(Main Office)

With more than 60 attorneys working from six offices in Vermont and New Hampshire, DRM is one of the region's largest law firms. DRM's efficient cost structure coupled with its size and professional depth make it an attractive option for cost-conscious companies seeking sophisticated legal services-regional, national, and international in scope. The firm is dedicated to employing green business practices that protect the environment, promote the health and safety of our employees and enhance the quality of life in the communities in which we conduct business. DRM is the exclusive member firm for Vermont of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms.

Statement of Practice

General Practice. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Captive Insurance, Commercial Law, Construction Law, Copyrights, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Energy, Environmental Law, Family Law, Government Affairs, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Defense, Internet Law, Labor and Employment, Legislative Practice, Litigation, Matrimonial Law, Mediation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Patents, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Public Utility Law, Real Estate, Taxation, Telecommunications Law, Trademarks, Trusts and Estates, and Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Trials in all State and Federal Courts.

Firm Affiliations

LEX MUNDI

Representative Clients:

Brattleboro Retreat
Bogner of America
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Central Vermont Public Service Corp.
Chittenden Bank
CPA Mutual
Concord Group Insurance Companies
Country Home Products, Inc.
Crown Castle USA Inc.
Entergy Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation
FiberMark
Fletcher Allen Health Care, Inc.
General Motors
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
IBM Corp.
IDX Systems, Inc.
Information Technology Industry Association
Maine Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Marlboro College
Mass Bay Brewing Company
Mt. Mansfield Company, Inc. d/b/a Stowe Mountain Resort
Rock of Ages Corp.
Rutland Hospital
Schindler Elevator Corp.
TD Banknorth, N.A.
3M Company
TransCanada Corporation
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies
Vermont Gas Systems, Inc.
Vermont Mutual Insurance Co.
Wicor Americas Inc.

Address

199 Main Street
Courthouse Plaza P.O. Box 190
Burlington, VT 05402-0190, (Chittenden Co.)

Phone

Phone: 802-863-2375
Fax: 802-862-7512

Website

http://www.drm.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

DIRECTORS

Andre D. Bouffard (Director) admitted to bar, 1986, Vermont; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., cum laude, 1981); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Phi Beta Kappa; Executive Editor, Maine Law Review, 1986; Law Clerk to Hon. William C. Hill, Vermont Supreme Court, 1986-1987. Author and Presenter: "Heavy Traffic at the Intersection of Mortgage Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Law," Vermont Bar Association Journal, Spring 2006; "Emerging Protection against Retaliatory Discharge: A Public Policy Exception to the Employment At-Will Doctrine in Maine," Maine Law Review, 1986; "State v. Durepo: Toward a Principled Maine Version of the Impeachment Exception to the Exclusionary Rule," Maine Law Review, 1985; "Legislature Restricts Strict Foreclosure To Save It From Bankruptcy Demise," DRM Lender Update, May 2006; "Strict Foreclosure Titles Vulnerable to Bankruptcy Attack," DRM Lender Update, September 2005; "Borrower Privacy Policies Can Weaken Or Destroy Value Of Customer Lists as Collateral," DRM Lender Update, April 2002. Lender Update: June 2001, Vermont Legal Issues for Banks and Other Lenders; Lender Update: March 2000, Vermont Legal Issues for Banks and Other Lenders. Member: Vermont Bar Association (Member, Section on: Bankruptcy); Chittenden County Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Commercial and Business Litigation). Reported Cases: Monahan v. GMAC Mortgage Corp., 179 Vt. 167, 893 A.2d 298 (2005); Myers v. LaCasse, 176 Vt. 29, 838 A.2d 50 (2003); Dulude v.Fletcher Allen Health Care, Inc., 174 Vt. 74, 807 A.2d 390 (2002); Southface Condo. Owners Ass'n., Inc. v. Southface Condo. Ass'n., Inc., 169 Vt. 243, 733 A.2d 55 (1999); In re Liquidation of Home Ins. Co.,154 N.H. 472, 913 A.2d 712 (2006); In re Housecraft Industries USA, Inc., 310 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 2002); In re LaVictoire Drilling & Blasting, Inc., 2005 WL 1563439 (Bankr. D. Vt. 2005); In re Stockwell, 262 B.R. 275 (Bankr. D. Vt. 2001); In re SLM Intern.,Inc., 248 B.R. 240 (Bankr. D. Del. 2000); Glinka v. Abraham and Rose, Ltd., 199 B.R. 484 (D. Vt. 1996); Bagdan v. Sony Corp., 767 F. Supp. 81 (D. Vt. 1991). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Business Restructuring; Creditors' Rights and Insolvency Litigation; Fiduciary Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: Andre D. Bouffard

