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United States of America v. Serhat Gumrukcu

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Serhat Gumrukcu Convicted of Murder-for-Hire



After a five-we... More...
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United States of America v. Javon Calderon

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Drug Trafficking

Holyoke, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 85 Months in Armed Drug Trafficking Case



Javon Calderon, 21, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, p... More...
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United States of America v. Javon Calderon

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Drug Trafficking Case

Holyoke, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 85 Months in Armed Drug Trafficking Case



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United States of America v. Javon Calderon

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Drug Trafficking

Holyoke, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 85 Months in Armed Drug Trafficking Case



Javon Calderon, 21, of Holyo... More...
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United States of America v. Dennis Duffy, II

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with loan fraud and money laundering.





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Mark Kemp v. Jolley Associates, LLC

Burlington, Vermont employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act of 1991 violation theory.




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United States of America v. Todd Bussino

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

Todd Bussino, 38, of Mt. Holly, was indicted for robbing the Rutland-area convenience store with a knife in March of 2021.

Federal, state and local law enforcement officials in the Rutland area investigated a series of robberies that took place between early November 2020 and April 202... More...
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United States of America v. Veronica Lewis

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Vernoica Lewis, 37, of Worchester, Vermont, was charged with Interference with Commerce by Robbery and Possession of a Stolen Firearm.

On June 29, 2015, Lewis intentionally fired three rounds from a revolver at D.M. during a firearms lesson at a business in Westford, Vermont. After shooting D.M. in the face and abdomen... More...
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United States of America v. Veronica Lewis

Burlington, Vermont firearm felony charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Veronica Lewis, 36, of Worchester, Vermont who was charged with Interference with Commerce by Robbery, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm. United States District Judge Christina Reiss deferred acceptance of the plea agreement by the Court until sentencing, which has been scheduled for May 28, 2021. The agree... More...    $0 (02-15-2021 - VT)

State of Vermont v. Michael W. Tobin





In October 2015, the State charged defendant with aggravated sexual assault in
violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3253(a)(8) based on allegations... More...
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State of Vermont v. Christian J. Noll

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Defendant Christian J. Noll appeals from his conviction for
stalking pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 1062... More...
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United States of America v. Salmen Hernandez-Ayala

United States District Court for the District of Vermont

Burlington, VT - Mexican Man Sentenced for Alien Smuggling

Salmen Hernandez-Ayala, 48, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on September 10, 2018 in United States District Court in Burlington for transporting three illegal aliens within the United States. United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hernandez-Ayala to time served. Hernandez-Ayala has been in custody since his ar... More...
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United States of America v. John Chinnici

United States District Court for the District of Vermont

Burlington, VT - Bennington Man Convicted Of Armed Robbery

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that John Chinnici, 33, of Bennington, Vermont, was convicted on July 27, 2018, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, following a jury trial. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss ordered Chinnici to remain in custody after the jury return... More...
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State of Vermont v. Liana M. Roy

Vermont Supreme Court

The central question in this case is whether a parent may be
convicted of custodial interference under 13 V.S.A. § 2451 for interfering with the custody of the
Department for Children and Families (DCF) in the absence of a court order specifying the
schedule and limitations of the parent’s visitation. Defendant Liana Roy was convicted of
custodial interference for taking her ... More...
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State of Vermont v. Jeffrey Davis

Vermont Supreme Court

Defendant Jeffrey Davis appeals his conviction for financial
exploitation of a vulnerable adult under 13 V.S.A. § 1380(a) following a jury trial. He raises four
arguments on appeal. His first two arguments arise from the trial court’s denial of his motion for
a judgment of acquittal and the sufficiency of the State’s evidence. He also argues that the court’s
instructions to... More...
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State of Vermont v. Patricia Kane

Defendant appeals the trial court’s order holding her without bail pending a probation revocation hearing. On appeal, defendant argues that pursuant to statute she has a right to bail. We reverse and remand.
¶ 2. The basic facts are not disputed. Defendant pleaded guilty to custodial interference in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2451. In October 2014, she was sentenced to two-to-five years, al... More...
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State of Vermont v. David G. Buckley

Defendant’s claims of error require a detailed review of the evidence presented at
trial. The incident giving rise to these charges transpired on May 17, 2014, on defendant’s
property in Bennington, Vermont. The property is located across the street from the police
station, and it is bisected by two public roads. Defendant lives on the property with his brother,
Peter Buckle... More...
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Concord General Mutual Insurance Company and Kevin Flanagan and Linda Flanagan v. Nathan Gritman, Austin Lawson, Nicholas T. Sweet, Elizabeth Plude, Kevin Spear and Dylan Stinson

