Newport Center Lawyers

Justin Sluka is a Vermont workers’ compensation lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience representing employees, employers, and insurance companies. Having now represented injured workers for several years, Justin brings a well-rounded background and perspective to workers’ compensation law. Justin sees all the angles and brings a wealth of experience to the table, enabling him to litigate as needed and obtain excellent results for injured workers.

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.

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...

David I. Schoen has dedicated his working life to helping those who have been injured or have become ill. This means treating each individual with the respect that they deserve, relieving them of the stress resulting from the burdens of processing their claims and guiding them through the maze of obstacles standing in their way of making a full physical, mental and financial recovery.

I have been representing Vermonters in workers compensation claims since 2000. I graduated from Lehigh University in 1993 and Northeastern University School of Law in 1998. After law school, I clerked with a federal judge in Vermont. I also do estate planning, real estate, and advise condo/homeowner associations, small businesses, and independent schools. I live in Brandon, Vermont with two children.

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

Serving clients of the firm for more than 30 years - throughout Vermont in litigation related to employment discrimination, wrongful dismissal, whistleblower claims and medical negligence. Formerly served in Washington DC in the federal legislative and executive branches. Graduated from American University in Washington, DC, and Vermont Law School.

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...

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.

Offering compassionate and confidential legal assistance for individuals and businesses seeking to file for bankruptcy protections. With a practice limited to bankruptcy, and over 15 years experience in Vermont, Attorney Walls has a proven record of effectively navigating through the bankruptcy process. Stop foreclosures, harassing creditor calls, and reduce or eliminate credit card, medical and other unsecured debt.

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...

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’...

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.

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...

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.

Kalter, Kalter & Mabey are top Vermont workers’ compensation attorneys, dedicated to representing workers who have been injured at work.

Bob began his career as a defense attorney in Massachusetts after graduating, cum laude, from law school in Boston. After three years, he moved to Vermont where he married his wife, a native Vermonter, and joined a mid-sized firm specializing in workers’ compensation and personal injury defense.

Benjamin H. Deppman represents a wide variety of clients providing services to individuals and business entities in the fields of business entity selection and organization, commercial litigation, construction law, foreclosure, commercial and residential real estate transactions, trust and estate planning and administration, probate matters, and personal injury litigation.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Deppman worked as an associated at Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd., until joining the firm of Deppman & Foley, P.C., in 1995. He was appointed partner in 2000. Benj serves on the board of directors for the following: Town Hall Theater, Inc.; Porter...

Brian’s practice focuses on Vermont land use, zoning and regulatory matters and resulting appellate litigation, and immigration law. Brian has appeared before numerous municipal zoning and planning boards in Vermont and has practiced before each of the District Environmental Commissions that are responsible for administering Act 250 (Vermont’s statewide land use law). Through the appellate process, Brian has also represented clients before the Vermont Environmental Court, the former Vermont Environmental Board, the Vermont Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Within the area of land use and zoning law, Brian has developed a further...

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...

A legal veteran with well over twenty years of experience in trademark, trade dress, copyright, Internet, advertising, entertainment, litigation, and corporate law, William Morris focuses his practice on providing practical, custom-tailored solutions for brand owners globally. Formerly the President and Counsel for Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation, a Director and Global Trademark Counsel at Under Armour, and General Counsel for Felt, a successful startup featured on the show Shark Tank, Mr. Morris approaches his legal practice with a business minded focus to increase corporate value while providing freedom to operate. He enjoys working with all types of clients ranging from passionate...

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...

Hans’ broad and varied background allows him to provide clients with a balanced perspective and a complete understanding of the issues. Prior to becoming an attorney, Hans was an entrepreneur and small business owner. He has served as in-house counsel for a large regulatory entity and a start-up company. He has worked with national corporations and local homeowners associations. He has successfully litigated multi-million dollar construction claims on behalf of condominium associations and resolved countless construction disputes on behalf of a national contractor referral service. Hans has represented utilities in power purchase disputes and environmental insurance actions and has successfully...

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.

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...

Nancy Livak is a Vermont-based attorney, licensed to practice in New York and Vermont. She is currently an Associate at Meub Gallivan & Larson, Attorneys, PLC in Rutland, Vermont.

She previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Belize and went on to graduate from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2013. She focuses much of her work on intellectual property, business law, and personal injury cases.

Solo Practitioner with focus on real estate transactions and estate planning; negotiate purchase and sales contracts; perform title searches; prepare title insurance, deeds and other documents of transfer; closing agent for several local and out-of-state banks; Chicago Title Insurance Company Agent.

Roger E. Kohn was born in New Jersey, and moved to Vermont in 1971. Roger was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, with a major in physics. He obtained his law degree magna cum laude (with high honors) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1971, where he was a Comment Editor of the Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He received the Henry C. Loughlin prize for legal ethics. Roger served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bernard J. Leddy, Chief U.S. District Judge, and worked at Vermont Legal Aid before...

Michael returned to his native Vermont with his family in 1996, beginning his legal career in 1998 as an associate with Stuart M. Bennett, PC in Shelburne. He moved his practice to Burlington and joined Hoff Curtis as an associate in 2002. In 2006 he made partner and became Managing Director in 2008. Michael’s business and property practice is primarily consultative and transactional in nature, but he has done substantial litigation, and continues to provide litigation services in support of his business and individual clients. Michael’s significant cases include representing corporations in commercial disputes, condominium and other homeowner associations in...

Practicing in the areas of Real Estate, Probate, Guardianships, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Adoptions and Corporations & Small Business since 1996.

I have been representing injured workers for 16 years. I specialize in representing injured workers in their workersâ compensation claims and people who have been injured due to the negligence of others. I get excited about championing the underdog or someone who has been treated unfairly. I enjoy technical medical and legal issues and pushing for what I think is right even if it is not a popular position or even if it may be very difficult or time-consuming. When I was younger, I was involved in competitive skiing and I was an NCAA four time All American, and competed in...