Essex Lawyers

Vermont Trial Lawyer who offer compassionate representation to injured people and workers' while fighting tirelessly to protect your legal rights and get you the benefits and settlement you deserve. My practice focuses on auto accidents, personal injury, and worker's compensation claims.

The Affolter Gannon law firm is uniquely suited to fight for the rights of victims injured in accidents because Mike Gannon and Dick Affolter used to be among Vermont's premiere insurance defense lawyers. The AG team were the attorneys insurance companies called when claims were asserted against them. In fact, Mike and Dick received awards from insurance companies and were asked to instruct their adjusters how to handle legal issues. A little more than ten years ago, AG made the decision to "switch teams" and to represent injured claimants who are being treated unfairly by insurance companies. We...

Mr. Moll has successfully tried over 200 cases to jury verdict, successfully argued over 30 cases before the Vermont Supreme Court and prevailed in countless motions before the trial courts. He as held corporations and individuals accountable. Mr. Moll has 27 years of successful trial experience with DUI, Traffic Violations, Felony and Misdemeanor Criminal Cases, Family Law matters, Sexual Assault Cases, Domestic Violence Cases and Juvenile Law matters. Mr. Moll's expertise in cross examination have often allowed him to dominate a trial outcome. As one Superior Court Judge put it: "Mr. Moll, you are one of the...

The founder of Maguire Law Associates, Dan Maguire has practiced in Vermont for over 20 years. His repertoire of experiences spans superior, district and federal court. Admitted in Vermont and Rhode Island, Dan serves as the Chair of the Criminal Law Section for the Vermont Bar Association (VBA), sits as a VBA representative to the New England Bar Association and serves on the Board of Bar Managers for the VBA. His civil trial experience includes several years as an Assistant Attorney General with the state of Vermont. He has been an adjunct faculty member of Woodbury College and...

Our firm represents people, not businesses or institutions. We focus on personal injury litigation and employment law. We represent people who have been injured due to the fault of others and employees in disputes with their employers or former employers.

Why? We want to make our living doing work that is worthwhile. Early in my career, I represented all sides in many kinds of disputes. But I simply didn’t find it satisfying to represent insurance companies and big businesses. It is true that businesses must pay attention to the bottom line. But many companies don’t seem to care about anything else....

I have been practicing law in Vermont since 1979 and am a founding partner of the firm. I take great satisfaction in fighting for injured workers or accident victims who are being treated unfairly by insurance companies. Before starting my legal career, I worked in many different job settings. I was a schoolteacher, hospital aide, factory worker, construction laborer, and farm hand. I understand the difficulties that face workers in these different job sites, and the problems that arise when you are injured. One important legal issue I helped clarify was the right to vocational rehabilitation for injured...

Kevin is an experienced litigator in the practice areas of complex commercial litigation, class actions, medical malpractice defense, consumer fraud litigation, breach of contract litigation, professional regulation, probate and trust disputes, and land use and zoning. He is both a trial and appellate litigator, and he has participated in numerous jury trials and bench trials. Kevin practice is focused primarily on civil litigation, serving both business and individuals. He practices in both state and federal court, as well as before various State agencies and boards. Kevin regularly represents licensed professionals both in civil lawsuits and regulatory proceedings. ...

I have been with the firm for 23 years, and I am a partner. I specialize in helping people with their workers’ compensation and personal injury claims because it is personally rewarding for me when I am able to help an injured person get the benefits that they deserve, and I am able to hold an insurance company accountable. Having an injury can be very difficult and I know that insurance companies often do not treat people fairly. My clients like me because I am passionate about their claims and don’t give up! It is obvious that I enjoy what...

Glenn Jarrett is a founder of Jarrett | Hoyt, located in South Burlington, Vermont. The firm limits its practice to estate planning, elder law, special needs, guardianship and Medicaid planning, as well as probate and trust administration. Glenn is admitted to practice in Vermont and is a member of the Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Glenn is one of only two Vermont attorneys Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. He presents continuing education seminars on a variety of subjects for attorneys and financial professionals. Organizations he has presented...

Neil Groberg, Attorney at Law, provides mediation, arbitration, facilitation, teaching, training, and independent harassment investigations in Vermont, throughout the Northeast and beyond! Employers and employees, businesses, aggrieved individuals and others rely on Neil and the almost 40 years of experience he brings to the table.

He also teaches Health Care Law for Champlain College's B.S. and Masters of Health Care Administration online programs. This enhances his knowledge base and ability to mediate issues in this complex area.
He has also taught college courses related to Business Law and Employment Law.

Neil graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and...

