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| Sharon J. Merritt, Director at Merritt & Merritt |
| Address: 60 Lake Street, 2nd Floor, Burlington, VT 05401 |
| Practice:Trademarks, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Licensing, Media Law, Internet Law, Contracts, Administrative Law, Employment Law, Employment Contracts, Advertising Law |
| Admitted:1980, New York; 1990, Vermont; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; |
| Law School:State University of New York at Buffalo, Class of 1979, J.D. |
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| John W. O'Donnell, Of Counsel at Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick LLP |
| Address: 27 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401 |
| Practice:Taxation; Estate Planning; Business Law; Corporate; Intellectual Property; Development; Planning and Zoning |
| Admitted:1979, District of Columbia; 1982, Vermont; 1993, Massachusetts |
| Law School:Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1979; Boston University, LL.M., Taxation, 1996 |
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| Matthew S. Borick, Director at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street, Courthouse Plaza, Burlington, VT 05402-0190 |
| Practice:Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Computer Law, Privacy Law |
| Admitted:2004, Vermont; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; |
| Law School:Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 2003 |
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| Kathryn M. Foley, Associate at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street Courthouse Plaza P.O. Box 190, Burlington, VT 05402-0190 |
| Practice:Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Licensing; Corporate Law; Commercial Law |
| Admitted:2010, Massachusetts; 2010, New York; 2014, Vermont |
| Law School:University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., highest honors, 2009 |
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| Justin W. McCabe, Associate at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street Courthouse Plaza P.O. Box 190, Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Practice:Intellectual Property; Patents |
| Admitted:2008, Vermont and Massachusetts; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
| Law School:Vermont Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 2008 |
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| Jamie T. Gallagher, Associate at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street Courthouse Plaza P.O. Box 190, Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Practice:Intellectual Property; Patents; Patent Litigation; Patent Prosecution; Patent Applications; Copyrights |
| Admitted:2002, Massachusetts; 2003, Connecticut, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and Canadian Intellectual Property Office; 2006, Vermont; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
| Law School:Vermont Law School, J.D., 2002 |
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| Walter E. Judge, Jr., Director at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street, Courthouse Plaza, Burlington, VT 05402-0190 |
| Practice:Commercial Torts, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property Infringement, Copyright Litigation, Patent Litigation, Trademark Litigation, Trademark, Trade Secret Litigation and Related Insurance Coverage Disputes, Civil Litigation, Defense Litigation, Federal Civil Litigation, Trial Practice, Product Liability Defense, Automotive Crashworthiness, Automotive Design Liability, Automotive Products Liability, Biomedical Products Liability, Breach of Warranty, Chemical Products Liability, Drug and Medical Device Litigation, Food Products Liability, Heavy Equipment Products Liability, Industrial Products Liability, Manufacturers Liability, Office Equipment Products Liability, Product Warning Labels, Products Liability Defense, Products Liability Mediation, Recreational Vehicle Products Liability, Recreational Products Liability, Tort Defense, Automobile Insurance, Automobile Insurance Coverage, Automobile Liability, Casualty Insurance, Commercial Insurance, General Liability, Indemnity, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Litigation, Property Damage, Lead Poisoning, Mold Litigation, Toxic Tort Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries, Personal Injury Defense, Slip and Fall, Whiplash, Wrongful Death, Premises Liability Defense, Negligence Defense, Automobile Insurance Defense, Automobile Liability Defense, First and Third Party Insurance Defense, Arbitration, Mediation |
| Admitted:1990, Massachusetts; 1991, Maine; 1992, Vermont; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2001, U.S. District C; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; |
| Law School:Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1990 |
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| Thomas D. Kohler, Director at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street, Courthouse Plaza, Burlington, VT 05402-0190 |
| Practice:Patents, Intellectual Property |
| Admitted:1990, Connecticut; 1990, New York; 2000, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1988; Not admitted in VT ; |
| Law School:University of Exeter, European Community Law, 1986; College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 1988; London School of Economics and Political Science, LL.M., 1989 |
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| Lawrence H. Meier, Chair, Intellectual Property Law Group at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street Courthouse Plaza P.O. Box 190, Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Practice:Patents; Intellectual Property Prosecution; Electrical Intellectual Property; Mechanical Intellectual Property; Electronic Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Intellectual Property Licensing; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Internet Law |
| Admitted:1982, Massachusetts; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1991, Washington (inactive) and U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1992, Vermont; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
| Law School:Vermont Law School, J.D., 1982 |
