Paul J. Perkins
Associate at Plante & Hanley, P.C.
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Civil Rights
82 Fogg Farm Road, White River Junction, VT 05001
About Paul J. Perkins
Practice Areas
- Civil Rights
Education
- Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont, 1998Honors: Recipient, Best Brief, Thomas M. Debevoise Moot Court Honors Competition
- Honors: Member, Trial Advocacy Regional Competition Team 1997-1998
- Honors: Member, Trial Advocacy Advisory Board 1997-1998
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1994B.A.
- Major: English and Philosophy
- Honors: Mortar Board Junior Scholar, 1993
- Honors: Golden Key National Honor Society, 1884
Languages
- French
Representative Cases
- Carpentier v. Tuthill, 2013 VT 91, 195 Vt. 52, 86 A.3d 1006 (2013)
- Blake v. Progressive Northe Ins., No. 164-9-15 Oecv
- White River Traffic Group, Inc. v. United Ohio Ins. Co. and Cass Insurance, Inc., No. 330-7-17 Wrcv
- Griffith v. Mozaffari, No. 451-9-15 Wrcv (August 13, 2018)
- Choiniere, P & D Consulting, Inc. v. Marshall and Harris Beach LLP, No. 10-1-05 Wrcv (September 13, 2016)
- Parker v. Malletts Bay Boat Club, Inc., 2010 AMC 2518 (D. Vt. 2010)
- In re Dayco, Inc., No. 07-061-I
- Robinson v. Springfield Hosp., File No. 1:09-CV-75, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10160 (D. Vt. February 5, 2010)
- Fine Paints of Eur., Inc. v. Acadia Ins. Co., Case No. 2:08-cv-81, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24188 (D. Vt. March 24, 2009)
- Nichols v. Brattleboro Retreat, 2009 VT 4, 185 Vt. 313, 970 A.2d 1249
Classes and Seminars
- Insurance Law Section, Year-in-Review, Vermont Bar Association, 2012 - 2018
- Practicing Insurance Law in Vermont, Coverage Opinions, March 21, 2017
- Co-Author, Closing the Circle, in America's Experiment with Capital Punishment (J. Acker. Ed. 1998)
- Co-Author, Ted Kaczynski's Diary, Vermont Law Review 1997
- Adjunct Professor of Intensive Trial Practice at Vermont Law School
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Vermont, 1998
- U.S. District Court District of Vermont
Other Affiliations
- Vermont Bar Association (Member)
- Vermont Bar Association Practice and Procedure Section (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association Litigation Section (Member)
- Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Director)
- Insurance Law Section of the Vermont Bar Association, 2012 - Present (Chair)
Past Positions
- U.S. Navy, Special Warfare/Special Operations Deep Sea Diver, 1986 - 1990
Office Info
Other Colleagues
Nearby Lawyers
- Civil Rights
- 77.2 miles away
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