Defendant Dylan Stinson appeals from a judgment finding him
liable to plaintiffs Kevin and Linda Flanagan for damage to their vacation home from a fire
started in an outdoor fireplace on their deck by a group of teenagers who were there without their
permission. Stinson contends that: (1) there was insufficient evidence to find him liable for the
damage under a concerted-acti... More...
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In re Waterfront Park Act 250 Amendment (Alison Lockwood, Appellant)

The material facts are not substantially in dispute. In 1990, the City obtained a
land-use permit for the Waterfront Park (the Park). The City hosted a number of events at the
Park in the summer of 1993 and may have hosted others prior to that time. In December 1993,
the City applied for an amendment to its permit to allow for hosting of festivals and public
events at the Pa... More...
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Synecology Partners L3C v. Business RunTime, Inc., et al.

In 2008, SynEcology’s founders, Edward Grossman and Jeanne Conde, sold the
company’s assets to Lawrence Kenney. Grossman and Conde subsequently started a new
software company, Business RunTime. In August 2011, SynEcology filed a civil complaint in
Chittenden Superior Court against Business RunTime, Edward Grossman, Jeanne Conde, and
two former SynEcology employees, Thomas Re... More...
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State of Vermont v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al.

This interlocutory appeal requires us to examine the contours of
the “stream-of-commerce” doctrine of personal jurisdiction, which was introduced by the U.S.
Supreme Court in a 1980 decision but later divided the Court with respect to its scope.
Defendant Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (TPRI) challenges a decision of the
superior court, civil division, denying its ... More...
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State of Vermont v. Ivan Alcide

Defendant Ivan Alcide was charged with possession of heroin and
cocaine and sought to suppress all evidence of drugs seized from his vehicle after a police dog
indicated the presence of drugs. The trial court found that the contraband was obtained through
the illegal expansion of the scope of a motor vehicle violation stop into a criminal drug
investigation, suppressed the ev... More...
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State Of Vermont v. Ivan Alcide

Defendant Ivan Alcide was charged with possession of heroin and
cocaine and sought to suppress all evidence of drugs seized from his vehicle after a police dog
indicated the presence of drugs. The trial court found that the contraband was obtained through
the illegal expansion of the scope of a motor vehicle violation stop into a criminal drug
investigation, suppressed the ev... More...
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State Of Vermont v. Eric K. Manning

The trial court record demonstrates the following facts. At 1:01 p.m., on August
12, 2013, a uniformed law enforcement officer driving a marked cruiser pulled into the parking
lot of the Hannaford Supermarket in Brandon, Vermont. The officer observed a vehicle parked
in the back lot, in the area farthest from the building, where neither patrons nor employees
typically park. ... More...
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Nichols v. LaPlante

Plaintiff Scott Nichols is an inmate in the custody and control of the Vermont Department of Corrections (the “Department”). At the time of the events in dispute here, he was incarcerated at Northern State Correctional Facility (“NSCF”). Since filing this complaint, Plaintiff has been released from prison and placed on conditional re-entry furlough in the community. This action was filed on Mar... More...    $0 (12-03-2015 - VT)

State of Vermont v. Eric K. Manning

The trial court record demonstrates the following facts. At 1:01 p.m., on August
12, 2013, a uniformed law enforcement officer driving a marked cruiser pulled into the parking
lot of the Hannaford Supermarket in Brandon, Vermont. The officer observed a vehicle parked
in the back lot, in the area farthest from the building, where neither patrons nor employees
typically park. ... More...
   $0 (10-24-2015 - VT)

Dow Tillson and Susan Tillson v. Richard A. Lane, M.D. and Lane Eye Associates

Plaintiffs appeal from a decision by the Superior Court, Windsor
Unit, Civil Division, granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment in a medical
malpractice suit. We reverse and remand.
¶ 2. The record shows that plaintiff Dow Tillson underwent an elective procedure to
remove a cataract in his left eye. Defendant Dr. Richard Lane, M.D., performed the procedure at
Sp... More...
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Timothy Terry and Penny Terry v. William O'Brien and Susan Cain O'Brien

In the early 1980s, landlords William and Susan O’Brien purchased the subject
property, which is located in the Old North End of Burlington and includes a two-story house
and brick building (referred to as the creamery) with a common wall to the rear of the house.
The creamery has no fixtures and has never been inhabited. After landlords purchased the
property in 1982, the ho... More...
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Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Agency

For many years, disbursements from Vermont’s petroleum cleanup fund have covered investigation, removal, and cleanup costs related to longtime petroleum contamination at the Jimmy Kwik Food Store, a “beverage store and gas station” in Newport. In this case, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources seeks reimbursement for those expenditures from Defendant Insurers (collectively, Charter Oak) that a... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - VT)

Kenneth P. Felis v. Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC, and Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP

