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Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Liam L. Murphy as the “Burlington Best Lawyers Land Use & Zoning Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.

Liam Murphy has been elected to the Board of Trustees of Goddard College. Goddard is a small college in rural Vermont for plain living and hard thinking. Founded in 1863, Goddard is recognized for innovation in education. Its mission is to advance the theory and practice of learning by undertaking new experiments based upon the […]

Catherine Kronk has been elected to the COTS (Committee on Temporary Shelter) Board of Directors. COTS provides emergency shelter, services, and housing for people who are homeless or marginally housed in Vermont. COTS advocates for long-term solutions to end homelessness.

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On March 31, 2011, Jeremy Farkas will be presenting at a seminar sponsored by National Business Institute, Handling Real Estate Transactions with Confidence. The seminar will be held in Burlington, Vermont at the Holiday Inn-Williston Road. To register, please go to www.nbi-sems.com.

The Vermont Supreme Court heard oral argument on a foreclosure case called US Bank v. Kimball, which addresses the issues related to defective foreclosures that have been occurring nationwide. The trial court dismissed the Complaint for Foreclosure, finding that the lender did not prove that there was a proper assignment of the note and mortgage.

The Vermont Supreme Court heard oral argument on a dispute over a landowner’s right to improve roads to develop property. In Rhodes v. Town of Georgia, the trial court found that the Town had violated previous court orders relating to road improvements and that the Town’s actions had violated the “common benefits” clause of the […]

By statute, newly constructed homes are required to meet Vermont Residential Building Energy Standards, which are being updated for increased energy efficiency in 2011. All additions, alterations, renovations and repairs are required to meet these standards as well. The updated standards will increase energy efficiency by 12% over the current law, and the builder or […]