West Newbury Lawyers

I'm a trial lawyer. I'm admitted to the Vermont Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, the New York Bar, and U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. I'm a member of the American Association for Justice, the Vermont Association for Justice, the Vermont Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the NYSBA, the NYSTLA, and the DC Bar Association. My practice focuses on plaintiff's personal injury.

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...

Bill concentrates his practice on matters involving negligence including products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, brain injuries, and cerebral palsy claims. Bill has successfully resolved (either through trial or settlement) complex personal injury claims for over 30 years including those involving:

• A brain injury which occurred when the surgeon entered into patients brain while removing sinus polyps

• Cerebral Palsy and other brain injuries caused by an anesthesiologist who administered an adult dose of anesthetic to a six-month-old infant

• The death of a nineteen-year-old caused by the hospital’s emergency room’s failure to properly treat an aspirin overdose

• The death of a seventy-year-old woman due to...

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...

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...

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 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...

Daniel D. McCabe began working with Steven Adler in 2009 when the firm was known as Axelrod & Adler. Starting in 2015, the firm changed its name to Adler & McCabe in recognition of Attorney McCabe’s contributions. Attorney McCabe’s main practice areas include personal injury, workers’ compensation, and criminal defense. Over his career, he has helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and benefits for injured Vermonters.

Attorney McCabe handles a variety of other matters, including Vermont Supreme Court appeals, DCF cases, employment disputes, estate work, business formations, and real estate transactions.

Attorney McCabe graduated from Vermont Law School, magna cum...

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...

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 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.

Glenn Howland has practiced law in Vermont for over twenty five years and has significant experience in municipal law, business, zoning and environmental law and enforcement, real estate, civil litigation and appellate law. He is admitted in all Vermont state and federal courts, in the Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and in the United States Supreme Court.

Since graduating from Vermont Law School in 2012, I have tried many cases before juries and have won a great majority of those trials. Even more often, I convinced the trial court to dismiss cases without the need for a trial. Whether charged with a crime, injured in an accident, looking to start a business, or buying a home, you need a lawyer you can count on. With me as your attorney, you can be certain you have an effective courtroom lawyer on your side, ready to fight for you.

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...

Vermont Attorney Representing Businesses and Individuals Throughout Vermont. Our firm is comprised of attorney David Polow. I provide competitive legal advocacy to our clients. This is our fourth decade representing individuals in auto collision cases, personal injury cases and insurance disputes throughout Vermont and, beginning in 2010, Colorado. Attorneys from our firm have developed the knowledge, experience and strategy to effectively represent injured people. We know that often, the best way to settle a case is to impress upon the other side our willingness to go to trial. We are determined to represent you in a...

Benjamin Black is a Vermont lawyer concentrating in the defense of DUI and criminal matters. Based in northwestern Vermont, attorney Black handles cases in all Vermont state courts.

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

I am the founder and owner of the Law Office of Sidney Collier, PLC, and have over 15 years of experience working exclusively in the area of U.S. immigration and nationality law.

I work on both employment-based and family immigration matters. I have successfully assisted clients with H, L, and O temporary visas, and permanent residence matters including Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researcher, Multinational Executive/Manager, and PERM labor certification cases. I have also worked with employers on I-9 and H-1B compliance issues. I have proudly worked with all types of businesses, from small start-ups to large, multinational corporations, and...

I graduated from Hobart College, and the North Carolina Central School of Law, where I was on law review. I’ve lived in Vermont since 1995, and have practiced law most of my time here, except for when I’m sugarin’, coachin’, riding my bicycle, or trying to keep my old house from falling down.

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...

Misenko Construction Law is focused on the legal issues faced by our local construction industry. We proudly represent general and specialty contractors, public and private owners, developers, construction managers, design builders, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, and engineers.

We tackle the issues spanning every stage of a construction project – from contract creation to insurance coverage, bid disputes to claims for additional payment, change orders to costly delays.

How you address these issues can impact your business, your reputation, and your bottom line. Our approach is to seek realistic results; often...

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.