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Sheehey Furlong & Behm is pleased to announce that Lane Waples has joined the firm as a paralegal.

  4 Sheehey attorneys to present at upcoming Trust and Estate Planning seminar in South Burlington, Vermont on December 4th  and December 5th.  Mark Melendy, Daphne Moritz, Leigh Phillips and Walter McCarthy will each speak at the seminar on a range of trust and estate planning topics including:  fiduciary relationships, revocable trust planning, business succession […]

Sheehey is proud to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a 2018 “Best Law Firm” in metro Burlington VT. US News has recognized 9 practice areas within Sheehey for this very prestigious designation. These areas are: (in Metro Tier 1) Arbitration, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Mediation; (in Metro […]

        Arline Duffy, Kevin Lumpkin and Renee L. Mobbs have been selected to the 2017 Vermont Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is […]

R. Jeff Behm, Ian Carleton, Michael Furlong and James Spink have been selected to the 2017 Vermont Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating […]

In September, Sheehey Furlong and Behm, P.C. participated in the Vermont Attorney General’s 1st Annual “Lawyers Fighting Hunger” food drive as part of Hunger Action Month in Vermont.  During the two week drive, we raised $5,200 for the Vermont Foodbank and delivered 173 food items to the Chittenden County Emergency Food Shelf. In connection with […]

Attorneys R. Jeffrey Behm and Justin A. Brown recently won a victory in the Vermont Supreme Court for Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. in a case of first impression.  At issue was whether the prior public use doctrine prohibited condemnation of a pipeline easement through a public park located in Hinesburg, Vermont.  The Court decided that […]

Sheehey attorneys Kevin Lumpkin and Justin Brown recently won a victory in the Vermont Supreme Court in State v. Blake, successfully arguing in both the trial court and the Supreme Court on appeal that a release executed in favor of a crime victim in a civil case does not bar a criminal court from ordering […]

Sheehey Furlong & Behm is pleased to announce that R. Jeff Behm, Michael G. Furlong and James W. Spink have been named to the 2018 Best Lawyers in America® list. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Corporate Counsel Magazine has called […]

Katie Beneke has joined the firm as of August 2017, as a litigation paralegal.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Vermont in 2009 and her Paralegal Certification from Champlain College in 2012. She began her career as a staff assistant at Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C. in Burlington, Vermont before becoming a […]

Sheehey Furlong & Behm, P.C. seeks to hire a second-year law student as a summer associate for 2018.  Candidates should have strong research and writing skills and be interested in obtaining a breadth of experience in the firm’s litigation, transactional and regulatory practice areas.  To apply, send your résumé, letter of interest, law school transcript, and a […]

Attorney Debra L. Bouffard served as counsel to Consolidated Communications, Holdings, Inc. in petitioning for regulatory approval from the Vermont Public Utility Commission (“VT PUC”) to acquire control of FairPoint Communications, Inc., including its Vermont subsidiaries. The VT PUC approved the merger, and Consolidated completed the FairPoint acquisition on July 3, 2017.

Partner James Spink recently completed 1,000 mediations since joining the firm in January, 2011. Mr. Spink is one of Vermont’s leading and most experienced mediators having now surpassed a total of 3,000 mediations during his career. Congratulations to James.  To make a mediation appointment with Mr. Spink, visit his page.

Sheehey Furlong & Behm welcomes Heather Ross. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Ross spent many years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Vermont as a federal prosecutor and defending the United States in employment, medical malpractice and administrative actions. Ms. Ross has prosecuted numerous complex fraud cases, multi-state drug trafficking cases, and human trafficking […]

James Spink, Of Counsel to the firm and a full time mediator/litigator, will present a program entitled:  “Are You Ready to Respond When Conflict Happens?” at the June meeting of the Vermont Human Resources Association on June 18th at the Sheraton Hotel in South Burlington, Vermont.  The two hour presentation to HR professionals will address […]

Carie Tarte has become a Registered Paralegal (RP® ) after passing the Paralegal Advanced Competency Examination (“PACE”) offered by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations.  She is the 8th paralegal in the State to achieve this designation. The Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam is a demanding national certification examination that tests legal principles, ethics, and their […]

On January 31, Attorneys Duffy and Miller filed an Amicus Curiae brief with the Vermont Supreme Court on behalf of the Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Services in support of the Appellee, HowardCenter. The issue on appeal by the South Burlington School District is whether an interior renovation permit was improperly granted for work […]

The Section 248 Petition was filed by Attorney Zamore with the Vermont Public Service Board on January 13.  The Project consists of a new GMP switching station, approximately 2 miles of new and 4.5 miles of reconductored GMP transmission lines, a new VELCO 115/34.5kV transformer and a capacitor bank.  The Project is needed to address […]

Attorneys Eric Miller and Jeffrey Behm were recently retained by the plaintiff in a products liability case to protect a $43 million verdict against post-trial attacks by the defendant, an automobile component part manufacturer.  Late last year, they won the first round of post-trial proceedings when the trial court turned back the Defendant’s motion for a […]

The rate filing implements a Board requirement, imposed in connection with GMP’s merger with CVPS, that GMP undergo a comprehensive review of its costs.  The filing includes testimony and exhibits of ten witnesses and addresses all aspects of GMP’s costs.  It is expected that the Board will suspend implementation of the rate decrease and investigate […]