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Kat O’Neill to present at the Women’s Small Business Program’s Start-Up class on October 4th
Kat O’Neill is presenting “Legal Issues for Starting and Running a Small Business” as part of the Women’s Small Business Program’s Start-Up class on October 4th in Burlington, Vermont. Before a group of women entrepreneurs, Kat will address business entity selection, intellectual property 101, employee issues and the mechanics of getting up and running.
Benchmark Litigation Recognizes Karen McAndrew as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation
Dinse is pleased to announce that Karen McAndrew has been included among Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation. This distinction is given based primarily on targeted research completed during the US Benchmark Litigation review process and is dedicated to honoring America’s leading female trial lawyers. Important elements during this research were peer review and overall depth of their litigation careers. Top 250 Women in Litigation features female litigators from all 50 states.
Karen McAndrew has had an active litigation practice for more than 30 years, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. She has tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and federal courts, has handled appeals to the Vermont Supreme Court as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and has represented clients in arbitrations and mediations.
Jeff Nolan Active in Threat Assessment and Violence Prevention
In recent months, Jeff Nolan of Dinse’s Higher Education and Employment Practice Groups has been very active in advising and training clients, and doing presentations for international and national audiences, on threat assessment and violence prevention issues. Jeff’s recent presentations include a session on the legal aspects of threat assessment for the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, two half-days of training on campus threat assessment for disability service providers at the University of Connecticut’s Postsecondary Disability Training Institute in Boston, and a session on cutting edge campus threat assessment issues at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of College and University Attorneys in Philadelphia. Jeff also recently co-presented, to an international audience, an Employment Law Alliance webinar on workplace violence prevention and intervention.
Construction Litigation Team Prevails in Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit
The Construction Litigation Team, headed by Shap Smith, successfully defended a large commercial construction company in a multi-party lawsuit filed by two corporations seeking combined damages in excess of $10 million based on alleged construction defects. The dismissal was granted based on a motion principally drafted by Andy MacIlwaine. Sophie Zdatny, Angela Clark, and Joe Wonderly also contributed significant research and drafting in the course of the litigation. Team paralegal Louise Reese deftly managed an extremely high-volume document case.
Karen McAndrew and Andy MacIlwaine co-edit Vermont Chapter of 2013 Product Liability Desk Reference
Karen McAndrew and Andy MacIlwaine served as editors of the Vermont chapter for the 2013 edition of “Product Liability Desk Reference: A Fifty-State Compendium” published internationally by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. The Vermont chapter analyzes current and developing jurisprudence on multiple issues pertaining to the discrete practice area of product liability. Questions about the chapter or related issues should be directed to Karen McAndrew (kmcandrew@dinse.com) or Andy MacIlwaine (amacilwaine@dinse.com).
Gurtman attends the American Bar Association’s 2013 Business Bar Leaders Conference in Chicago
Dave Gurtman attended the American Bar Association’s 2013 Business Bar Leaders Conference in Chicago. The conference brought together leaders of the business bar from around the country to discuss recent developments in business transaction practice and how state bar associations can better assist their members. Dave currently sits on a committee of the Vermont Bar Association that is revising the Vermont Limited Liability Company Act.
Ritchie Berger named as BTI Client Service All-Star 2013
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C. is pleased to announce that Ritchie E. Berger has been selected for inclusion in BTI Consulting’s list of The 2013 BTI Client Service All-Stars, in the area of Complex Litigation. The BTI Consulting Group (BTI) is a leading provider of strategic research to the legal community.
BTI Client Service All-Stars are selected from reviews by corporate counsel at the world’s largest business organizations, including the Global 500 and Fortune 1000. General Counsel at those organizations and their direct reports are asked by BTI to identify those attorneys who drive superior client relationships. Mr. Berger is one of only 307 attorneys nationwide and the only Vermont attorney selected.
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., with offices in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York, is one of the oldest and largest law firms serving Vermont and the Adirondack Region of upstate New York. For over 90 years, the Firm has served its clients in important cases, transactions and legal developments.
New England Super Lawyers Recognizes Thirteen Dinse Attorneys
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew announces that eleven attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the New England Super Lawyers 2012 list in ten different classes, and two attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the Rising Stars 2012 list. Attorneys are identified as “Super Lawyers” based on extensive nomination and polling among New England attorneys aimed at identifying New England’s top attorneys in each class. Attorneys are identified as being “Rising Stars” based on extensive nomination and polling among New England attorneys who are asked to nominate the best attorneys who are 40 or under, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.
The practice areas and the attorney(s) listed in each area for the New England Super Lawyers 2012 list are as follows:
- Business Litigation: Ritchie Berger, W. Scott Fewell, Karen McAndrew
- Business/Corporate Law: Jeffrey McMahan
- Civil Litigation Defense: Samuel Hoar, Jr.
- Employment & Labor Law: Jeffrey Nolan, Robert McKearin
- Estate Planning & Probate: Mark Langan
- Health Care Law: Spencer Knapp
- Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice: John Monahan
- Real Estate Law: Molly Lebowitz
Afi Ahmadi and David Gurtman have been selected for inclusion on the Rising Stars 2012 list in the practice area of Business/Corporate Law.
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., with offices in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York, is one of the oldest and largest law firms serving Vermont and the Adirondack Region of upstate New York. For over 90 years, the firm has served its clients in important cases, transactions and legal developments.
Hoar Presented at Recent VBA Annual Meeting
At the recent VBA Annual Meeting, Sam Hoar presented on “Vermont Supreme Court Year in Review: Torts” and “Vermont Supreme Court Year in Review: Insurance.” Sam Hoar, Shap Smith, and Scott Fewell also presented on “Navigating the Environmental Liability Minefield.”