Experience Counts!

In the last 5 years, at least 85% of my practice has involved litigation, including motions, hearings, appellate arguments, administrattive hearings, trials, and other contested matters. I spend nearly every day, for at least part of the day, in our Vermont trial courts.

Education:

Secondary Schools, Colleges, and Law School attended; Colgate University, 1967-1971 (B.A. 1971), Union University, Albany Law School, 1971-1974 (J.D., 1974) and graduated from the National Institute of Trial Advocacy in 1979.

Personal Admissions:

Admission to Bar Of Vermont, 1974
U.S. District Court, Vermont, 1974
Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1974
Bar of State of Massachusetts, 1981
Admission to Legal Panel, American Arbitration Association, 1979

Employment History:

1981 - Present - Private Attorney Practice, Montpelier, Vermont

1981 - 2006 - Panel Special Education Hearing Officer, Vermont Department of Education Montpelier, Vermont

1984 - Present - Mediation Panel, Vermont of Education Montpelier, Vermont

1998 - 2007 - Appellate Officer, Hearing Officer, Office of Professional Regulation
Office of the Vermont Secretary of State

2000-2001 - Special Counsel, Vermont Nursing Board, Office of Professional Regulation, Office of The Vermont Secretary of State

1993 - Professsor, Labor & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Vermont Law School(temporary assignment for Professor John McCrory), South Roylaton, Vermont

1981-1987 - Special Assistant Attorney General, Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services Watebury, Vermont

1976-1979 - Chief Legal Counsel, Vermont State Employees Association Montpelier, Vermont

1975-1976 - Vermont Juvenlie Defender, Office of The Defender General Montpelier, Vermont