Williston Lawyers

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...

Michael returned to his native Vermont with his family in 1996, beginning his legal career in 1998 as an associate with Stuart M. Bennett, PC in Shelburne. He moved his practice to Burlington and joined Hoff Curtis as an associate in 2002. In 2006 he made partner and became Managing Director in 2008. Michael’s business and property practice is primarily consultative and transactional in nature, but he has done substantial litigation, and continues to provide litigation services in support of his business and individual clients. Michael’s significant cases include representing corporations in commercial disputes, condominium and other homeowner associations in...

Roger E. Kohn was born in New Jersey, and moved to Vermont in 1971. Roger was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, with a major in physics. He obtained his law degree magna cum laude (with high honors) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1971, where he was a Comment Editor of the Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He received the Henry C. Loughlin prize for legal ethics. Roger served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bernard J. Leddy, Chief U.S. District Judge, and worked at Vermont Legal Aid before...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

Vermont personal injury lawyer Steven A. Bredice limits his practice to plaintiff’s civil litigation, with a heavy emphasis on accidents, medical malpractice, products liability and wrongful death cases. Admitted to all state and federal courts in Vermont as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Attorney Bredice has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict before juries throughout Vermont. A former insurance defense lawyer whose practice is now devoted to representing only the injured, attorney Bredice has a behind-the-scenes knowledge of insurance company settlement and litigation tactics and strategies. Attorney Bredice is a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist...

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...