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.

Address

90 Prospect Street P.O. Box 99
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819-0099, (Caledonia Co.)

Phone

Phone: 802-748-8324
Fax: 802-748-4394

Website

http://www.drm.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

DIRECTORS

James C. Gallagher (Director) admitted to bar, 1971, Vermont; 1972, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, New Hampshire, U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1967); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 1971). Member, Board of Editors, Cornell Law Review. Former Trustee, Vermont Legal Aid. Trustee, Vermont Bar Foundation. Trustee and Past Board President, Lyndon Institute. Former Trustee, Lyndon State College Foundation. Member: Vermont (Past President and Former Member, Board of Managers), New Hampshire and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Insurance; Commercial Litigation.Email: James C. Gallagher

Nancy S. Malmquist (Vice Chair, Regulated Entities Group) admitted to bar, 1983, Massachusetts; 1992, Vermont. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 1979); Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Editor, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1982-1983. Special Counsel, Vermont Department of Public Service. Member: Vermont Bar Association. Practice Areas: Utility Law; Communications Law; Corporate and Commercial Law.Email: Nancy S. Malmquist

John H. Marshall (Chair, Energy & Telecommunications Group) admitted to bar, 1977, Vermont; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1971); King's College, Cambridge University (B.A., 1973; M.A., 1976); Yale University (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1976-1977. Author: "Sewers, Clean Water and Planned Growth: Restructuring the Federal Pollution Abatement Effort," 86 Yale Law Journal 733, 1977. Senior Editor and Research Director, Yale Legislative Services. Former Member, Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Health and the Vermont Health Care Authority's Advisory Committee on Universal Access. Director and Chair, Infrastructure Working Group, Vermont Business Roundtable. Former Board Chair: Vermont Community Foundation, Inc.; Vermont Public Television. Former Director, Vermont Forum on Sprawl, Inc. Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, 2002-2008. Member: Caledonia County and Vermont (Chair, Environmental Law Committee, 1987-1993; Chair, Health Care Committee, 1994-1997) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: In re Adelphia Business Solutions of Vermont, Inc., 2004 Vt. 82; In re Petition of Twenty-four Vt. Utilities, 159 Vt. 339 (1992); State v. Shop and Save Food Markets, Inc., 138 Vt. 332 (1980); Brattleboro Auto Sales v. Subaru of New Eng., 633 F.2d 649 (2nd Cir. 1980). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Environmental Law; Telecommunications Law.Email: John H. Marshall

Bruce C. Palmer (Director) admitted to bar, 1986, Rhode Island; 1987, Massachusetts; 1989, Vermont; 1990, New Hampshire; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., cum laude, 1982; J.D., with high honors, 1986). Speaker, "Best Practices: Writing Effective Policies and Handling Claims For Captives and RRGs," Vermont Captive Insurance Association Annual Conference, 2007. Member: Vermont (Member, Environmental Law Section Committee), New Hampshire, Rhode Island and American (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Law; Environmental and Energy Law) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Hingham Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Heroux, 549 A.2d 265; (RI 1988); Lopes v. G.T.E. Prods. Corp., 560 A.2d 949 (RI 1989); Vermont Gas Sys. v. United States Fidelity & Guar. Co., 805 F. Supp. 227 (1992); 151 F.R.D. 268 (1993); Judge Dev. Corp. v. Bank Of New York, 814 F. Supp. 384 (1993); Select Design v. Union Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 165 Vt. 69, 674 A.2d 798 (1996); United States v. Davis, 31 F. Supp. 2d 45 (1998); 20 F. Supp. 2d 326 (1998); 1 F. Supp. 2d 125 (1998); 11 F. Supp. 2d 183 (1998); 261 F.3d 1 (2001); Vermont Elec. Power Co. v. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Ins. Co., 72 F. Supp. 2d 441 (1999); Northern Sec. Ins. Co. v. Mitec Telecom, Inc., 3 F. Supp. 2d 483 (1998); 38 F. Supp. 2d 345 (1999; Okemo Mt., Inc. v. United States Sporting Clays Ass'n, 376 F.3d 102 (2d Cir. 2004); R.L. Vallee, Inc. v. Am. Int'l Specialty Lines Ins. Co., 431 F. Supp. 2d 428 (2006). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Environmental Law; Litigation; Commercial Law; Captive Insurance; Construction Law.Email: Bruce C. Palmer

James G. Wheeler, Jr. (Director) admitted to bar, 1974, Vermont; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1987, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1970); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1974). Lecturer and Participant, Panel Discussions for the Vermont Bar Association, Vermont Bankers Association and Private Groups on Topics Including Estate Planning, Estate Tax Law, Real Estate and Corporate Financing Transactions as well as Zoning and Land Use Issues. Member: Caledonia County, Vermont and American Bar Associations; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Reported Cases: Budde v. Pierce (1977) 135 Vt. 152, 375 A.2d 984. Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance; Corporate Law; Real Estate Development; Estates, Trusts and Gift Planning; Probate, Estate and Trust Administration.Email: James G. Wheeler, Jr.

OF COUNSEL

Robert A. Miller, Jr. (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1985, South Carolina; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1987, Vermont; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Vermont Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985). Member: Vermont and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar. Reported Cases: In re Adelphia Business Solutions of Vermont, Inc., 2004 VT 82, 177 Vt. 136 (2004); In re Proposed Sale of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, 2003 VT 53, 175 Vt. 368 (2003); United States v. Davis, 261 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2001); United States v. Davis, 31 F.Supp.2d 45 (D.R.I. 1998); Retail Service Associates v. ConAgra Pet Products, 759 F.Supp. 976 (D.Conn. 1991). Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Public Utility Law; Environmental Law.Email: Robert A. Miller, Jr.

Kate M. Strickland (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1992, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 1994, Vermont. Education: University of Wisconsin (M.S., 1971); University of Florida (Ph.D., 1976); Boston College of Law School (J.D., 1992). Clerk, New Hampshire Superior Court, 1992-1993. Author: "The School Financing Reform Movement, a History and Prognosis", Boston College Law Review, September 1991. Member: Vermont, New Hampshire (Member, Law-Related Education Board) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Commercial Liability; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning.

ASSOCIATES

Barclay Thomas Johnson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Indiana; 2004, New Hampshire; 2005, Vermont. Education: Earlham College (B.A., 1994); University of Massachusetts (M.A., 1997); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Executive Articles Editor, Indiana Law Review, 2001-2002. Law Clerk to Hon. Pasco M. Bowman II, U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Member: Vermont, New Hampshire, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Languages: French and Russian. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Insurance Defense; Litigation.Email: Barclay Thomas Johnson

Megan R. Ludwig (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, New York; 2007, Vermont. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 2001); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Notes Editor and Board Member, New York University Environmental Law Journal, 2003-2004. Member, Vermont Drinking Water Week Steering Committee, 2007—. Member: Vermont Bar Association. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Environmental Law; Utility Law; Gas Utility Regulation; Telephone Utility Regulation; Electric Utility Regulation.Email: Megan R. Ludwig

Mary K. Parent (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Massachusetts; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2006, New Hampshire; 2006, Vermont. Education: Smith College (B.A., 1998); Boston College Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: Vermont Bar Association; Caledonia County Bar Association; New Hampshire Bar Association; New Hampshire Women's Bar Association. (Also at Littleton, New Hampshire Office). Practice Areas: Business and Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Secured Financing; Venture Capital; Real Estate Transactions; Business Entity Formation and Organization.Email: Mary K. Parent