Kathleen H. Davis (Director) admitted to bar, 1982, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1978); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1982). Recipient, Vermont Captive Insurance Association's Industry Service Award, 2007. Member, Board of Directors, National Risk Retention Association, 2008. Former Member, Board of Directors, Vermont Captive Insurance Association. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Captive Insurance; Regulatory Law; Corporate Law; Insurance Regulation.Email: Kathleen H. Davis

William J. Dodge (Director) admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; 2000, Vermont and U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2005, New Hampshire. Education: College Dawson (Diplome des Etudes Collegiales, cum laude, 1991); Trent University (Honours B.A., cum laude, 1995); University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D., 1999). Law Clerk to Hon. Harry Lee Hudspeth, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division. Author: "Succeeding in Seceding?: Internationalizing the Quebec Secession Reference Under NAFTA," 34 Texas International Law Journal 327, 1999; "Title Issues Involving Stormwater," 2004; "Recent Developments in Stormwater Permitting," 2006. Co-Author: "Surviving the Transition to Revised Article 9," 2001; "State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law - Vermont," 2002; "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: How is it Relevant to Risk Retention Groups?", 2003. Speaker, "Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships in Vermont," National Business Institute, 2002; "The Vermont Supreme Court in Review: 2001-2002 Contract and Corporations Cases," 2002; "Title Issues Involving Stormwater," Vermont Bar Association Environmental Law Committee Meeting, 2004; "Recent Developments in Stormwater Permitting," Loriman, 2005; "Recent Developments in Stormwater Permitting," Loriman, 2006; "Legal Technology," Vermont Bar Association, 2007. Associate Member, Vermont Board of Bar Examiners. Member: New Hampshire, Vermont (Board Secretary, Young Lawyers Division) and American Bar Associations; Vermont Board of Bar Examiners (Associate Member). Reported Cases: In re Stormwater NPDES Permit, 2006 VT 91 (2006). Languages: Spanish and French. Practice Areas: Environmental Law and Land Use Development; Environmental Permitting; Wireless Communications; Real Estate Law; Public Utility Law; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Transnational and Cross-Border Law.Email: William J. Dodge

Jamie Johnson Fitzgerald (Director) admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1988, Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. (Not admitted in Vermont). Education: Middlebury College (A.B., cum laude, 1969); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1972). Phi Beta Kappa. National Honor Scholar. Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law. Member: International Trademark Association - INTA (Member, Editorial Board Subcommittee, The Trademark Reporter Committee). Practice Areas: Trademark Litigation; International Trademarks; Trademark Prosecution; Trademark Infringement; Counterfeiting; Unfair Competition; Internet Law; Uniform Domain Name Resolution proceedings.Email: Jamie Johnson Fitzgerald

Kimberly K. Hayden (Director) admitted to bar, 1987, Vermont; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Boston College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1982); New England School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Managing Editor, New England Law Review, 1985-1986. Member: Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Electric Utility Regulation; Electric Utilities; Environmental Law.Email: Kimberly K. Hayden

Marc B. Heath (Director) admitted to bar, 1981, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1977); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1981). Member, Catholic University Law Review. Speaker, "Defending Damages Claims in Complex Commercial Litigation Matters," New England Defense Research Institute. Director and Former Board President, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Vermont. Former Member, Board of Directors, Lund Family Center. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont (Chair, Insurance Law Committee, 1998-2000) and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Country Home Prods., Inc. v. Schiller-Pfeiffer, Inc., 350 F. Supp.2d 561 (D. Vt. 2004); Howard Opera House v. Urban Outfitters 322 F.3d 125 (2nd Cir. 2003); In re appeal of Dooley, 170 Vt. 108 (1999); Bacon v. Lascelles, 165 Vt. 214 (1996); All Cycle v. Chittenden Solid Waste District, 164 Vt. 428 (1995); Booska v. Hubbard Ins. Agency, Inc., 160 Vt. 305 (1993); Buzzell v. Jones, 151 Vt. 4 (1989); Solinger v. Nasco Intern., Inc., 655 F. Supp. 1385 (D.Vt. 1987). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Tort Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury Defense.Email: Marc B. Heath

