Serving the Public and the Profession
Gov. Phil Scott announced today (3/19/2024) that he has appointed Bram Kranichfeld as permanent state’s attorney for Franklin County. The Governor named him interim state’s attorney in September, following the previous state’s attorney’s resignation. The appointment was effective last week for the term ending January of 2027. Initial Release, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023…
NABE – March 13, 2024 Our Bar Star this week is Kim Velk, Director of Education and Communication for the Vermont Bar Association. A career-Vermont attorney, Kim is a self-proclaimed “lifelong literature nerd” who was writing for various publications in her home town near Albany, NY before she went to law school. Kim decided to…
Governor Phil Scott today announced on Feb. 23 that he has appointed Kate T. Gallagher, of Williston, as a superior court judge. “Kate has demonstrated a strong commitment to public service through her work in the Attorney General’s office and as a commissioner,” said Governor Scott. “I’m confident that that she will continue to serve…
VBA Board Member Alfonso Villegas of Gravel & Shea in Burlington recently organized the VBA’s first “Law Day” program at Burlington High School. On Feb. 13, about 60 seniors from the AP Government class attended the two-hour presentation led by Alfonso and a panel made up of Vermont Supreme Court Justices Paul Reiber and…
Gov. Phil Scott honored the winners of the VBA 2024 Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School Poster/Essay contest at a ceremony at the State House on Feb. 1. The contest, sponsored annually by the Young Lawyers Division and the Diversity Section, challenged Vermont middle schoolers to write an essay and illustrate Dr. King’s quotation: “We…
At its January 2024 administrative meeting, the Vermont Supreme Court voted to adopt the NextGen bar exam as of the July 2027 administration. The NextGen bar exam is currently under development. It will first be administered in a limited number of jurisdictions in July 2026. Vermont is joining nine other jurisdictions that have announced their…