West Pawlet Lawyers

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Dan McManus is an experienced litigator helping people and businesses throughout southern Vermont with a wide range of legal matters. Dan defends individuals facing criminal charges, from minor misdemeanors to the most serious of felonies. Dan also assists individuals who have been injured by the negligent acts of others. Dan assists both employers and employees in work place matters, including discrimination and wrongful termination claims.

A graduate of Bowdoin College and Vermont Law School, Mr. Samuelson has been practicing law in Manchester, Vermont since 1998, with his solo practice beginning in 2000.

Tristan Christopher Larson is a trial attorney who focuses on insurance claims and lawsuits for personal injuries, medical malpractice, and family law. He has represented injured Vermonters since 2007.

"Helping people navigate our complex legal system is a great privilege. I am proud to stand beside my clients, whether they are dealing with serious injuries or facing difficult permitting problems. I provide them with outstanding legal representation."

Tristan grew up on a dairy farm in Rutland County before heading to Michigan for undergraduate school. After college, he returned to Vermont to spend a year working in real estate appraisal. He...

Brandon Sample is an attorney, author, and criminal justice reform activist.

Specific areas of Brandon’s federal criminal practice include: pre-trial and trial, sentence mitigation strategies, federal appeals, 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motions and 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petitions, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motions, clemency requests, and compassionate release petitions.

When you are faced with the federal criminal justice system, it is essential to have an experienced and dedicated attorney with a proven track record of success. Whether you are under federal investigation, have been indicted, or are wanting to appeal your sentence, Brandon Sample PLC is here to help. Call us today...

Mike has many years of experience as a partner at one of the Upper Valley’s personal injury law firms and is passionate about helping injured persons get the compensation they deserve. Mike is uniquely caring and personally supportive of his clients while at the same time diligent, aggressive and knowledgeable in fighting the insurance companies in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. Being licensed to practice in both Vermont and New Hampshire affords Mike tremendous flexibility when handling complex personal injury cases that have jurisdictional overlay between the states, which happens quite often as...

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.

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

Karen is a native Vermonter who has spent most of her life living in the Rutland area. After graduating from Vermont Law School, cum laude, she worked as a defense attorney with a particular interest in professional malpractice. Since founding Kalter & Kalter with Todd, she “crossed the v” and has represented injured and disabled persons, in workers’ compensation, social security disability and personal injury.

Born and raised in the tiny Vermont town of Rochester, Attorney Chadwick graduated from Keene State College in 2007 with a bachelor's in Social Science. After graduation Attorney Chadwick went on to clerk for the law firm of Thomas Costello in Brattleboro, where he focused his studies on criminal and civil rights law under the Vermont Legal Clerkship program that allows aspiring attorneys to study under experienced attorneys for four years to earn their license to practice law.

In 2013, Attorney Chadwick started Chadwick Law LLC, a sole practice general litigation law firm, located in Brattleboro. Two years...

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

Todd has been an avid outdoorsman from an early age. Since graduating from Vermont Law School, he has focused solely on representing injured workers. He and his wife, Karen, established Kalter & Kalter in 1997. He has been named a Fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, named one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2004 and also named in the workers’ compensation practice area of New England Super Lawyers. When not representing injured workers, he can be found...

Native Vermonter. Graduate of MSJ, UVM & William and Mary School of law. Visit vermontcounsel.com for more information about Mr. Anderson's credentials and expertise.

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 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...

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.

I am a problem-solver by nature. I believe the essence of being a lawyer is helping people respond to life’s challenges. My primary practice area is in elder law, but I work with people on many different issues, most involving the complex relationships between people and property (real, personal, and intellectual [trademarks, copyright]). Outside of work, I'm an aspiring polymath, which recently has prompted me to seek a degree in Electrical Engineering.

If you're planning for your legacy, applying for Medicaid, or in a dispute with a neighbor or family, Otter Creek Law can help.

I have been the Student Loan Lawyer since 2008, assisting student loan borrowers with their student loan issues. Whatever the issue, I'll happily review it and layout all your options.

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.