Morgan S. Heller II (Director) admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 2002, Vermont; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Tulane University (B.S.C.E., summa cum laude, 1986); Carnegie Mellon University (M.S., 1988); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1998). Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society; Phi Eta Sigma National Freshman Honor Society. Recipient, Outstanding Civil Engineering Senior Award, 1986. Articles Editor, IDEA: The Journal of Law and Technology, 1987-1988. Thesis: "Linear Feedback Control of a Single Link Flexible Manipulator," 1988. Registered Professional Engineer. Registered Patent Attorney. Co-Author, In-House Design Manual for Flue-Gas Desulfurization Facilities, Raytheon Engineers & Constructors. Member: Vermont and American (Member: Intellectual Property Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent and Trademark Preparation, Prosecution and Litigation; Computer and Software Patents; Electro-Mechanical Patents; Mechanical Patents; Computer Architecture Patents; Medical Patents; Business Method Patents.Email: Morgan S. Heller II

R. Prescott Jaunich (Co-Chair, Real Estate and Environmental Law Group) admitted to bar, 1993, California, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 2001, Vermont. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., with honors, 1988); Vermont Law School (J.D., 1992; MSL, magna cum laude, 1992). Carthage Scholar, Political Economy Research Center. Former Board Member, Home Builders Association of Northern California, Southern Division. Member: Chittenden County, Santa Clara County and Vermont Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Environmental; Real Property; Litigation). Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Land Development; Environmental Permitting; Land Use Permitting; Planning and Land Use; Real Estate Finance; Construction Law; Real Estate Acquisitions; Land Acquisitions; Real Estate Sales; Land Sales; Real Estate Leasing.Email: R. Prescott Jaunich

Eric D. Jones (Chair, Labor & Employment Law Group) admitted to bar, 1994, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 1995, Vermont; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont and U.S. Supreme Court; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1988); Vermont Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1994). Head Notes Editor, Vermont Law Review, 1993-1994. Research and Writing Assistant: "Insurance Coverage Issues Specific to Products Liability," Products Liability in New York; "Strategies and Practices," New York Bar Association, ed., 1997. Legal Brief Author: "Sexual Harassment and Employee Privacy," Valley Business Journal, 1999; "Trade Secrets," Valley Business Journal, 2000. Author: "Vermont Chapter in 50-State Survey of Employment Defamation and Privacy Law," Libel Defense Resources Center, ed., Dec. 1998 and Supp. 2002. Contributing Editor: "Employee Duty of Loyalty, A State-By-State Survey," BNA, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 3d Ed., 2005 and Supp. 2006; "Tortious Interference In The Employment Context, A State-By-State Survey," BNA, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, Supp. 2006; "Covenants Not to Compete, A State-By-State Survey," BNA, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 5th Ed., 2006; "Trade Secrets, A State-By-State Survey," BNA, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 3d Ed., 2006. Member: Vermont, New Hampshire and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. (Also at Lebanon, New Hampshire Office). Reported Cases: International Union of Elevator Constructors, Local 2 and Architectural & Ornamental Iron Workers ,Local 63 (KONE, Inc.), 349 NLRB No. 112, 182 LRRM 1061 (2007); Architectural & Ornamental Iron Workers Local 63 v. I.U.E.C. Local 2 and KONE, Inc., 475 F.Supp. 2d 757 (N.D. Ill. 2006); In the Matter of the Liquidation of the Home Insurance Co., 154 N.H. 472, 913 A.2d 712 (2006); Sigler Foundation v. Town of Norwich, 174 Vt. 129 (2002); Watergate West, Inc. v. Barclays Bank, S.A., 759 A.2d 169 (D.C. 2000); Guiel v. Allstate Insurance Co., 170 Vt. 464, 756 A.2d 777 (2000); Galloway v. Chicago-Soft, Ltd., 713 A.2d 982, 4 Wage & Hour Cas. 2d (BNA) 1218 (N.H. 1998); Cooper v. New York State Office of Mental Health, et. al., 162 F.3d 770 (2d Cir. 1998). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Labor Arbitration; Injunction Proceedings (including Boys Markets Injunctions); Age Discrimination in Employment; Confidentiality Agreements; Covenants Not To Compete; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employee Privacy; Employer Intentional Torts; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Contracts; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Mediation; Employment Practices Liability Insurance; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Federal Employment Law; Harassment; Human Resources Law; Labor Law; Labor Legislation; Labor Relations; Labor Strikes; Management Employment Law; Management Labor Law; Minimum Wage Law; National Labor Relations Act; National Origin Discrimination; Noncompete Litigation; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Unfair Labor Practices; Uniformed Services Employment; Wage and Hour Law; WARN Act; Whistleblower Litigation; Wrongful Termination; Wrongful Termination Defense.Email: Eric D. Jones

