The Vermont Bar Association (VBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of Vermont.
History Founded in September 1878 in Montpelier, the Vermont Bar Association remains the only professional organization for lawyers, judges, paralegals and law students in Vermont.Vermont Bar Association
Presidents The first president of the Vermont Bar Association was Edward J. Phelps. Past presidents of the Vermont Bar Association include prominent judges, political leaders, military leaders and diplomats. The presidents of the Vermont Bar Association have included:
1878 Edward John Phelps 1879 Luke P. Poland 1880 Walter C. Dunton 1881 Daniel Roberts 1882 James Barrett 1883 Benjamin F. Fifield 1884 Aldace F. Walker 1885 George N. Dale 1886 Charles H. Heath 1887 Roswell Farnham 1888 Philip K. Gleed 1889 Laforrest H. Thompson 1890 Henry R. Start 1891 Joel C. Baker 1892 Levant M. Read 1893 Charles M. Wilds 1894 William B. C. Stickney 1895 Charles A. Prouty 1896 Eleazer L. Waterman 1897 Charles P. Hogan 1898 Wendell P. Stafford 1899 Charles Hial Darling 1900 Jonathan Ross 1901 John Young 1902 John H. Senter 1903 Wilder L. Burnap 1904 William W. Stickney 1905 H. Henry Powers 1906 Fred M. Butler 1907 Alexander Dunnett 1908 James K. Batchelder 1909 Chauncey G. Austin 1910 James Manning Tyler 1911 Rufus E. Brown 1912 Clarke C. Fitts 1913–1914 John W. Rowell 1915 Charles D. Watson 1916 John W. Gordon 1917 George B. Young 1918 Robert E. Healy 1919 John G. Sargent 1920 Marvelle C. Webber 1921 John W. Redmond 1922 Edwin W. Lawrence 1923 Warren R. Austin 1924 Stanley C. Wilson 1925 J. Rolf Searles 1926 S. Hollister Jackson 1927 James K. Batchelder (acting) 1927 Walter S. Fenton 1928 George M. Hogan 1929 Homer L. Skeels 1930 Bert L. Stafford 1930 George L. Hunt 1931 Guy M. Page 1932 Walter H. Cleary 1933 Fred E. Gleason 1934 Collins M. Graves 1935 J. Ward Carver 1936 Charles F. Black 1937 Arthur L. Graves 1938 James Patrick Leamy 1939 Neil D. Clawson 1940 Sherman R. Moulton 1940 Horace H. Powers 1941 Joseph A. McNamara 1942 Deane C. Davis 1943 Frank E. Barber 1944 A. Pearley Feen 1945 Leonard F. Wing 1945 Paul A. Chase 1946 Harold C. Sylvester 1947 Harold I. O’Brien 1948–1949 Osmer C. Fitts 1949–1950 Norton Barber 1951–1952 William H. Edmunds 1952–1953 F. Ray Keyser Sr. 1954–1955 William H. Adams 1955–1956 R. Clarke Smith 1956–1957 Henry F. Black 1957–1958 Sterry R. Waterman 1959–1960 Clifton G. Parker 1960–1961 A. Luke Crispe 1962–1963 J. Boone Wilson 1963–1964 Christopher A. Webber 1966–1967 Louis G. Whitcomb 1967–1968 Hilton A. Wick 1968–1969 J. Malcolm Williams 1969–1970 Robert K. Bing 1970–1971 John D. Carbine 1971–1972 James L. Oakes 1972–1973 Ralph A. Foote 1973–1974 Peter P. Plante 1974–1975 John H. Downs 1975–1976 James S. Brock 1976–1977 Clarke A. Gravel 1977–1978 James T. Haugh 1978–1979 John M. Dinse 1979–1980 Chester S. Ketcham 1980–1981 Harvey B. Otterman Jr. 1981–1982 Wynn Underwood 1982–1983 Donald H. Hackel 1983–1984 Joseph E. Frank 1984–1985 Leonard F. Wing Jr. 1985–1986 John G. Kristensen 1986–1987 John B. Webber 1987–1988 Ellen Mercer Fallon 1988–1989 John A. Dooley 1989–1990 Douglas Richards 1990–1991 Edwin H. Amidon Jr. 1991–1992 Ellen Holmes Maloney 1992–1993 Michael B. Clapp 1993–1994 William J. Reedy 1994–1995 Jan S. Eastman 1995–1996 Peter W. Hall 1996–1997 Joan Loring Wing 1997–1998 Wendy Morgan 1998–1999 Emily S. Davis 1999–2000 Jon R. Eggleston 2000–2001 Dorothy Helling 2001–2002 Matthew Valerio 2002–2003 Donald Rendall Jr. 2003–2004 Anna Saxman 2004–2005 Thomas Zonay 2005–2006 James Gallagher 2006–2007 Samuel Hoar Jr. 2007–2008 S. Stacy Chapman III 2008–2009 Douglas L. Molde 2009–2010 Eileen M. Blackwood 2010–2011 Therese M. Corsones 2011–2012 James F. Carroll 2012–2013 Amber L. Barber 2013–2014 David R. Fenster 2014–2015 Daniel P. Richardson 2015–2016 Jennifer R. Emens-Butler 2016–2017 Michael E. Kennedy 2018–2019 Gary L. Franklin 2019–2020 Elizabeth F. Novotny 2020–2021 Elizabeth A. Kruska 2021–2022 Robert E. Fletcher 2022–2023 Andrew Manitsky 2023–2024 Judith L. Dillon 2024–2026 Joshua R. Diamond 2026–Present Jordana M. Levine
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