August 02, 2007
(Lebanon, N.H.) The full service regional law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC (DRM) has opened its second New Hampshire office and seventh office overall at 8 South Park Street in Lebanon, N.H. Overlooking Colburn Park in the City of Lebanon's historic district, the offices formerly occupied by the firm of Daschbach, Csatari and Young, PLLC (DCY), along with all of DCY's attorneys and staff, have been integrated into DRM. The combination of practices was completed August 1.
"We are excited about the opportunities an office in the dynamic Upper Valley region will create for DRM, and we are pleased to welcome three respected attorneys from the area to our legal team," said John H. Marshall, managing partner and chief executive officer at DRM. "The broader range of legal services DRM can bring to the Upper Valley support the success of its growing businesses and institutions. Until now, those services have only been available from very large firms outside of the Upper Valley region."
The two law firms agreed on June 20 to incorporate DCY's general civil practice within DRM. Attorneys Joseph F. Daschbach, Thomas C. Csatari and Wayne R. Young and their current staff will be joined by six DRM attorneys focused on serving clients in the Upper Valley. The attorneys, their areas of concentration and their current office locations are: Kimberly M. Butler - business law and commercial real estate, Littleton; Csatari, trusts and estates and business law, Lebanon; Daschbach, civil and probate litigation, Lebanon; Eric D. Jones - labor and employment, Burlington; Nancy S. Malmquist - public utilities and business law, St. Johnsbury; Robert A. Miller - public utilities and commercial litigation, St. Johnsbury; Peter D. Van Oot - environmental and regulatory law, Brattleboro; James G. "Jake" Wheeler - business law, real estate finance and trusts and estates, St. Johnsbury; and Young, civil litigation, Lebanon.
"We strongly believe that this combination of practices will benefit the clients of both firms," said Butler, a graduate of Dartmouth College and head of DRM's transition team. "Together we offer 75 years of valuable service to clients. Our diversity of experience, combined with our emphasis on teamwork and collaboration among our attorneys and legal professionals, enables us to assess and address clients' issues from many angles."
"We are pleased that the practice we established here in the Upper Valley will instantly grow to provide the full variety of legal services that businesses and institutions need," Csatari said. "Until now, many of the businesses in the Upper Valley facing complex and cutting edge issues have had to engage large, distant firms with little knowledge of, or attachment to, the Upper Valley. Now, they will be able to get the services they need close to home."
DRM, with more than 85 attorneys and legal professionals in seven offices in Vermont and New Hampshire, provides legal services to local, national and international clients in practice areas which include litigation, business law, labor and employment, captive insurance, environmental law, estate planning, family law, tax law, public utilities, real estate, health care, intellectual property, creditors rights, venture capital and insurance defense. It represents clients in legislative, regulatory and public affairs through the Government Affairs group. DRM is the law firm member for Vermont of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms.
In addition to its Lebanon office, DRM serves clients from offices in Littleton, N.H., and in Brattleboro, Burlington, Manchester, Montpelier and St. Johnsbury, Vt.