Walter E. Judge, Jr. (Director) admitted to bar, 1990, Massachusetts; 1991, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1992, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Second Circuits; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Education: Concord Academy; Colby College (B.A., 1982); Columbia University (International Affairs, 1985); Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Co-Author, The Economic Loss Rule, For The Defense, Defense Research Institute, 2003. Contributing Editor: "Trade Secrets: A State-By-State Survey," ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law; "Covenants Not to Compete: A State-By-State Survey," ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law; "Employee Duty of Loyalty: A State-By-State Survey," ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law; "Tortious Interference in the Employment Context: A State-By-State Survey," ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law. Contributor: "State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law," International Trademark Association; "Lex Mundi Intellectual Property World Desk Reference," Kluwer; "Products Liability Law: A State-by-State Compendium," Defense Research Institute, 2004; "Products Liability: The Duty to Warn: A State-by-State Compendium," Defense Research Institute, 2007. Intellectual Property Editor, "The Business Suit," Commercial Litigation Journal of the Defense Research Institute). Adjunct Professor, Trade Secrets Law, Vermont Law School. Member: Vermont and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (Past Vermont State Representative); Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association (Board Member); International Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Underwood v. Risman, 414 Mass. 96, 605 N.E.2d 832 (Mass. 1993); Vermont Microsystems, Inc. v. Autodesk, Inc., 88 F.3d 142 (2d Cir. 1996); White v. Quechee Lakes Landowners Association, Inc., 170 Vt. 25, 742 A.2d 734 (Vermont 1999); McKinnon v. F.H. Morgan & Co., Inc., 170 Vt. 422, 750 A.2d 1026 (Vermont 2000); Smith & Croyle, LLC v. Ridgewood Power Corporation, 111 F.Supp.2d 77 (D. Mass. 2000); Macia v. Microsoft Corporation, et al., 152 F.Supp.2d 535 (D. Vt. 2001). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Commercial Torts; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Infringement; Copyright Litigation; Patent Litigation; Trademark Litigation; Trademark, Trade Secret Litigation and Related Insurance Coverage Disputes; Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Product Liability Defense; Automotive Crashworthiness; Automotive Design Liability; Automotive Products Liability; Biomedical Products Liability; Breach of Warranty; Chemical Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Food Products Liability; Heavy Equipment Products Liability; Industrial Products Liability; Manufacturers Liability; Office Equipment Products Liability; Product Warning Labels; Products Liability Defense; Products Liability Mediation; Recreational Vehicle Products Liability; Recreational Products Liability; Tort Defense; Automobile Insurance; Automobile Insurance Coverage; Automobile Liability; Casualty Insurance; Commercial Insurance; General Liability; Indemnity; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation; Property Damage; Lead Poisoning; Mold Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Personal Injury Defense; Slip and Fall; Whiplash; Wrongful Death; Premises Liability Defense; Negligence Defense; Automobile Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; First and Third Party Insurance Defense; Arbitration; Mediation.Email: Walter E. Judge, Jr.

Thomas D. Kohler (Director) admitted to bar, 1990, Connecticut and New York; 2000, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1988. (Not admitted in Vermont). Education: Clarkson University (B.S., 1983); University of Exeter (summer program in International and European Community Law, 1986); College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (J.D., 1988); London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M., 1989). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Patents; Intellectual Property.Email: Thomas D. Kohler

Peter B. Kunin (Director) admitted to bar, 1992, Vermont. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1985); Cornell University Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1991). Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Law Review, 1990-1991. Law Clerk to Hon. James L. Oakes, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1991-1992. Speaker: "Buying Business Software: The Legal Perspective," Marlboro College Graduate Center's "What's Next?" Conference, 2003; "Software License and Services Agreements," Vermont Software Developer's Association, 2004; "Trademark and Copyright Issues," Small Business Development Corporation, 2005; "Internet Legal Issues," Burlington Interactive Group, 2005; "Effective Use of UDRP Proceedings in Domain Name Disputes," and Moderator, International Trademark Association Annual Meeting, 2005; "Intellectual Property Basics for the Non-Intellectual Property Lawyer," Vermont Bar Association, Montreal, Quebec, 2006; "Trademark and Copyright Basics," Invent Vermont, 2007; "Trademark Basics," Vermont Bar Association Annual Meeting, 2007; "Protection for Foreign Trademarks Under U.S. Trademark Law," U.S. Department of State, International Visitor Leadership Program, 2008. Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Vermont Law School, 1996—. Member: Vermont Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Section); International Trademark Association. Practice Areas: Trademarks; Trademark Prosecution; Trademark Protection; Trademark Licensing; Software Licensing; Copyrights; Trade Secret Protection; Internet Law.Email: Peter B. Kunin

