 1, 1945; admitted to bar, 1975, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1968); University of Maryland (J.D., 1975). Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Foreclosures.Email: Michael D. Danley

David D. Aman (Member) born St. Joseph, Missouri, July 11, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, New York; 2004, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1998); New York Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: Vermont and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Automobile Accidents.Email: David D. Aman

Chad V. Bonanni (Member) born Houston, Texas, August 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Colorado (inactive); 2003, Vermont; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1997); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., 2002). Member: Vermont Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Business Law; Zoning Law; Municipal Law.Email: Chad V. Bonanni

OF COUNSEL

John W. O'Donnell (Of Counsel) born Rockville Centre, New York, March 22, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, District of Columbia; 1982, Vermont; 1993, Massachusetts. Education: Princeton University, (A.B., 1972); University of Texas (M.P.H., 1974); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1979); Boston University (LL.M., Taxation, 1996). Deputy Health Commissioner, State of Vermont, 1981-1982. Deputy Secretary, Vermont Agency of Human Services, 1982-1985. General Counsel, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, 1985-1992. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Business Law; Corporate; Intellectual Property; Development; Planning and Zoning.Email: John W. O'Donnell

Thomas H. Somers (Of Counsel) born Portland, Maine, December 5, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1988, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1993, Vermont; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., cum laude, 1984; J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Public and Private Labor Law; Employment Law; Litigation.Email: Thomas H. Somers