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JON T. ANDERSON is a partner at Burak Anderson & Melloni, PLC, a law firm that is based primarily in Burlington. Prior to joining Burak Anderson & Melloni, PLC, he served as special counsel to the Vermont Department of Public Service. He practices in several areas in which he can use his engineering background and problem solving approach to serve clients. These areas include complex real estate projects and transactions; litigation (especially over technical issues such as superfund liability, valuation of complex property and real and personal property tax appeals involving sophisticated analysis); administrative law (including defense of environmental enforcement actions); utility regulation; environmental law; solid waste disposal (including permitting and siting); land use (including Vermont's Act 250); and zoning. He regularly lectures at seminars on environmental and land use law issues and publishes widely in this field, including the "Planning and Zoning" chapter of the Vermont Bar Association's Environmental Law Practice Manual, and recently co-wrote "Law and Land Use Development in Vermont." Mr. Anderson earned his B.S.Ch.E. degree in chemical engineering, with highest distinction, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and his J.D. degree from Yale Law School. He is the chairman of the Montpelier Travel Information Council, former chairman of the Vermont Bar Association's Environmental Law Committee, served as a member of the Montpelier Planning Commission and the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission, and is a member of the Montpelier Downtown Community Association. Mr. Anderson served in the Vermont House from 2007-2009 as a member of the Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee and currently serves as the J.A.G. Officer of the Vermont Guard. LISA L. CHALIDZE is a trial lawyer and sole practitioner in Benson, Vermont, where she focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, including insurance and banking. She has litigated insurance coverage cases for both carrier and insured. Ms. Chalidze earned her B.A. degree from the University of Oregon, her Master's degree from Skidmore College, and her J.D. degree, with honors, from New York Law School. Ms. Chalidze's work has been extensively published, including insurance coverage issues. She is a member of the Vermont Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and before the U.S. Supreme Court. RICHARD J. FOX is an attorney at the Law Office of Richard J. Fox PLLC, where his practice focuses on real estate, landlord/tenant, construction law and civil litigation. As legal counsel he performs residential and commercial real estate transactions, including title searches and closings. As title insurance agent, Mr. Fox reviews title opinions and issues title insurance policies. He acts as counsel to multiple small businesses, with duties including contract drafting and negotiation, transactional work, corporate filings and compliance issues. Mr. Fox has been a featured presenter at national and local continuing legal education (CLE) seminars on construction law, real estate law, landlord-tenant law, and title insurance for numerous providers of legal and professional education. Mr. Fox is admitted to practice in Vermont, Massachusetts, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He is a member of the Vermont and Chittenden County bar associations and is an agent for Vermont Attorneys Title Insurance Corporation. Mr. Fox earned his B.A. degree from Rutgers College and his J.D. degree from The George Washington University Law School.
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