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Burak Anderson & Melloni, PLC offers innovative and sophisticated solutions for its individual, business and corporate clients. The attorneys at the Firm share a commitment to provide service rivaling that of the nation's largest law firms but with the personal attention of a local firm. Since the Firm's formation, it has provided legal representation to local, national and international clients in such substantive areas as utility regulation, corporate law, municipal law and public finance, banking, securities, commercial litigation, environmental law and land use planning, real property and employment law. The Firm is situated to handle the full range of transactional and litigation challenges facing today's businesses.

Statement of Practice

General Practice, Business, Administrative, Corporate, Securities, Real Estate, Banking, Bankruptcy, Litigation, Utilities, Municipal, Public Finance, Construction, Environmental, Land Use, Solid Waste and Disposal, Energy, Commercial Litigation, Lender Liability, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, International, Antitrust and Trade Regulation.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Major Credit Cards

• Visa
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Address

Gateway Square
30 Main Street, Suite 210 P.O. Box 787
Burlington, VT 05402-0787, (Chittenden Co.)

Phone

Phone: 802-862-0500
Telecopier: 802-862-8176

Website

http://www.vtlaw1.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Michael L. Burak (Member) born Abingdon, England, May 9, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, New York; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1979, Vermont; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., summa cum laude, 1968); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk, Hon. Sterry R. Waterman, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1971-1972. Adjunct Professor, Business Law at the School of Business, University of Vermont, 1983-1985. General Counsel, Vermont Public Service Board, 1978-1981. Director for Public Advocacy, Vermont, 1981-1982. Founding Director, Entrepreneurship Institute of Vermont, 1985-1989. Member, Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports 1999-2006. Director: King Street Youth Center; Secretary, Alliance Française; Public Policy Committee, VT Businesses for Social Responsibility; Burlington Telecom Advisory Committee. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Vermont and American Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Vermont Public Service Board. Reported Cases: Dept. Public Service v. Mass. Mun. Wholesale Elec. Co., 151 Vt. 73, 558 A.2d 215 (1989) cert. denied 493 U.S. 872; In re Consolidated Rate Appeals, 142 Vt. 373, 455 A. 2d 823 (1983); In re Chittenden Solid Waste District, 163 Vt. 185, 657 A2d 197 (1995). In re Chittenden Solid Waste District, 2007 Vt 28; 928 A. d 1183; 2007; Fab-Tech v DuPont, 2007 U.S. District Lexis 49128 (D. July 6, 2007). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Business Litigation; Intellectual Property; Utility; Energy Law.Email: Michael L. Burak

Jon Anderson (Member) born Springfield, Vermont, January 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Vermont; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S. Ch.E., with highest distinction, 1975); Yale University (J.D., 1978). Tau Beta Pi. Recipient, Salsbury Award. Author: "Decision Analysis in Environmental Decision-making: Improving the Concorde Balance," 5 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 156, 1978; "Environmental Enforcements," Vermont Bar Journal & Law Digest, October 1995; Planning and Zoning Chapter, Environmental Law Practice Manual, Vermont Bar Association, First Edition-1998; Second Edition-2006; Law and Land Development in Vermont, First Edition- 2002 Second Edition-2006; "A Commentary on the Permit Reform Bill," Vermont Bar Journal and Law Digest, Summer, 2004. "Land Use Litigation is Different," Vermont Bar Journal and Law Digest, Winter 2005-2006; "Approaches to Off-Site Mitigation of Agricultural and Forestry Soils," Vermont Environment Monitor, February 2005. Law Clerk, Hon. Caleb M. Wright, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1978-1980. Special Counsel, Vermont Department of Public Service, 1981-1984. Member, Montpelier City Council, 1988-1996, President, 1992-1995. Legal Counsel to Governor Madeleine Kunin's 1988 re-election Campaign. Chairman, State of Vermont Blue Ribbon Task Force on Hazardous Waste, 1990-1991. Governor's Interim Legal Counsel, 1990-1991. Vermont House of Representatives (Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources and Judicial Rules Committees, 2007-2009). Member: Vermont Bar Association (Vice Chairman, 1992-1995 and Chairman, 1995-1998, Environmental Law Committee). [J.A.G. Officer, Vermont Guard, 2008—]. Practice Areas: Environmental; Land Use; Public Utilities; Telecommunications Law; Real Estate; Solid Waste Disposal; Transportation; Complex Property Valuation.Email: Jon Anderson

Thomas R. Melloni (Member) born Bronx, New York; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1989, Vermont; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1980); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Co-Author: "Planning in Vermont," published in State & Regional Comprehensive Planning, American Bar Association, Urban, State and Local Government Law Section, 1993; "Environmental Opinions in Commercial Transactions," The Vermont Bar Journal, Vol. 21. No. 5, 1995. Associate, Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York, NY, 1985-1989. Approved Counsel, Vermont Municipal Bond Bank. Member, Vermont Board of Architects, 1990-1999. Associate Member, State of Vermont Technical Advisory Committee on Solid Waste, 1990-1994. Member: Vermont and American (Member, Business Law Section and Urban, State and Local Government Law Section) Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Business Law; Finance Law; Municipal Bonds; Securities; Real Estate; Corporate; Public Finance.Email: Thomas R. Melloni

Michael B. Rosenberg (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, July 16, 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, District of Columbia and U.S. Claims Court; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, Virginia (inactive); 1984, Vermont. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1966); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1969). Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Claims, 1969-1970. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1970-1973. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law; Litigation; Construction Law.Email: Michael B. Rosenberg

Shane W. McCormack (Member) born Portland, Maine, July 22, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, New York and Massachusetts; 2004, Vermont. Education: McGill University (B.A., 1997); Boston University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000); Boston University School of Management (M.B.A., 2000). Editor, Boston University Law Review. Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York, 2000-2004. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Public Finance.Email: Shane W. McCormack

W. Scott Fewell (Member) born St. Petersburg, Florida, March 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1996, Connecticut; 2000, Pennsylvania; 2004, Vermont. Education: Letourneau University (B.A., 1986); University of Texas at Arlington (M.A., 1989); Vermont Law School (J.D., 1996). Senior Articles Editor, Vermont Law Review, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to the Hon. Terrence F. McVerry, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment; Insurance Coverage.Email: W. Scott Fewell

ASSOCIATES

Anja Freiburg (Associate) born Harlow, England, July 14, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Vermont. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1998); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2003). Languages: Swiss-German, German. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Real Estate.Email: Anja Freiburg

David W. Rugh (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland, April 1, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Maryland; 2005, Vermont. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 2001); Vermont Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Note Editor, Vermont Law Review, 2003-2004. Law Clerk to the Honorable Meredith Wright and the Honorable Thomas S. Durkin, Vermont Environmental Court, 2004-2006. Member: Vermont and American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental; Land Use; Litigation; Real Estate.Email: David W. Rugh