September 01, 2009
(Burlington, Vt.) Sixteen lawyers from Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010. Peter B. Kunin, a 
director and intellectual property attorney in the firm’s Burlington office, is recognized in the publication for the first time this year. Kunin focuses his practice in the areas of trademarks, copyrights and licensing.
Other Burlington-based DRM lawyers 
and the practice areas for which they are recognized in the publication are Kimberly K. Hayden, energy law; Robert B. Luce, personal injury litigation; Lawrence H. Meier, intellectual property law; Thomas H. Moody, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law; Paul H. Ode, Jr., corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law; Wm. Roger Prescott,
tax law; Robert D. Rachlin, commercial litigation, medical malpractice law, personal injury litigation and product liability litigation; Patricia M. Sabalis, labor and employment law; and William W. Schroeder, environmental law and real estate law.
The publication also recognizes Brattleboro lawyers 
Peter D. Van Oot, environmental law and land use and zoning law, and Peter B. Robb, labor and employment law; Montpelier’s John H. Hollar, government relations law; and St. Johnsbury’s James C. Gallagher, personal injury litigation, John H. Marshall, energy law and environmental law, and James G. Wheeler, Jr., real estate law.
Rachlin, a firm founding partner, was recognized by Best Lawyers earlier this year for his inclusion in the publication every year since its inception 25 years ago, and Schroeder was named the Vermont Real Estate Lawyer of the Year for 2009 by the publication.
Selection for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 is determined by a vote among attorney peers. According to the organization, “Because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as a signal honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For 25 years, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere.”
DRM is a full-service law firm with more than 60 attorneys and seven offices in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York. DRM provides legal services to local, national and international clients in practice areas that include bankruptcy and business restructuring, business law, captive insurance, energy and telecommunications, family law, health law, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate and land use, environmental law, tax law, and trusts and estates. The firm represents clients in legislative, regulatory and public affairs through the Government and Public Affairs group. DRM is the law firm member for Vermont of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms.
Photos, from top: Peter B. Kunin, Paul H. Ode, Peter D. Van Oot, Wiliam W. Schroeder
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