Robert B. Luce (Chair, Litigation Group) admitted to bar, 1979, Vermont; 1980, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Williams College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Boston University Law School (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Board Member and Coordinator of Legal Affairs, Brain Injury Association of Vermont. Member: Vermont and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice (Member, Section on Traumatic Brain Injury). Reported Cases: Green Mountain Railroad v. State of Vermont et al, 404 F.3d 638 (2d Cir. 2005). Practice Areas: Traumatic Brain Injury; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury.Email: Robert B. Luce

Johan W.E. Maitland (Chair, Health Law Group) admitted to bar, 1994, Vermont. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1998; B.S., cum laude, 1988); Vermont Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1994). Managing Editor, Vermont Law Review, 1993-1994. Law Clerk to Hon. Denise R. Johnson, Vermont Supreme Court. Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). Member and Past Director, Vermont State Council, Society for Human Resource Management. President, Board of Directors, United Way of Chittenden County. Member: Vermont (Member, Labor and Employment Group) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Group) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association (Member, Labor and Employment Group). Languages: Dutch. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Health Law; Agreements; Personnel Policies; Labor Relations; Collective Bargaining; Employment Arbitration; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; National Labor Relations Act; Union Organization; Management Employment Law; Affirmative Action; Age Discrimination in Employment; Confidentiality Agreements; Covenants Not To Compete; Employee Discipline; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Contracts; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Termination; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Federal Employment Law; Harassment; Human Resources Law; Labor Arbitration; Labor Law; Labor Legislation; Labor Strikes; Management Labor Law; Minimum Wage Law; National Origin Discrimination; Negligent Hiring; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Personnel Training; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Unfair Labor Practices; Wage and Hour Law; WARN Act; Wrongful Termination; Wrongful Termination Defense.Email: Johan W.E. Maitland

Lawrence H. Meier (Chair, Intellectual Property Law Group) admitted to bar, 1982, Massachusetts; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1991, Washington and U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1992, Vermont; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1978); Vermont Law School (J.D., 1982). Speaker: "IP Licensing for Life Science Companies," National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, 2006; "Patent Law Overview," Vermont Bar Association, 2006; "Licensing Your Ideas - Writing the License," InventVermont Meeting, 2007; "Patent Litigation - Beyond the Basics," Vermont Bar Association Annual Meeting, 2007. Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property Law, Vermont Law School, 1995—. Member: Vermont Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Boston Patent Law Association; International Trademark Association (INTA). Practice Areas: Patents; Intellectual Property Prosecution; Electrical Intellectual Property; Mechanical Intellectual Property; Electronic Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Intellectual Property Licensing; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Internet Law.Email: Lawrence H. Meier

Thomas H. Moody (Chair, Business Law Group) admitted to bar, 1990, Vermont and New York. Education: Hobart College (B.A., 1983); Albany Law School (J.D., 1989). Editor-in-Chief, Albany Law Review, 1988-1989. Author: "Inside Minds - Private Equity and VC Strategies," Aspatore Books, 2007. Speaker: "Due Diligence in Venture Capital Investment Transactions", Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, March 2008; "Made in Vermont ... the L3C", Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, 2008; "The L3C ... Facilitating Program-Related Investing," Vermont Business Roundtable, 2008. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont (Chair, Business Association Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Private Equity Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; International Business Transactions; Commercial Finance; Corporate and LLC Organization.Email: Thomas H. Moody

Paul H. Ode, Jr. (Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer) admitted to bar, 1982, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., cum laude, 1978); Cornell University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Recipient: Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce's 2003 Community Excellence Award; United Way Board Member of the Year Award, 2004. Law Clerk to Hon. Albert W. Coffrin, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, 1981-1982. Former Director, United Way of Chittenden County; Chair, United Way Campaign, 2002. Former Director, Greater Burlington YMCA. Past Chair, Board of Directors, Northern Vermont Chapter of the American Red Cross. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont (Former Chair, Business Association Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business transactions and commercial law.Email: Paul H. Ode, Jr.

