Burlington, VT – SRH Law today announced the following staff changes.

Jonathan Rose has been named a Partner of the Firm.  Jon is an experienced counselor and litigator who helps clients facing a wide range of civil and regulatory compliance issues, including commercial contract and tort litigation, environmental disputes, and employment and civil rights claims.  Jon is also a seasoned appellate attorney, appearing before the Vermont Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Jon regularly helps clients avoid litigation by providing advice on the regulatory thicket in the realms of employment law, health care, consumer protection, and environmental and land-use permitting and compliance issues.  Before joining SRH Law in 2016, Jon served as an Assistant Attorney General at the Vermont Attorney General’s Office.  Jon started his career at another prominent Burlington law firm, representing national and local businesses in labor and employment disputes and advising management clients on all aspects of workplace law.

“We are extremely pleased to have Jon join the partnership, as it signifies our deep respect for his skills and creativity as a lawyer, and his commitment to the mission of the Firm,” said Andy Raubvogel, Managing Partner.

Malachi Brennan has joined the firm as an Associate.  Malachi will focus on civil and environmental litigation and utility regulation, where he hopes to expand on his interest and experience in environmental protection.  Previously, Malachi was Deputy State’s Attorney for Washington County.   He is a 2019 graduate, summa cum laude, of Vermont Law School.

John Kassel is now Of Counsel to the Firm.   From the Firm’s infancy in 2002 until 2009, John helped to develop the firm’s robust energy, environmental and exempt-organization practices, which his partners and colleagues have expanded in both scope and sophistication.  John left SRH Law to become President of Conservation Law Foundation in Boston, returning to the Firm in 2016 and serving as its Managing Partner until 2019.

Andrew Raubvogel, a Partner at SRH Law since 2007, has assumed the role of Managing Partner in addition to continuing his legal practice in the energy, utility, and environmental sectors.  Andy represents a broad range of clients involved in, among other things, renewable energy development, transmission projects, public utilities, and contaminated properties. Whether working on a large-scale wind project, or resolving a property boundary dispute for an elderly Vermonter, Andy seeks to deal with clients and other parties in a human way and to use the legal system efficiently and fairly, in order to achieve his clients’ objectives.

Nancy Rowden Brock has joined the firm as Chief Administrative Officer.  She previously worked in leadership positions in private and public for-profit companies, as well as not-for-profit organizations, in several sectors including banking, regulated utilities, manufacturing, media, and higher education.

Scott Scribi has joined the firm as Office Coordinator, supporting the firm’s team of attorneys and paralegals.  Scott brings a strong customer-service ethos from his experience in the retail sector.

Raubvogel continued, “We are excited to welcome to our team new members who embrace the work we do helping our clients create a lasting impact.”

Dunkiel Saunders is a Burlington-based law firm.  We work with businesses, nonprofits, cooperatives, government entities, and individuals who share our commitment to making a difference in their communities and the broader world. We take our inspiration from our clients’ good work and help them excel in their business or mission by resolving their legal issues with creativity and integrity.

SRH Law is a Certified B Corporation® having achieved rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability – balancing profit and purpose.

We are looking for an experienced administrative leader to help us do what we do:  make a difference with our practice.  We are a 23-employee firm (14 lawyers) with a busy practice of complex legal work that helps our clients make the world a better place – and a 2019 Best Place to Work in Vermont!  Our new CAO will be our first executive leader who is not an attorney, and will lead a talented administrative team already in place. 

Significant experience with financial management is a must, followed closely by proven ability to enable our IT and operational managers to do their best work as a team.  The CAO will also facilitate timely and effective decision-making by our partners at bi-weekly meetings.  Experience managing a board of directors, or similar body of senior owners/executives, is highly relevant.

Successful candidates will have a passion – as we do – for aligning their business toward social and environmental good.  Come help us make an even greater difference with our practice.

Additional information is available here.   Please submit a letter of interest and resume to applications@srhlaw.com, by July 31, 2019.  We expect to welcome our CAO to the firm in late fall, 2019. 

SRH Law is pleased to be the continued Community Sponsor of the Greater Burlington Women’s Forum (GBWF), a nonprofit organization committed to facilitating inspiring, informative opportunities for women to connect. On July 18th the GBWF in partnership with the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center is hosting their 6th annual Women in the Wind Soirée.

This popular fundraising event offers recreation on Lake Champlain of and a “mini expo” of local recreational and educational organizations, including biking, hiking, climbing and more.  This soiree offers sailboats, paddleboards, canoes, kayaks and yoga GBWF hosts monthly lunches that provide time and space for women to connect and walk away with useful tools, information and inspiration.

GBWF facilitates gatherings for women to build their personal or professional support networks, and develop leadership skills. They aspire to engage women across multiple spheres of their lives— including self-development and care, family, work & local community roles, and larger state, national and global issues.

SRH Law is proud to be the community sponsor of the Greater Burlington Women’s Forum, and to support this organization in connecting women and advancing a values led economy.

Governor Phil Scott acknowledged Vermont paralegals in a proclamation celebrating their important work to coincide with the Vermont Paralegal Organization’s (VPO) annual meeting on May 15, 2019.  Dunkiel Saunders’ practice manager and paralegal Lucia White was reelected as president of the VPO at this meeting.  Dunkiel Saunders’ paralegal Melinda Siel also serves the organization as bylaws chair.

The VPO is a statewide, volunteer-based organization dedicated to providing paralegal education and promoting paralegal professionalism and leadership.  Their purpose is to establish and maintain high standards of education, conduct, and integrity among paralegals and to advance and promote the paralegal profession, as well as to facilitate communication within the Vermont paralegal community and within local, state, and national bar organizations.  

SRH Law appreciates Governor Scott’s recognition in the proclamation of the role of paralegals in the legal field and the opportunity it provides to recognize our paralegals for their dedication to quality and efficient work.  We are also proud of the dedication Lucia and Melinda show to the advancement and connectivity of paralegals in Vermont.  As a mission-based law firm, our work to support our clients who share our commitment to making a difference in their communities and the broader world would not be possible without our exemplary paralegals.