Vol. 38, No. 4


VERMONT BAR JOURNAL


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Amber L. Barber President


President-Elect David R. Fenster


Matthew F. Valerio


Edward J. Tyler III Treasurer


Past President James F. Carroll Secretary


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Advertisers Index Winter 2013


ABA Members Retirement ......................................................................................... 7 Attorneys Liability Protection Society (ALPS) ........................................................... 16 Berman & Simmons .................................................................................................. 23 Biggam Fox & Skinner ................................................................................................ 4 Caffry Law ................................................................................................................. 22 Casemaker ................................................................................................................ 25 Christina A. Sultan .................................................................................................... 14 Corporate Investigative Services, Ltd. ..................................................................... 20 Corum Mabie Cook Prodan Angell & Secrest, PLC ................................................. 11 Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC ..................................................................................... 12 Economic & Policy Resources .................................................................................. 24 Edmund & Wheeler, Inc. .......................................................................................... 22 First American Title Insurance Company ........................................ Inside Back Cover Jarrett Law Office ..................................................................................................... 13 Knight Consulting ..................................................................................................... 23 Kohn Rath Danon & Appel, LLP ............................................................................... 10 Law Pay .................................................................................................................... 26 Lawyers Assistance Program .................................................................................... 34 MarksPowers LLP ..................................................................................................... 17 McNeil, Leddy & Sheahan, P.C. ................................................................................ 23 Northeast Delta Dental ............................................................................................ 24 Paul Frank + Collins .................................................................................................... 9 Pinnacle Financial Company .................................................................................... 15 Stitzel, Page & Fletcher, P.C. .................................................................................... 20 Thomson Reuters ........................................................................... Inside Front Cover Trust Company of Vermont ........................................................................Back Cover Vermont Apartment Owners Association ................................................................ 21 Vermont Attorneys Title Corporation ...................................................................... 19


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