Paul S. Gillies
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Civil Rights
44 East State Street, Post Office Box 1440, Montpelier, VT 05601
About Paul S. Gillies
Practice Areas
- Civil Rights
Education
- University of Maine School of Law, Portland, Maine, 1978J.D.
- University of Vermont, 1975M.A.
- Major: English
- Case-Western Reserve University, 1970B.A.
- Major: English
Representative Cases
- Gade v. Chittenden Solid Waste District, 2009 VT 107, 187 Vt. 7
- Rowe v. Lavanway, 180 Vt. 505 (2006)
- Cassani v. Northfield Savings Bank, 179 Vt. 204 (2005)
- Trickett v. Ochs, 176 Vt. 89 (2003)
- Herrick v. Town of Marlboro, 173 Vt. 170 (2001)
- In re Taft Corners Associates, Inc., 171 Vt. 135 (2000)
- City of St. Albans v. Northwest Regional Planning Com’n, 167 Vt. 466 (1998)
Classes and Seminars
- Administrative Law, Vermont Bar Association, 1982 - 1992
- Moderator, Town and Town School District of Berlin, 2003 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Vermont, 1979
Other Affiliations
- Vermont Bar Association
Past Positions
- State of Vermont, Deputy Secretary of State, -
Articles
Published Works
- Records of the Council of Censors, Secretary of State (Vermont), 1991
- A Book of Opinions, Secretary of State (Vermont), 1992
- Confronting Statehood, Center for Research on Vermont, 1992
- Vermont Bar Association Columnist, Ruminations (1993-present)
- A Place to Pass Through: Berlin, Vermont 1820-1991 (1993)
- A Book of Opinions, with James H. Douglas (1993)
- The Records of the Vermont Council of Censors, with D. Gregory Sanford (1991)
- Confronting Statehood: A Series of Bicentennial Essays (1992)
- “Not Quite a State of Nature,” Vermont Law Review 23:1 (Fall 1998)
- “And If There Be No Choice Made: A Meditation on Section 47 of the
- Vermont Constitution,” with D. Gregory Sanford, Vermont Law Review 28:* (Fall 2003) Edited by Daniel Richardson
- Uncommon Law, Ancient Roads, and Other Ruminations on Vermont Legal History (2013)
- The Law of the Hills: A Judicial History of Vermont (2019)
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 52 years of experienceGovernment, Corporate Law, Probate, Real Estate, Administrative Law
- 11 years of experienceGovernment, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Probate, Real Estate, Civil Litigation
- 8 years of experienceLand Use & Zoning, Environment, Government, Administrative Law, Civil Litigation
Nearby Lawyers
- Civil Rights
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