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84 Pine Street, 5th Floor, P.O. Box 728
Burlington, Vermont 05402-0728 (Chittenden Co.)
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.4
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(Main Office) Statement of PracticeGeneral Practice. Litigation in all State and Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies. Business Formation, Planning and Operation. Taxation. Securities. Intellectual Property. Personal Injury, Malpractice, Products Liability, Workers Compensation. Employment Discrimination. Family Law. Banking and Licensed Lending. Corporate. Public Utilities. Environmental. Real Estate. Financing and Development. Condominium, Timeshare and Resorts. Estate Planning, Probate. Bankruptcy. Immigration. Year Established: 1942
Firm Size: 10
Former Names(Formerly, Lisman & Lisman)
Address84 Pine Street, 5th Floor P.O. Box 728
Burlington, VT 05402-0728, (Chittenden Co.)
PhonePhone: 802-864-5756
Fax: 802-864-3629
Website
http://www.lisman.com
Carl H. Lisman (Member) born Burlington, Vermont, April 15, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1972, New York. Education: University of Vermont (A.B., 1967); Harvard University (J.D., 1970). Law Clerk to Judge Sterry R. Waterman, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1970-1971. Author: "Understanding the Interstate Land Sale Full Disclosure Act," 13 The Practical Real Estate Lawyer 57, Jan. 1992; "Ski Injury Liability," 43, Colorado Law Review 307, 1972. Adjunct Professor, Vermont Law School, 1982-1998. Member, Vermont Uniform Law Commission, 1976. Trustee, 2001-2008 and Chair, 2004-2008, University of Vermont. Member, ALI-ABA Faculties: Modern Real Estate Transactions; Resort Properties; Drafting Condominium Documents (Program Chair, 2004). Member, Board of Governors, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 1993-1996. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Vermont (Member, Board of Managers, 1974-1976; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1977-1978; Chairman, Lawyer Referral Service Committee, 1980-1981; and American Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws (Treasurer, 2003-2005); Uniform Law Foundation (Trustee); American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Condominium; Timeshare; Corporate Law.Email: Carl H. Lisman
Allen D. Webster (Member) born Burlington, Vermont, February 2, 1945; admitted to bar, 1976, Vermont; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1982, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Vermont (B.S., 1967); Dartmouth College (M.B.A., 1969); Cornell University (J.D., cum laude, 1976); Boston University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1990). Certified Public Accountant, Vermont, 1973. Author: "The Limits of Collateral Estoppel in Tax Court Litigation," 8 Boston University Journal of Tax Law 43, 1990. Co-Author: "Estate Planning For The Family With A Disabled Child," 14 Vermont Law Review 529, 1990; "The Handicapped Child: Estate Planning and Government Assistance," 16 The Vermont Bar Journal 13, 1990. Member: Vermont (Member, 1981 and Chairman, 1982-1983, Committee on Taxation) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Committee on Small Business; Real Property, Probate and Trust; Committee on Special Problems of the Elderly and Disabled) Bar Associations; Vermont Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants (President, 1999-2000). Trustee of Attorney-CPA Foundation, 1998. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1970-1971]. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate; Corporate; Commercial Law.Email: Allen D. Webster
E. William Leckerling, III (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, August 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1986, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Hobart College (B.A., 1979) Vermont Law School (J.D., 1982). Member: Trustee, Vermont Law School 2007. (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Negligence; Employment Law; Dram Shop Liability; Products Liability; Construction Law; Ski Area Liability.Email: E. William Leckerling, III
Douglas K. Riley (Member) born Norwalk, Connecticut, August 18, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Connecticut; 1986, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Brown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); Cornell University (J.D., 1982). Lecturer, Real Estate Law for Bank Officer Trainees, AIB Seminar, February, 1984. Speaker, "Buying and Selling Businesses, Legal Banking and Tax Perspectives," Vermont Business Expo 2003. Co-Author: "Estate Planning For The Family With A Disabled Child," 14 Vermont Law Review 529, 1990; "The Handicapped Child: Estate Planning and Government Assistance," 16 The Vermont Bar Journal 13, 1990. Member: Vermont Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Section, 2004); American Judicature Society. Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Business Law; Intellectual Property; Bankruptcy.Email: Douglas K. Riley
Christina A. Jensen (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, May 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Smith College (B.A., 1988); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., 1992). Recording Secretary, Burlington BPW, 1995-1997. Member: Chittenden County and Vermont (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1997-1998; Member, Board of Managers, 1996-1999; Secretary, 2002-2007) Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association Languages: French. Practice Areas: Immigration Law; Civil Litigation; Employment Law.Email: Christina A. Jensen
Mary P. Kehoe (Member) born Evanston, Illinois, September 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Vermont; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1979); Syracuse University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Justinian Honor Society. Recipient, Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Board Member, Syracuse University Law Review, 1982-1983. Law Clerk: to the Chittenden Superior Court, 1983-1984; to the Hon. Franklin S. Billings, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, 1984-1985 . Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Creditors Rights; Family Law; Federal Criminal Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution.Email: Mary P. Kehoe
Richard W. Kozlowski (Member) born Syracuse, New York, November 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1992, Vermont. Education: St. Lawrence University; Rochester Institute of Technology (B.S., 1980); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Managing Editor, Albany Law Review, 1982-1983. Member: Vermont Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Business Planning; Probate.Email: Richard W. Kozlowski
Adam P. Bergeron (Associate) born Burlington, Vermont, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Vermont; Federal District Court for the District of Vermont. Education: Union College (B.A., 2001); University of Oregon (J.D., 2007). Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Business Law.Email: Adam P. Bergeron
James P. Langan (Associate) born Oceanside New York, 1974; admitted to bar, 2005, Massachusetts; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2009, Vermont. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, Government, 1996); College of William & Mary (J.D., 2005). Senior Notes Editor, William and Mary Law Review, 2004-2005. Member: Vermont Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use; Environmental.Email: James P. Langan
OF COUNSELKaren S. Allen (Of Counsel) born Seattle, Washington, October 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1999, Vermont. Education: Johnson State College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996). Vermont Supreme Court, Four Year Office Study Program. Lecturer on medical records. Member: Vermont Bar Association; Vermont Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2007); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Inns of Court (Member, Central Vermont Chapter). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice.Email: Karen S. Allen
Bernard Lisman (Of Counsel) (Retired).
Louis Lisman (1910-2000).
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