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Scott Fewell Presents NBI Seminar on Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Vermont

On July 15, 2010, W. Scott Fewell, Esq. will present a seminar on behalf of the National Business Institute on the subject of Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Vermont. He will specifically be addressing the following issues: Emerging Issues and Current Laws; Gain a New Perspective of Pre-Trial Practice; and Avoiding Bad Faith Claims for the Insurance Professional.

For more information or to contact Scott Fewell, please call (802) 862-0500 or e-mail sfewell@vtlaw1.com.

Shane McCormack Presents NBI Seminar

Shane McCormack recently was a co-presenter for an NBI seminar entitled LLC or Inc.? Entity Selection for a Small to Medium Sized Business on June 14, 2010. For more information please contact Shane at smccormack@vtlaw1.com

Scott Fewell Presents NBI Seminars

Scott Fewell taught a seminar for NBI on June 17, 2010 called Legal Ethics of Attracting and Selecting Clients. He will be teaching another NBI seminar on July 15, 2010 called Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Vermont. For more information or to request a brochure please contact sfewell@vtlaw1.com.

Scott Fewell's Article To Be Published In The Vermont Bar Journal

Scott Fewell’s article entitled, Vermont’s Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Commercial Contract will be published in the Vermont Bar Journal in the Summer 2010 edition.

Jon Anderson Presents Seminar On Title Insurance

On March 31, 2010 Jon T. Anderson, Esq. presented a seminar on behalf of the National Business Institute on the subject of Advanced Title Insurance Issues. He specifically addressed the issues of Advanced Issues in due Diligence; Foreclosure: Title Issues and Claims and Defenses under Title Insurance Policies.

Attorneys Present Seminar On The Fundamentals Of Municipal Bonds

Jon Anderson, Thomas Melloni, and Shane McCormack, presented a Seminar on The Fundamentals of Municipal Bonds at the University of Vermont Extension Service Annual Town Officers’ Education Conferences.

Challenge to Chittenden Solid Waste District Landfill Defeated

On November 13, 2009, the Vermont Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that denied a challenge by a group of Williston residents to the proposed Chittenden Solid Waste District (“CSWD”) landfill. The Williston residents, all neighbors to the proposed landfill, sued CSWD and the Town of Williston arguing that the Host Town Agreement for the landfill between Williston and CSWD was void because it constituted an illegal delegation of municipal authority and lacked a termination date.

Best Lawyers 2010

Burak Anderson & Melloni, PLC, is pleased to announce that Jon T. Anderson, Esq. and Thomas R. Melloni, Esq. have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Jon was selected in the field of Environmental Law while Thomas was selected in the fields of Banking Law and Public Finance Law. The designation is based on a peer-review survey comprising more than 2.8 million evaluations by the top attorneys in the country.

Michael B. Rosenberg at VADA Annual Meeting

Michael Rosenberg will present “How to Get the Most From Vermont’s Dealer Franchise Law” at the Vermont Automobile Dealers Association Annual Meeting on September 24^th at Montpelier’s Capitol Plaza Hotel. He will discuss the July 1, 2009 statute which conveys new rights to Vermont’s motor vehicle dealers and places new obligations upon manufacturers and distributors.

Rising Stars

Anja Freiburg and Shane W. McCormack were named “Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers magazine. This designation is limited to no more than 2.5% of the attorneys in the state of Vermont.

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