March 25, 2008
(Burlington, Vt.) Walter E. Judge, a litigation attorney and director at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, recently joined the International Association of Defense Counsel. Established in 1920, the IADC serves approximately 2500 invitation-only, peer-reviewed member attorneys with advanced skills and practice representing corporations and insurers in defense law.
The IADC takes a leadership role in many areas of legal reform and professional development and publishes the quarterly Defense Counsel Journal, a nationally respected publication that focuses on topical and scholarly legal issues involving substantive law, procedures and trial techniques.
Judge, who joined DRM in 1992, focuses in the areas of business and commercial litigation; intellectual property, internet and technology law, and related insurance coverage disputes; and products liability disputes. An adjunct professor at Vermont Law School, Judge teaches the trade secrets section in an introduction to intellectual property law course. He also serves as an advisory member of the Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association, an affiliate organization of the Defense Research Institute.
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 that include litigation, business law, labor and employment, captive insurance, environmental law, trust and estates, family law, tax law, public utilities, real estate, health care, intellectual property, creditors rights, venture capital and insurance defense. The firm 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.