I am a Vermont attorney practicing civil litigation. I strongly support my clients, helping them to understand the process, the choices, and the range of probable outcomes they face. As a classical musician, I have an ability to look at problems creatively, with a high level of attention to detail. I bring those skills to bear in every case, at a cost-effective rate.

Aggressive Criminal Defense and Plaintiff's Personal Injury.

I became an attorney so I could help ordinary people fight for the things they are entitled to. Before becoming an attorney, I worked in the construction industry, where I saw firsthand how hardworking people do not always get a fair shake. At Biggam Fox Skinner LLP, I focus on helping people win workers’ compensation and personal injury claims. I work closely with my clients and our paralegals to present the strongest case possible. I am very detail-oriented and learn the specifics of each case by really listening to my clients and what they need. Although the legal process...

I have been practicing law for more than 40 years, and I am a founding partner in the firm. I have chosen to specialize in helping people with personal injuries because I care. I represent injured workers in their workers’ compensation claims and people who have been injured due to the negligence of others. One case that was particularly meaningful for me was when I represented a man who had been a laborer all of his life. He was essentially at the end of his career and he fell and injured his back. He had no high school diploma...

C. Jordan Handy is a litigation attorney practicing in all areas of criminal law, including: DUI, criminal defense, personal injury and landlord-tenant cases. He aggressively fights for the rights of his clients, carefully analyzing all pieces of evidence in every case.

Brian J. Stark & Stark Law, PLLC | Experienced and responsive Vermont real estate & estate planning law practice.

My practice focuses on the needs of injured and disabled people. I work to get them the compensation and benefits that they need and deserve so that they can live better lives. This focus takes me into a number of areas of the law including torts, contracts, and public entitlements. My practice encompasses personal injury, workers' compensation, social security disability, supplemental security income, and long-term disability. Geographically, I represent people making personal injury, workers' compensation, and long-term disability claims throughout Vermont. My Social Security disability practice extents throughout Vermont, New Hampshire, and northeastern New York. If you are injured or...

Jeff was born and raised in Burlington, Vermont and formed Dickson Law Office, PLLC, in January 2014. Jeff used to represent insurance companies, so he knows how they operate when you've been injured. Jeff's goal is to ensure his clients feel confident they're being represented by someone who cares about their needs, keeps them informed, and works hard to recover what they're entitled to.

A native of Dummerston, Vermont, Will is a graduate of Yale University (history) and received his law degree in 1992 from the University of New Mexico School of Law. He began his law career as a litigator, as one of only two associates working with the nationally recognized trial lawyer, Randi McGinn, in Albuquerque, NM. His trial lawyer practice focused on wrongful death, catastrophic injury, employment discrimination and insurance bad faith litigation. For eight additional years, Will operated his own firm and expanded his specialties to include business transactions, business formation, commercial litigation, and providing lawsuit defense services for his...

Fred V. Peet founded The Law Offices of Fred V. Peet in 1995. Over time, the firm grew to 7 real estate attorneys and changed its name to the Peet Law Group in 2021. Fred was born the oldest of four children and raised on the Peet family dairy farm in Cornwall and Middlebury, Vermont. He attended Middlebury Union High School. He graduated the University of Vermont, Cum Laude, in 1990 and received his Juris Doctorate from Vermont Law School in 1993. During law school, he clerked for the law firm of Conley and Foote in Middlebury, Vermont, and...

David is a graduate of the University of Vermont and Vermont Law School, where he was awarded a Juris Doctorate, cum laude. He is licensed in Vermont since 1991 and has extensive experience in a variety of legal matters.
His practice presently focuses on claims for bodily injury and representing debtors in bankruptcy. He has extensive courtroom experience in the State Superior Courts as well as Federal Bankruptcy Court.

John has tried numerous cases to verdict and has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America for both Plaintiff’s Personal Injury and Commercial Litigation, and by The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel as a top commercial litigation lawyer. He holds an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell. He frequently presents seminars on trial techniques and jury selection. He is a past president of the Vermont Association for Justice and served on its Board of Governors. From 1993 to 2006, he also was a member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice. John served as the Vermont Bar...

I make it easy for injured people to get paid and move on after an accident.

No one wants to find themselves on an injury lawyer’s website.

You never imagined it would be you or someone you love who needs an injury lawyer. But everything changed in that instant and now you’re stressed and confused about what to do next.

• Was the kid behind you texting and driving when she rear-ended your family at a stop light?

• Was an impatient driver passing on a busy stretch of Route 7, when he collided with your car head on?

• Were you...

Trusts and Estates attorney licensed in Vermont and Massachusetts.