Eric A. Poehlmann (Director) admitted to bar, 1997, Vermont; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Carleton College (B.A., cum laude, 1991); London School of Economics (M.Sc., 1993); Cornell University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Articles Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1995-1996. Past First Vice President, Northern New England Defense Counsel Association (now the Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association). Director, Woodbury College. Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Green Mountain Railroad Corp. v. Vermont, 404 F.3d 638 (2d Cir. 2005); Cigna Ins. Co. v. Oy Saunat ec, Ltd., 241 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2001); White v. Quechee Lakes Landowners' Ass'n., Inc., 170 Vt. 25 (1999); Southface Condominium Owners Ass'n., Inc. v. Southface Condominium Ass'n., Inc., 169 Vt. 243 (1999); Moffitt v. Icynene, Inc., 407 F.Supp.2d 591 (D.Vt. 2005); Macia v. Microsoft Corp., 152 F. Supp.2d 535 (D. Vt. 2001). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Professional Liability.Email: Eric A. Poehlmann

Wm. Roger Prescott (Chair, Tax Law Group) admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1986, New York; 1993, Vermont. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1981); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1985); New York University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1990). Member: New York City Bar; Vermont (Chair, Tax Committee), Massachusetts, New York State and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Tarrant v. Vermont Tax Department, 169 Vt. 189 733 A.2d 733 (Vermont 1999); Mountain Cable Co. et. al. v. Vermont Department of Taxes; 168 Vt, 454, 721 A.2d 507 (1998). Practice Areas: Tax advice and planning; Accountants Liability; Federal and State Tax Law; Captive Insurance.Email: Wm. Roger Prescott

Robert D. Rachlin (Director) admitted to bar, 1960, Vermont; 1961, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Yale University (A.B., 1957); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1960). Lecturer, "Carl Schmitt and the Jurisprudence of Exclusion," Harry H. Kahn Memorial Lecture, University of Vermont, 2006. Trustee and Distinguished Lecturer in Law, Vermont Law School. Elected Member, American Law Institute. Former Member: Vermont Board of Bar Examiners; Vermont Professional Conduct Board. Member: Vermont, American and International Bar Associations; American Law Institute. Fellow: International Society of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers; Association of Professional Responsibility Attorneys. Languages: French, German, Spanish, Yiddish and Hebrew. Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; Major Commercial Product Liability; Software-oriented Intellectual Property; Environmental Litigation; Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Trade Secret Litigation; Mediation as a Neutral.Email: Robert D. Rachlin

Christopher D. Roy (Director) admitted to bar, 1989, Vermont; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1986); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 1989). Law Clerk to Hon. Albert W. Coffrin, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, 1989-1990. Former Member: Vermont Advisory Committee, United States Commission on Civil Rights; Family Connection Center of Vermont, Inc. Board of Directors; Williston Elder Housing, Inc. Board of Directors; Burlington Planning Commission. Member, Vermont Environmental Board, 2003-2005. Chair, Champlain 400 Legacy Fund, 2007—. Member, Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Commission, 2005— and Chair, Finance Committee. Member, Williston Selectboard, 2008. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: John Larkin, Inc. v. Marceau, 2008 VT 61; Mollica v. Department of Property Valuation and Review, 2008 VT 60; Sweezey v. Neel, 2006 VT 38, 179 Vt. 507; Needham v. Coordinated Apparel Group, Inc., 174 Vt. 263 (2002); Tarrant v. Department of Taxes, 169 Vt. 189 (1999); In re Bill, 168 Vt. 439 (1998); Estate of Handy v. R.L. Vallee, Inc., 993 F. Supp. 236 (D. Vt. 1998); All Cycle, Inc. v. Chittenden Solid Waste Dist., 164 Vt. 428 (1995). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Municipal Litigation; Tax Litigation; Property Litigation; Land Use Litigation; Business Litigation; Public Utility Litigation.Email: Christopher D. Roy

