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Vermont is a small state, but it doesn’t always feel that way if your legal matter is in a county far from your lawyer’s office. Clients sometimes assume that a firm based in Burlington, or one based in the Upper Valley, mostly handles matters close to home. At Sheehey Furlong & Behm, that assumption doesn’t […]

If you own one or two rental properties and you’ve never had to remove a tenant, you may assume that an eviction is a matter of common sense: give the tenant some notice, wait a bit, and file paperwork with the court. In Vermont, that assumption can cost you months of delay and thousands of […]

Sheehey Furlong & Behm is proud to announce that five of its attorneys have been selected to the 2026 New England Super Lawyers list, and two additional attorneys have been named to the 2026 New England Rising Stars list. 2026 Super Lawyers Justin A. Brown Shareholder Named to the Super Lawyers list for the 6th […]

Sheehey is pleased to announce that partner Kevin A. Lumpkin has been appointed to the Vermont State Ethics Commission as a commissioner from the Vermont Bar Association. The Vermont State Ethics Commission is a non-partisan, independent state agency that accepts, reviews, refers, and tracks complaints related to ethical conduct in state and municipal government, and […]

Sheehey is pleased to share that it was voted Best Corporate Law Firm in the 2026 Best of Business Awards by the readers of Vermont Business Magazine. This distinction reflects the firm’s ongoing commitment to delivering exceptional corporate legal services to Vermont businesses. Award winners will be honored at a celebration at the DoubleTree by […]

Sheehey Furlong & Behm is proud to congratulate attorney Mark Melendy, Esq. on his appointment to the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Probate Procedure by the Vermont Supreme Court. Pursuant to Administrative Appointment No. 988, issued during the February Term 2026, Mark was appointed to serve as a member of the Advisory Committee for […]

Heather E. Ross, an experienced trial and appellate lawyer and Shareholder of Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C., is pleased to announce the addition of mediation services to her practice areas.  Heather’s mediation practice will focus on a wide range of civil litigation, including employment discrimination and wrongful discharge claims, breach of contract and other commercial […]

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 planning […]

        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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]