I joined Sheehey Furlong and Behm in 2016. I practice in all areas of estate planning and administration, and focus my practice on asset protection planning, addressing elders’ concerns, and helping families with family members who have special needs. I work with entrepreneurs to form their companies, and with small business owners and farmers in their succession planning. I am dedicated to helping clients protect their assets, address health care needs, maintain their independence and reduce their taxes. My mission is that anyone can attain an estate plan that is unique to their needs and which considers their financial wealth...

Focus on criminal defense, complex civil litigation and internal investigations. Served 13 years as Assistant U.S. Attorney, State's Attorney, and Deputy State's Attorney. Tried more than 25 cases to juries in the federal and state courts of Vermont. Appear regularly before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Vermont Supreme Court.

Todd Schlossberg:
I was born on May 8, 1959. After various stints running ski lifts at Killington Ski Area, picking apples in Putney, and traveling in Central America, I moved to Burlington, Vermont in 1981. Over the following several years, I taught skiing, flipped pizzas, sold bicycles, and worked as an adolescent and family counselor for a community action agency. I eventually went on to study law, graduating from Vermont Law School, summa cum laude (1st in my class) in 1990.

After receiving my law degree, I served as a law clerk to Associate Justice John A. Dooley of the Vermont Supreme...

Lisa is admitted to practice in all Vermont state and federal courts. Lisa’s practice includes real estate, estate planning, probate administration and business law. She graduated from Vermont Law School in May of 2011 with a JD and Masters of Environmental Law and Policy. In 2007, Lisa graduated from Michigan State University with Bachelor of Science degrees in Environmental Science and Management as well as Fisheries and Wildlife with minors in Environmental Economics and Policy and Science, Technology and Environmental Public Policy. In her spare time, Lisa enjoys travelling and spending time with her family.

Jessica Burke is the Founder of Burke Law. Ms. Burke grew up in Fairlee, Vermont and Hanover, New Hampshire. She attended Boston College where she obtained her B.A. in Political Science. She received her J.D. from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Prior to founding Burke Law in 2011, Ms. Burke worked as a Public Defender in Chesapeake, Virginia where she tried hundreds of cases ranging from simple assault to first degree murder. Ms. Burke has also advocated for defendants’ rights in the international arena by touring correctional facilities and interviewing prisoners in Liberia in collaboration with the United Nations’...

Jeremy’s practice focuses on commercial real estate law, in which he represents developers, property owners and municipalities in the acquisition, financing, permitting, development, management, leasing and sale of a wide variety of commercial, residential, hotel, resort and office properties. Jeremy’s practice additionally includes general commercial transactional law, including entity formation and management, secured financings, and mergers and acquisitions. He also works with individuals and businesses to obtain state and municipal land use permits, and represents property owners in the establishment and management of condominiums and common interest communities. Jeremy concentrates an aspect of his practice on representing telecommunications companies in...

Attorney Pettersen's practice includes employment law, family law, personal injury, probate, landlord-tenant, governmental law, and business transactions and litigation.

Attorney Pettersen grew up in Montpelier, Vermont and graduated from the University of Vermont, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Economics. He graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review and a nominee for the Paul Lisnek Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Attorney Pettersen was a law clerk for two state trial courts where he assisted judges in civil, criminal, family, and...

I often hear from friends that they would love to have a lawyer review a contract for them, or advise them on some issue, but they can’t afford it. I often retort that they may not be able to afford not to hire an attorney. I am not being flip when I say this, because it is my experience that many of those people end up calling me after they’ve already suffered the consequences of their decision to forgo legal representation. However, this does little to address the underlying problem. That is, that many cannot afford the...

Daniel joined MSK in February 2017 after twenty-one years of diverse commercial litigation practice with two prominent Vermont firms. He represents individuals, businesses and government entities in all aspects of the adversarial process, including pre-trial, trial and appellate proceedings, mediation and arbitration.

Daniel brings a wealth of professional experience, creativity, street smarts and common sense to every matter. He aims to resolve disputes amicably where possible, and he is prepared to litigate those matters that cannot be settled.

Upon graduating from NYU Law School in 1990, Daniel joined Proskauer, one of New York City’s oldest and largest law firms. At Proskauer, Daniel...

Liam maintains a broad practice grounded in all types of real estate matters. Liam’s litigation practice focuses on property law, including disputes involving title and boundary issues, easements, adverse possession and prescriptive easements; public and private road issues; title insurance claims; land use, zoning and Act 250; construction, condemnation and tax appeals. In the course of his practice, Liam has represented landowners, developers, municipalities and neighborhood groups in matters before the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, the Vermont Supreme Court (16 reported cases), Vermont Superior Courts, the Vermont Environmental Court, the Vermont Environmental Board, the Water...