Patricia M. Sabalis (Director) admitted to bar, 1981, Massachusetts; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1986, New York; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Niagara University (B.S., 1970); Boston College (M.S., 1974); University of South Carolina (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Order of the Coif. Member: Burlington YMCA Board of Directors and Human Resources Committee; Underhill Conservation Commission. Member: Vermont Bar Association (Member, Employment Law Section). Reported Cases: Young v. General Foods Corp., 840 F.2d 825 (11th Cir. 1988) (age discrimination); Perry v. Ethan Allen Manufacturing, 115 F.3d 143 (2d Cir. 1997) (sex harassment); Potvin v. Champlain Cable Corp., 165 Vt. 504 (1996); Wentworth v. Fletcher Allen Health Care, 171 Vt. 614 (2000); Robertson v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc., 2004 VT 15, 176 Vt. 356 (2004). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Age Discrimination in Employment; Collective Bargaining; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employee Privacy; Employer Intentional Torts; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Contracts; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Federal Employment Law; Harassment; Human Resources Law; Labor Arbitration; Labor Law; Labor Legislation; Labor Relations; Management Employment Law; Management Labor Law; Minimum Wage Law; National Labor Relations Act; National Origin Discrimination; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Reductions in Force; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Uniformed Services Employment; Wage and Hour Law; WARN Act; Wrongful Termination Defense.Email: Patricia M. Sabalis

William W. Schroeder (Director) admitted to bar, 1981, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1983, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1987, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1975); University of California at Berkeley (M.B.A., 1977); Cornell University Law School (J.D., with honors, 1980). Editor-in-Chief, Cornell International Law Journal, 1979. Law Clerk, Honorable James S. Holden, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 1980-1981. Author: "Vermont chapter of the National Mortgage Law Summary," American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Chair, Charlotte Planning Commission, 1996. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Regent, 2001-2006). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Environmental Law; Construction Law; Tax Law.Email: William W. Schroeder

David J. Sylvester (Director) admitted to bar, 1992, Vermont; 1993, New York. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., cum laude, 1989); Albany Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member: Vermont and New York State Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Business Transactions; Secured Financings; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: David J. Sylvester

OF COUNSEL

Kevin P. Moriarty (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1993, Vermont; 1995, New Hampshire, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1984); Vermont Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1999). Managing Editor, Vermont Law Review, 1992-1993. Law Clerk to the Hon. Frederic W. Allen, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, 1993-1994. Faculty Member, International Center for Captive Insurance Education, "An Introduction to Alternative Risk Financing Mechanisms," 2004-2005. Assistant General Counsel, Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration, 2006-2008. Member, Board of Directors, Northern Vermont Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1998-2005. Member: Vermont, New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish, Hebrew and Italian. Practice Areas: Taxation; Captive Insurance; Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Corporate Law; Corporate Taxation; Business Law; Business Taxation.

SENIOR ASSOCIATES

Amber L. Barber (Senior Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, New York and Maryland; 1998, Vermont. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., cum laude, 1992); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1996). Managing Editor of Production, Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, 1995-1996. Speaker: "Family Law: Helping Your Clients through Difficult Cases," National Business Institute, March 2008; "The Future of the Legal Profession: Law Office Management & Technology: What's Next?" Vermont Bar Association, October 2007. Member: Chittenden County (Treasurer), Vermont (Chair, Family Law Section; Former Member and Past-President, Board of Managers, Young Lawyers Division) and American Bar Associations; Maryland State Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; Vermont Trial Lawyers Association. (Also at DRM Family Law Group). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Settlements; Domestic Partnerships; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Premarital Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements; Alimony; Matrimonial Law; Separation Agreements.Email: Amber L. Barber

Caryn Waxman (Senior Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Vermont. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1990); Vermont Law School (J.D., 1996); Woodbury College (Certificate in Mediation Training, 2004). Guardian Ad Litem, Chittenden Family and Chittenden Probate Courts. Instructor, Pro Se Education, Chittenden Family Court. Member: Vermont Bar Association; American Bar Association; Vermont Trial Lawyers Association (Also at DRM Family Law Group). Practice Areas: Family Law; Matrimonial Law; Divorce; Adoption Law; Civil Union Dissolution; Child Custody; Child Support; Asset Valuation.Email: Caryn Waxman

ASSOCIATES

Amanda L. Ahmadi (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Vermont. Education: University of Vermont (B.S., Political Science and Psychology, 1992). Teaches Pro Se Education Course at the Family Court. Serves as a Guardian Ad Litem for family court cases. Member: Vermont and American Bar Associations. (Also at DRM Family Law Group). Practice Areas: Family Law; Matrimonial Law; Divorce; Civil Union Dissolution; Child Support; Juvenile Law.

