Maya Townsend joined Montroll, Backus & Oettinger, P.C., on May 14th as an intern. Maya is rising junior at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, and is majoring in Political Science and studying pre-professional legal studies. In her spare time she enjoys swimming, horseback riding….

See Alex on the inside cover of Seven Days. (See Pg. 2.)

To view Rob’s interview with Galen Ettlin of WCAX, follow this link and select “What’s Next for Jack Sawyer in Family Court?”

Rob appeared at an arraignment in a high-profile criminal case in Burlington. Click here to watch WCAX’s coverage. Read about the arraignment in VTDigger here, and in the Burlington Free Press here.

Recently, Attorney Rob Backus helped a client achieve an optimal resolution in a DWI case, and helped another client successfully block an improper adoption.

Both the Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association and the Vermont Planners Association named Attorney Andy Montroll Citizen Planner of the Year for 2018. Andy serves on the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission and is the chair of the Burlington Planning Commission. Congratulations, Andy!

In local speeding cases, the police must prove the speed limit by presenting town ordinances. Attorney Barquist successfully demonstrated that the ordinances presented to the court in two speeding ticket cases were outdated, leading the court to refuse to accept the ordinances as evidence and dismiss both cases.

On Friday, April 12, Attorney Mark Oettinger will be speaking at the American Bar Association Section on International Law Annual Conference. He will be speaking on the World Court of Human Rights Development Project, of which he is the project chair.

One of Attorney Mark Oettinger’s cases has been highlighted recently on local news. Mark joined Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan and WCAX’s Céline McArthur to discuss the opioid crisis on The Fix, a segment by WCAX.

On March 2, Alex Sturges will be representing Vermont at the United States Yoga Federation’s Northeast Annual Yoga Asana Championship. For the past three years, Alex has won first place for Vermont at this competition, which earns her an invitation to the National Championships.

On February 7th, Attorney Rob Backus will be joining a Ward 6 NPA panel for statewide instant runoff voting (IRV). As a city councilor, Rob formerly sponsored Burlington legislation that created instant runoff voting in Burlington. This legislation has since been repealed. Michelle Mraz will be moderating the panel.

For the Fall semester of 2018, UVM student Laney Rambone joined Montroll, Backus & Oettinger, P.C. as an intern. Laney will be graduating in Spring 2019 and plans to go to law school in Texas.

Rory Mandl-Abramson joined Montroll, Backus & Oettinger, P.C., on November 19th as a legal assistant. Rory has a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Vermont, and is interested in pursuing the Law Office Study Program. She is a former horseback riding instructor and has a retired thoroughbred race horse named Seymour.

Andriana Chobot joined Montroll, Backus & Oettinger, P.C., on October 29th as an administrative assistant. Andriana studied Theatre & Music at Bishops University and is a member of a folk-jazz original music trio that is touring in Vermont currently. She has four fish: Morticai, Duckie, Mortimer, and Spike.

Michelle Mraz was the founding organizer of March for our Future, which took place in Montpelier, VT, on January 20th, 2018. The march was organized for youth of all ages and their allies in the face of climate change and discrimination, and was founded on the recognition that today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders.