Brandon Lawyers

A legal veteran with well over twenty years of experience in trademark, trade dress, copyright, Internet, advertising, entertainment, litigation, and corporate law, William Morris focuses his practice on providing practical, custom-tailored solutions for brand owners globally. Formerly the President and Counsel for Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation, a Director and Global Trademark Counsel at Under Armour, and General Counsel for Felt, a successful startup featured on the show Shark Tank, Mr. Morris approaches his legal practice with a business minded focus to increase corporate value while providing freedom to operate. He enjoys working with all types of clients ranging from passionate...

Attorney Pettersen's practice includes employment law, family law, personal injury, probate, landlord-tenant, governmental law, and business transactions and litigation.

Attorney Pettersen grew up in Montpelier, Vermont and graduated from the University of Vermont, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Economics. He graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review and a nominee for the Paul Lisnek Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Attorney Pettersen was a law clerk for two state trial courts where he assisted judges in civil, criminal, family, and...

Jessica Burke is the Founder of Burke Law. Ms. Burke grew up in Fairlee, Vermont and Hanover, New Hampshire. She attended Boston College where she obtained her B.A. in Political Science. She received her J.D. from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Prior to founding Burke Law in 2011, Ms. Burke worked as a Public Defender in Chesapeake, Virginia where she tried hundreds of cases ranging from simple assault to first degree murder. Ms. Burke has also advocated for defendants’ rights in the international arena by touring correctional facilities and interviewing prisoners in Liberia in collaboration with the United Nations’...

Practice limited to bankruptcy law since 1990. Over 1,300 cases filed.

Liam maintains a broad practice grounded in all types of real estate matters. Liam’s litigation practice focuses on property law, including disputes involving title and boundary issues, easements, adverse possession and prescriptive easements; public and private road issues; title insurance claims; land use, zoning and Act 250; construction, condemnation and tax appeals. In the course of his practice, Liam has represented landowners, developers, municipalities and neighborhood groups in matters before the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, the Vermont Supreme Court (16 reported cases), Vermont Superior Courts, the Vermont Environmental Court, the Vermont Environmental Board, the Water...

Lisa is admitted to practice in all Vermont state and federal courts. Lisa’s practice includes real estate, estate planning, probate administration and business law. She graduated from Vermont Law School in May of 2011 with a JD and Masters of Environmental Law and Policy. In 2007, Lisa graduated from Michigan State University with Bachelor of Science degrees in Environmental Science and Management as well as Fisheries and Wildlife with minors in Environmental Economics and Policy and Science, Technology and Environmental Public Policy. In her spare time, Lisa enjoys travelling and spending time with her family.

Hans’ broad and varied background allows him to provide clients with a balanced perspective and a complete understanding of the issues. Prior to becoming an attorney, Hans was an entrepreneur and small business owner. He has served as in-house counsel for a large regulatory entity and a start-up company. He has worked with national corporations and local homeowners associations. He has successfully litigated multi-million dollar construction claims on behalf of condominium associations and resolved countless construction disputes on behalf of a national contractor referral service. Hans has represented utilities in power purchase disputes and environmental insurance actions and has successfully...

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.

Brian’s practice focuses on Vermont land use, zoning and regulatory matters and resulting appellate litigation, and immigration law. Brian has appeared before numerous municipal zoning and planning boards in Vermont and has practiced before each of the District Environmental Commissions that are responsible for administering Act 250 (Vermont’s statewide land use law). Through the appellate process, Brian has also represented clients before the Vermont Environmental Court, the former Vermont Environmental Board, the Vermont Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Within the area of land use and zoning law, Brian has developed a further...

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.

Daniel joined MSK in February 2017 after twenty-one years of diverse commercial litigation practice with two prominent Vermont firms. He represents individuals, businesses and government entities in all aspects of the adversarial process, including pre-trial, trial and appellate proceedings, mediation and arbitration.

Daniel brings a wealth of professional experience, creativity, street smarts and common sense to every matter. He aims to resolve disputes amicably where possible, and he is prepared to litigate those matters that cannot be settled.

Upon graduating from NYU Law School in 1990, Daniel joined Proskauer, one of New York City’s oldest and largest law firms. At Proskauer, Daniel...

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.

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.

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.

You-Ran Handy is a native of Seoul, South Korea. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Virginia and Juris Doctor degree from Vermont Law School. While in undergraduate and law school, she did various internships with government agencies, non-profit organizations, large business corporations such as Samsung, and law firms in both South Korea and the United States. Upon being admitted to the Vermont Bar, she worked with experienced attorneys in the field of Immigration Law before setting up her own practice as an immigration attorney. Ms. Handy has assisted individuals as well as businesses to meet their immigration...

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...

John Brady has over 20 years of litigation and trial experience in state and federal courts. He has tried over 40 cases to jury verdict , and countless other cases which have resolved short of verdict, and has been lead counsel on 16 appeals. John has been practicing law since 1991, initially in Boston, Massachusetts and since 1993 primarily in Vermont. John was the president of the Windsor County Bar Association from 1996-2002 and is past Chairman of the Vermont Bar Association’s Tort Liability Committee. While with the Boston Firm Clinton & Muzyka, P.C., before moving...