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| Kevin C. McGrath, Associate at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street Courthouse Plaza P.O. Box 190, Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Practice:Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks |
| Admitted:2011, Massachusetts; 2012, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office(Not admitted in Vermont) |
| Law School:The George Washington University Law School, J.D., with honors, 2011 |
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| Robert D. Rachlin, Director at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street Courthouse Plaza P.O. Box 190, Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Practice:Professional Malpractice; Major Commercial Product Liability; Software-oriented Intellectual Property; Environmental Litigation; Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Trade Secret Litigation; Mediation as a Neutral |
| Admitted:1960, Vermont; 1961, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit |
| Law School:University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1960 |
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| Morgan S. Heller, II, Director at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |
| Address: 199 Main Street, Courthouse Plaza, Burlington, VT 05402-0190 |
| Practice:Intellectual Property, Patent and Trademark Preparation, Prosecution and Litigation, Computer and Software Patents, Electro-Mechanical Patents, Mechanical Patents, Computer Architecture Patents, Medical Patents, Business Method Patents |
| Admitted:1998, Pennsylvania; 2002, Vermont; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; |
| Law School:Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 1998 |
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| Matthew B. Byrne, Shareholder at Gravel & Shea PC |
| Address: Corporate Plaza, 76 St. Paul Street, Burlington, VT 05402-0369 |
| Practice:Commercial Litigation, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, First Amendment Law, Freedom of Information, Media and First Amendment, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets |
| Admitted:1998, Illinois; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2006, Vermont; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; |
| Law School:University of Chicago Law School, Class of 1998, J.D., with honors |
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| Douglas K. Riley, Member at Lisman, Webster & Leckerling, P.C. |
| Address: 84 Pine Street, 5th Floor, Burlington, VT 05402-0728 |
| Practice:Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Development, Business Law, Intellectual Property |
| Admitted:1982, Connecticut; 1986, Vermont; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; |
| Law School:Cornell University, J.D., 1982 |
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| Michael Wasco, Patent Counsel at Paul Frank + Collins P.C. |
| Address: One Church Street P.O. Box 1307, Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Practice:Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Biotechnology Patents; Copyrights |
| Admitted:2008, Vermont; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
| Law School:University of New Hampshire School of Law, J.D., 2006 |
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| John T. Sartore, Director at Paul Frank + Collins P.C. |
| Address: One Church Street P.O. Box 1307, Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Practice:Litigation; Business Litigation; Personal Injury; White Collar Crime; Intellectual Property Law |
| Admitted:1972, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (inactive); 1989, New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court; 2007, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2010, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2013, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York |
| Law School:Columbia University, J.D., 1971 |
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| David M. Pocius, Director at Paul Frank + Collins P.C. |
| Address: One Church Street, Burlington, VT 05402-1307 |
| Practice:Litigation, Complex Litigation, Environmental Law, Land Use, Land Use Litigation, Intellectual Property |
| Admitted:2004, Vermont2004, New York2005, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York2008, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit2010, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut2013, U.S. Supreme…
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| Law School:Vermont Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2003 |
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| Robert S. DiPalma, Member at Paul Frank + Collins P.C. |
| Address: One Church Street, Burlington, VT 05402-1307 |
| Practice:Bankruptcy, Utility Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property |
| Admitted:1981, Vermont; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; |
| Law School:Albany Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1980 |
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| Gail E. Haefner, Of Counsel at Paul Frank + Collins P.C. |
| Address: One Church Street P.O. Box 1307, Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Practice:Business Law; Banks and Banking; Intellectual Property; Information Technology Contracts; Securities; Corporate Law; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Banking Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Formation; Corporate Organization; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Successions; S Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Takeovers; Professional Corporations; Nonprofit Corporations; Incorporation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Law |
| Admitted:1985, Vermont; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 2007, Michigan |
| Law School:Cornell University, J.D., 1985 |
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| Stephanie J. Mapes, Member at Paul Frank + Collins P.C. |
| Address: One Church Street, Burlington, VT 05402-1307 |
| Practice:Captive Insurance, Insurance, Copyrights, Trademarks, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property |
| Admitted:1989, Vermont; |
| Law School:Vermont Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1988 |