Practice Focus
Will Dodge focuses his practice in real estate and land use permitting, with a special emphasis on wireless telecommunications-related development, compliance with federal and state water pollution laws, and electrical energy projects. He maintains a strong interest in international and cross-border practice, including country of origin labeling requirements and cross-border financing transactions. Will has appeared in planning and zoning hearings in municipalities throughout Vermont and New Hampshire, and has prepared and argued land use cases before the Vermont Supreme Court and federal district court in Vermont.
Significant Matters
Over the course of seven years, Will has served as local counsel for land use development and real estate matters for a major wireless telecommunications provider for its operations in Vermont, New Hampshire, and northern Massachusetts. He has been responsible for advising state agencies and municipalities on permitting practices, and for obtaining regulatory approvals and commercial agreements for a variety of major telecommunications projects on behalf of clients, and for assisting with the due diligence process for real estate transactions.
Will played a major role in the effort that led to the passage of a comprehensive stormwater law, Act 140 of 2004, and argued successfully in favor of several commercial clients in a case of national significance involving the federal Clean Water Act. More recently, Will has been involved in a major utility project affecting the most populous regions of the State of Vermont.
Professional Activities
Before joining the firm, Will served as a law clerk to the Honorable Harry Lee Hudspeth, United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division. Will is on the board of the Vermont Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division, presently serving as board secretary, and he recently accepted a position as an associate member of the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners.
Community Involvement
Will is an active volunteer for the United Way, Vermont Public Television, and Homeshare Vermont.
Publications/Presentations
Publications:
“Recent Developments in Stormwater Permitting” (2006)
“Title Issues Involving Stormwater” (2004)
“The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: How is it Relevant to Risk Retention Groups?” (2003) (co-authored with Kathy Davis and Kevin Moriarty)
“State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law – Vermont” (2002) (co-authored with Walter Judge)
“Surviving the Transition to Revised Article 9” (2001) (co-authored with Andre Bouffard)
“Succeeding in Seceding?: Internationalizing the Quebec Secession Reference Under NAFTA,” 34 Texas International Law Journal 327 (1999)
Presentations:
“Legal Technology” (Vermont Bar Association, October 2007)
“Recent Developments in Stormwater Permitting” (Loriman, December 2006)
“Recent Developments in Stormwater Permitting” (Loriman, April 2005)
“Title Issues Involving Stormwater,” Vermont Bar Association Environmental Law Committee Meeting (2004)
“Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships in Vermont” - National Business Institute Seminar (2002) (co-presented with Frank V. Petrosino, Esq.)
“The Vermont Supreme Court in Review: 2001-2002 Contract and Corporations Cases” (2002) (co-presented with Paul H. Ode, Jr.)
Reported Cases
In re Stormwater NPDES Permit, 2006 VT 91 (2006)
Languages
Spanish, French
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