This case arises out of a divorce proceeding between plaintiff
Kenneth Felis and his former wife, Vicki Felis. Defendant Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC
(DRM) represented Ms. Felis in the divorce proceeding, and defendant Gallagher, Flynn &
Company, LLP (GFC) was retained by DRM on behalf of Ms. Felis to prepare business
valuations related to the proceeding. Plaintiff appeals the ... More...
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Timothy Terry and Penny Terry v. William O'Brien and Susan Cain O'Brien

In the early 1980s, landlords William and Susan O’Brien purchased the subject
property, which is located in the Old North End of Burlington and includes a two-story house
and brick building (referred to as the creamery) with a common wall to the rear of the house.
The creamery has no fixtures and has never been inhabited. After landlords purchased the
property in 1982, the h... More...
   $0 (10-23-2015 - VT)

State of Vermont v. Joseph Mottolese (Allstate Bail Bonds)

¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Appellant Allstate Bail Bonds (“Allstate”) challenges the trial court’s decision granting the State’s motion for forfeiture of bond. On appeal, Allstate argues that the trial court abused its discretion in declining to reduce the amount of bail forfeiture when Allstate could not produce defendant due to his out-of-state incarceration. We agree that Allsta... More...    $0 (06-12-2015 - VT)

Gilbert E. McCormack and Shelagh McCormack v. Rutland Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Rutland Regional Medical Center and Henry B. DiMuzio, Jr., M.D.

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiffs appeal the superior court’s denial of their motion for a new trial based on allegations of juror bias. The issues presented are whether (1) plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial was timely, (2) the trial court erred in denying the motion under the test for juror bias set forth in In re Nash, 158 Vt. 458, 614 A.2d 367 (1991), and (3) the trial court erred... More...    $0 (08-02-2013 - VT)

Adam Cate v. City of Burlington

¶ 1. ROBINSON, J. Plaintiff filed suit for breach of contract and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) against his former employer, the City of Burlington, claiming that the City disciplined him for actions and in a manner not authorized by the City’s personnel manual. The trial court granted the City summary judgment, concluding that the manual unambiguously allow... More...    $0 (08-02-2013 - VT)

Thomas Kellogg v. Cindy Shushereba

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case presents the difficult task of equitably resolving the fallout from a collapsed, unwritten real estate transaction. Both parties challenge the monetary award arrived at by the trial court, sitting in equity. We conclude that, although correct in some respects, the trial court’s decision mistakenly treated the parties’ agreement as though it were an ag... More...    $0 (09-06-2013 - VT)

Doreen Carpentier v. Douglas Tuthill and Town of Hartford Town Clerk

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant Douglas Tuthill, Administrator of the Estate of Paul Oakes, appeals from the jury’s award of $150,000 in punitive damages to plaintiff Doreen Carpentier and the trial court’s denial of his motion for remittitur. Defendant also challenges the trial court’s denial of his post-judgment motion to vacate a writ of attachment. We affirm.

¶ 2. ... More...
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Rutland Herald v. City of Rutland and AFSCME Council 93, Local No. 1201

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. The City of Rutland appeals from the trial court’s order, on remand, directing it to disclose certain records under the Vermont Public Records Act (PRA), 1 V.S.A. §§ 315-320. The records concern several Rutland Police Department (RPD) employees who were investigated and disciplined for viewing and sending pornography on work computers while on duty. The City a... More...    $0 (10-11-2013 - VT)

Peter Dernier v. Mortgage Network, Inc.

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiffs Peter and Nicole Dernier appeal the dismissal for failure to state a claim, of their action for (1) a declaratory judgment that defendant U.S. Bank National Association cannot enforce the mortgage and promissory note for the debt associated with plaintiffs’ purchase of their house based on irregularities and fraud in the transfer of both instruments, (2)... More...    $0 (10-18-2013 - VT)

Janet Knutsen v. David M. Dion

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiff Janet Knutsen appeals the decision of the superior court denying her motion for summary judgment and granting defendant Vermont Association of Realtors, Inc.’s (VAR) motion for summary judgment on her consumer fraud claim arising out of her purchase of a home in Moretown. Plaintiff argues that VAR’s form purchase and sale agreement, which was used in h... More...    $0 (11-08-2013 - VT)

Roy, Hirschbuhl, Barr, et al. v. Woodstock Community Trust, Inc.

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case arises out of a proposed housing development in West Woodstock, Vermont. It is not the first case to come before us related to this development. In Roy v. Woodstock Community Trust and Housing Vermont PRD, 2012 VT 87, ___ Vt. ___, 60 A.3d 686, we affirmed the permits for the project granted by the town development review board and the district environme... More...    $0 (01-07-2014 - VT)

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