Burlington, Vermont civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on employment discrimination theories.

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Blanchette Porter was among three fertility doctors terminated when DHMC abruptly shut down its division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, or REI, in May 2017.

In her lawsuit, Blanchette Porter alleged that DHMC had retaliat... More...    $0 (06-20-2025 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination theory.

Plaintiff sued defendants Dartmouth-Hitchcock2Medical Center et al. principally alleging discriminatory3termination of her employment (a) on account of her disability, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.,the Rehabilitation5Act ... More...    $0 (02-15-2024 - VT)

Brattleboro, Vermont Defendant John Grega, age 32, was charged with rape and murder.

Grega was accused of killing his 31-year-od Wife Christine in the bathtub of a condo where the couple were vacationing on September 12, 1994.

According to the Supreme Court of Vermont:

"Defendant, a resident of New York, drove to Vermont on September 10, 1994, for a vacation with his wif... More...    $0 (08-04-1995 - VT)

Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter.

The State of Vermont accused Stacy Vaillancourt with manslaughter as a result of the death of a 6-month-old Harper Rose Briar at her child care business in Rutland. The cause of death was said to be an overdose of a sedative.

Defendant pled not guilty and denied that she was the person ... More...    $0 (12-01-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transportation of a stolen check.

Nicholas Melanson, age 41, of Manchester, New Hampshire, admitted to traveling from New Hampshire, where he lived and worked, to the residence of an elderly woman in Windsor, Vermont on five occasions between May 11 and May 19, 2022. Melanson was directed to tra... More...    $0 (10-31-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

Dennis Martin, age 42, of Colchester, Vermont, was convicted by a jury on February 9, 2023. The evidence at trial included a Snapchat video Martin sent to his mother-in-law on February 18, 2019, in which he brandished a firearm. According to trial tes... More...    $0 (10-11-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with human-smuggling and bringing a migrant without legal status to the United States for the purpose of private financial gain.

Victor Francisco Lopez-Padilla, age 35, of Trenton, New Jersey and Simon Jacinto-Ramos, a resident of Montreal, worked together to bring migrants to, and smuggle them into, the United S... More...    $0 (08-25-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff who was charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

In January and February 2022, Van Vincent Thomas, age 41, of Detroit, Michigan, conspired with co-defendant Jonathan Arnold to distribute cocaine base in the Chittenden County, Vermont, area. In March 2022, Homeland ... More...    $0 (08-08-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with threatening public officials.


Between July 2021 and January 2022, Josh Puma, age 36, called a Vermont Department of Corrections reporting line hundreds of times. Puma was charged by federal indictment for three of those calls in which he (1) threatened to kill a state court judge and a defense attorney, (... More...    $0 (07-28-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute Tramadol.

Beginning in or about January 2020 and continuing through 2021, John Gentile, age 59, of Arada, Colorado, became involved in receiving and redistributing controlled substances and misbranded pharmaceutical drugs shipped to him by a drug supplier in India. Typically, large qua... More...    $0 (06-05-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements to a federal firearms dealer in connection with the purchase of a firearm.

On June 29, 2022, Morgan Gates, age 28, of Rutland, Vermont, attempted to purchase a firearm at a Rutland dealer with a federal firearms license (“the FFL”). The FFL had reason to believe that Gates was an... More...    $0 (05-26-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of cocaine base.

Homeland Security Investigations and the Rutland City Police Department began investigating Reinaldo Davis, age 48, of Rutland, Vermont in late 2020. On three occasions, Davis sold cocaine base to a confidential informant assisting law enforcement. In one specific instance, on May ... More...    $0 (04-28-2023 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.

On January 4, 2019, Everett A. Simpson, age 45, formerly of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, absconded from the Valley Vista treatment facility in Bradford, Vermont, and stole a commercial van in Newbury, Vermont, eventually deserting that vehicle in a parkin... More...    $0 (04-18-2023 - VT)