Charlotte B. Ancel (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Vermont. Education: Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Editor-in-Chief, Pierce Law Review, 2006-2007. Author: "Claremont, Londonderry, and Beyond: The Problematic Definition of Adequate Education in New Hampshire," 48 New Hampshire Bar Journal, No. 2, 2007. Presenter, "A Practical Guide to Discovery and Electronically Stored Information," Vermont Bar Association, June 2008. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Charlotte B. Ancel

David J. Angus, II (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Rhode Island; 2002, Massachusetts; 2004, Vermont. Education: Boston College (B.S., cum laude, 1998); Tulane Law School (J.D., 2001); Boston University School of Law (LL.M., 2004). Member, Vermont Captive Insurance Association legislative committee (2008). Member, Vermont Captive Insurance Association annual conference planning committee (2006). Member: Vermont Bar Association. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Captive Insurance; Business Law.Email: David J. Angus, II

Matthew S. Borick (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Dickinson College (B.S., summa cum laude, 1991); Northwestern University (M.A., 1992) Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 2003). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Associate Justice James E. Duggan, New Hampshire Supreme Court, 2002-2003. Member: Franklin Pierce Law Center National Trial Competition Team, 2003; Leadership Champlain Program, 2007. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Computer Law; Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Environmental Litigation.Email: Matthew S. Borick

Jamie T. Gallagher (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Massachusetts; 2003, Connecticut, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and Canadian Intellectual Property Office; 2006, Vermont; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., Chemistry, 1993); Vermont Law School (J.D., 2002). Technology Editor, Vermont Law Review, 2001. Presenter: "Filing for Foreign Patent Protection from the United States: PCT and Other Foreign Filing Issues," InventVermont: "Intellectual Property Law Basics for Engineers: Legal Issues for Vermont Professional Engineers," Vermont Engineers Professional Seminar; "Introduction to Intellectual Property," University of Vermont Business School. Member: Vermont, Massachusetts and American (Member, Section on Intellectual Property Law) Bar Associations; Center for Professional Responsibility (Member, Young Lawyers Division); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Patent Litigation; Patent Prosecution; Patent Applications; Copyrights.Email: Jamie T. Gallagher

Harriet H. King (Associate) admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 2000, Vermont. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1974); Georgetown University (M.A.T., 1980); Temple School of Law (J.D., 1986). Member: Vermont Bar Association. (Also at DRM Family Law Group). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Family Law; Matrimonial Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Juvenile Law; Criminal Defense.

William L. Martin, III (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Vermont. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., cum laude, 1995); St. Mary's College of California (M.A., 2002); Vermont Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Environmental Law; Commercial Transactions; Land Acquisitions.Email: William L. Martin, III

Justin W. McCabe (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Vermont and Massachusetts; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., 1998); Case Western Reserve University (M.E., 2003); Vermont Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents.Email: Justin W. McCabe

Mari M. McClure (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Vermont. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 2002, magna cum laude; J.D., 2006). Phi Betta Kappa. Publications Editor, Buffalo Law Review, 2005-2006. Captain, University at Buffalo Women's Basketball Team, 1999-2001. Member: Chittenden, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate.Email: Mari M. McClure

Jamie Elise Platkin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, New Hampshire; 2005, Massachusetts; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 2008, Vermont; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Tufts University (B.A., Political Science, 2001); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member, Pierce Law Review. Co-Author: with Arpiar G. Saunders, Jr., Esq., "Steps to Take in Protecting Your Firm's Goodwill," New Hampshire Business Review, November 2004. Member: New Hampshire Bar Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law; Trademark Clearance and Prosecution; Proceedings Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; Intellectual Property Agreements and Licensing; Copyright Counseling; Internet Law.Email: Jamie Elise Platkin

Jonathan T. Rose (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Vermont; 2007, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2002); Vermont Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Recipient, Learned Hand Award for Academic Excellence, Vermont Law School. Notes Editor, Vermont Law Review, 2005-2006. Student Law Clerk to the Honorable William G. Young, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Member: Vermont, New Hampshire and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Labor Arbitration; Employment and Labor Law; Employment Discrimination; General Commercial Litigation; Age Discrimination in Employment; Labor and Employment; Confidentiality Agreements; Covenants Not To Compete; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Contracts; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Mediation; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Federal Employment Law; Harassment; Human Resources Law; Labor Law; Labor Strikes; Management Employment Law; Management Labor Law; Minimum Wage Law; National Labor Relations Act; National Origin Discrimination; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Unfair Labor Practices; Uniformed Services Employment; Wage and Hour Law; WARN Act; Wrongful Termination; Wrongful Termination Defense; ERISA Litigation.Email: Jonathan T. Rose