Alexis L. Peters
Associate
Alexis uses her knowledge of property, land use, and environmental law to inform clients of potential issues and find practical solutions so that major projects can move forward on time and on budget.
Email: apeters@drm.com
Phone: 802-863-2375
Direct: 802-846-8645
| PHYSICAL | MAILING |
| Courthouse Plaza 199 Main Street Suite 600 Burlington, VT 05401-8339 |
PO Box 190 Burlington, VT 05402-0190 |
Practices & Industries
Real estate and land use attorney crafting custom strategies.
Alexis Peters assists and advises commercial real estate clients on a variety of matters associated with Vermont and New Hampshire land use, including real estate transfers, commercial leasing, condominium formation, and environmental and zoning permitting, as well as telecommunications siting. Alexis regularly provides guidance to homeowners’ associations regarding governance and management issues. She also assists solar developers with addressing title issues that arise during due diligence.
While completing her law degree, Alexis spent a year in the United Kingdom obtaining a master’s from the University of Cambridge, through which she studied different legal systems’ approaches to environmental regulation and land management. She now applies this multi-dimensional understanding of the law to her work.
As an outdoors enthusiast, she also enjoys skiing, hiking, and cooking with locally sourced ingredients.
Education
Vermont Law School, J.D., summa cum laude
University of Cambridge, M.Phil. Environmental Policy
Boston University, B.A. Political Science, magna cum laude
Experience
- Successfully defended client in an appeal of client’s state and local land use permits. Alexis was a member of the trial team that represented the telecommunications company that is bringing FirstNet and wireless communications service to the town of Norton, VT.
- Drafted condominium and planned community documents for several new and pre-existing common interest communities, including declarations and declaration amendments, bylaws, and other formation and governing documents.
- Transacted the purchase and sale of a number of commercial and high-end residential properties, including hotels, luxury condominium units, and recently subdivided lots.
- Obtained Section 248a approvals for several wireless telecommunications projects across Vermont.
- Secured approval of developer’s highly contested subdivision application.
Admissions
Rhode Island, 2023
New Hampshire, 2020
Vermont, 2017
Clerkships
Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Maria Araujo Kahn and the Honorable Ingrid L. Moll – Connecticut Appellate Court, 2017-2018
Memberships & Activities
Vermont Bar Association
New Hampshire Bar Association
Rhode Island Bar Association
Community Involvement
Green Mountain Club (Board of Directors and Chair, Land Conservation Committee)
Leadership Champlain (Class of 2021)
Reported Cases
In re Mountain Top Inn & Resort, 2020 VT 57.
Publications
Co-Author, Title Examinations and Title Issues. A Practical Guide to Residential Real Estate Transactions and Foreclosures in Vermont. MCLE New England (2021)
The New Crop Growing on the Hillsides: Retaining Land in Agricultural Use Through the OPAV, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 18 (May 2017)
Author, The Long and Winding Road: Easement Modification and the Future of Long Distance Hiking Trails, Vermont Law Review, Vol. 40 (December 2015)
Co-Author, Cleaning the Muddy Waters by Clarifying “Water”, New Hampshire Bar News (September 2015)
Languages
French