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| | Address | | Mead Building, 98 Merchants Row, P.O. Box 310 | | Rutland, Vermont 05702-0310 | | (Rutland Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 802-786-1000 | | Fax: 802-786-1100 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.rsclaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Reviser of the Vermont Law Digest for this Directory. | Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice; Corporate; Banking; Insurance; Healthcare; Public Utility; Real Estate and Environmental; Probate and Estate Planning; Tax; Bankruptcy and Commercial Law; Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts. | | Year Established: 1946 | Firm Profile:
History: Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd. ("RS&C") is one of the oldest and largest law firms providing legal services in Vermont and eastern New York. The firm traces its roots to December, 1945, when the death of Major General Leonard F. Wing terminated the existence of Fenton, Wing & Morse, a partnership in existence in Rutland, Vermont, since 1922. On January 1, 1946, the surviving partners Charles F. Ryan, R. Clarke Smith and John D. Carbine associated themselves as Ryan Smith & Carbine. Our attorneys have served the region in a full range of legal representation for generations. Areas of Legal Practice: RS&C is a full-service law firm providing a broad range of legal services. Our practice includes Banking, Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation, Contractors' and Construction Liability, Corporate, Employment Law, Environmental and Land Use Law, Estate Planning, Governmental Law, Health Care, Insurance Defense and Coverage, Limited Liability Company Law, Mediation Services, Medical Malpractice, Partnerships, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public Utility, Real Estate, School Law, Securities, Ski Area Liability, Taxation, Trademarks and Copyrights, Workers Compensation and Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts. RS&C also represents clients in arbitration and mediation matters and before state agencies, boards and the state legislature. The firm covers the entire State of Vermont and eastern New York State. Activities of the Members: RS&C has a long record of providing leadership in professional organizations, having supplied six Presidents of the Vermont Bar Association; members of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association, and the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners; Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and the American Academy of Appellate Attorneys; and several attorneys who have been recognized in "The Best Lawyers in America"; along with many other honors conferred on our attorneys. Members have served and are serving on the Boards of Directors of regional banks, corporations and business enterprises. The firm's members have been active in all manner of community activities: the Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland Economic Development Corporation, Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce, College of St. Joseph, Green Mountain College, United Way, Vermont Achievement Center, Rutland County Community Services, and numerous others. Objectives: We strive to provide quality, effective, timely professional service and representation to our clients. | | Firm Size: 23 | Representative Clients:
Banknorth, N.A.; Chittenden Trust Company; F.D.I.C.; Merchants Bank; The CIT Group; American International Group; Associates of Glens Falls; CIGNA; CNA; Concord Group Ins. Companies; Hartford Insurance Group; Kemper Group; Lumber Insurance Co.; Medical Mutual of Maine; Nationwide Insurance Co.; Royal Insurance Co.; Zurich American Ins. Group; First American Title Insurance Co.; Lawyers' Title Insurance Co.; Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company; Bromley Corporation; Carris Reels, Inc.; Casella Waste Management, Inc.; Central Vermont Public Service Corp.; Killington Ltd.; Middlebury Snow Bowl; Midway Oil Corp.; Mohonk Mountain House; Mount Snow, Ltd.; Norwich University; Okemo Mountain Resort; Rutland Regional Medical Center; The Sagamore; Smuggler's Notch Resort; Stratton Mountain; School Boards of Arlington, Castleton, Clarendon, Fair Haven, Middletown Springs, Mill River Union High School, Poultney, Proctor, Shrewsbury, Wallingford, Wells and West Rutland; STO Industries; Towns of Castleton and Orwell; Tuttle Law Print; Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. | | Charles F. Ryan (1901-1977). | | R. Clarke Smith (1908-2001). | | John D. Carbine (1914-1998). | | R. Joseph O'Rourke (Member) born Rutland, Vermont, February 11, 1934; admitted to bar, 1960, Vermont. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.S., 1955); Boston University (LL.B., 1960). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chair, 1994-1996); American Bar Foundation (State Chair, 1998—); International Society of Barristers. Member: Rutland County (President, 1985-1986), Vermont and American Bar Associations; Northern New England Defense Counsel Association (President, 1989-1990); Defense Research Institute; International Association of Insurance Counsel. [U.S. Navy, 1955-1957]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Personal Injury; Civil Trials. Email: R. Joseph O'Rourke | | John J. Zawistoski (Member) born Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 19, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Vermont. Education: Middlebury College (A.B., 1965); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1968). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chair, 1998-2000); American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Vermont Chapter, 1996). Member: Rutland County (President, 2003-2004), Vermont and American Bar Associations; Association of Ski Defense Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1993, 1995-2001); International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Northern New England Defense Counsel Association. [Captain, U.S. Army, 1969-1971]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Sports Injury Defense; Professional Malpractice; Medical Malpractice; Dental Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Employment Law; School Law; Civil Trials. Email: John J. Zawistoski | | Thomas M. Dowling (Member) born Las Vegas, Nevada, February 5, 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, Iowa; 1975, Illinois and Vermont. Education: St. Ambrose College (B.A., 1966); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1969). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1972 and Vermont, 1975. Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American Bar Associations; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Vermont Society of Certified Public Accountants. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Banking; Business; Health Care; Probate; Estate Planning; Tax. Email: Thomas M. Dowling | | Allan R. Keyes (Member) born Rutland, Vermont, October 1; admitted to bar, 1974, Michigan; 1976, Vermont. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1970); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1973). Law Clerk to Hon. Talbot Smith, Senior United States District Judge, Eastern District of Michigan, 1974-1975. Member, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (1981—). Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American Bar Associations; Fellow , American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Professional Responsibility; Land Use. Email: Allan R. Keyes | | Harry R. Ryan, III (Member) born Moultrie, Georgia, July 28, 1945; admitted to bar, 1975, Vermont. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1972); Boston College Law School (J.D., 1975). Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American Bar Associations; Association of Ski Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Sports Injury Defense; Product Liability; Personal Injury; Civil Trials. Email: Harry R. Ryan, III | | Glenn S. Morgan (Member) born Rutland, Vermont, June 19, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Vermont. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1972); Suffolk University (J.D., 1975). Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American Bar Associations; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (National Membership Chair, 2004—; Member, Executive Council, 2000-2003); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Employment Law; Personal Injury; Civil Trials. Email: Glenn S. Morgan | | James B. Anderson (Member) born Newton, New Jersey, October 11, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Vermont. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1973); Albany Law School (J.D., 1976); Boston University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1980). Member: Rutland County, Vermont, New York State and American Bar Associations. Certified in Business Bankruptcy and Consumer Bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification. Practice Areas: Commercial; Bankruptcy; Trusts and Estates; Tax Litigation. Email: James B. Anderson | | William A. O'Rourke, III (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, January 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Vermont. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1980); Suffolk University (J.D., 1983). Member: Vermont and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Employment Law; Workers Compensation; Personal Injury; Civil Trials. Email: William A. O'Rourke, III | | Elizabeth A. Glynn (Member) born Norwalk, Connecticut, December 24, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut; 1986, District of Columbia; 1988, Vermont. Education: Manhattanville College (B.A., cum laude, 1980); Fordham University (J.D., 1984). Member, Moot Court. Articles Editor, Fordham Urban Law Journal, 1983-1984. Author: Note, "Computer Abuse: The Emerging Crime and the Need for Legislation," Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 12, 1983-1984, No. 1. Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Banking; Business Organization; Commercial Transactions; Health Care. Email: Elizabeth A. Glynn | | Andrew H. Maass (Member) born Cornwall, New York, July 10, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Vermont. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., 1983); New England School of Law (J.D., 1986). Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American Bar Associations (Member, Labor and Employment Section); Association of Ski Defense Attorneys; Northern New England Defense Counsel Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Employment and Labor Law; Sports Injury Defense; Insurance Defense; Civil Trials. Email: Andrew H. Maass | | John A. Serafino (Member) born Springfield, Massachusetts, September 1, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, Vermont and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1991, Massachusetts; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Providence College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Insurance Coverage; General Practice. Email: John A. Serafino | | John William Valente (Member) born Rutland, Vermont, December 4, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Vermont; 2008, New York. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1988); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Employment Law; General Practice; Civil Trials. Email: John William Valente | | Mark F. Werle (Member) born Bronx, New York, January 22, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New York and Connecticut; 1997, Vermont. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., 1987); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1989). Pi Sigma Alpha. Listed, Who's Who Among American Universities. Member: New York State, Vermont and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Horn v. Timmons, 180 AD2d 217, 580 NYS2d 364 (App Div 1992) Languages: German and French. Practice Areas: Insurance; Tort; Utilities; Energy; Corporate; Business. Email: Mark F. Werle | | Matthew D. Gilmond (Member) born Albany, Georgia, September 16, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1998, Vermont. Education: Trinity College, Hartford (B.A., 1989); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1992). Articles Editor, The George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics, 1991-1992. Member: Vermont Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Trials; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice; Health Care. Email: Matthew D. Gilmond | | —————————— | | Marion T. Ferguson (Associate) admitted to bar, 1982, Vermont. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1970); Phi Beta Kappa, Temple University (M.A., 1972); Vermont Law School (J.D., 1982). Member, Vermont Law Review, 1981-1982. Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American (Member, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Product Liability. Email: Marion T. Ferguson | | Corina Schaffner-Fegard (Associate) born Zurich, Switzerland, February 4, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Vermont; 1996, District of Columbia. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1991); Vermont Law School (J.D., 1994; MSL, magna cum laude, 1995). Member, Phillip Jessup Moot Court Board, 1994. Member: Vermont Bar Association; Young Lawyers Association of Vermont (Secretary, 1997; Treasurer, 1998). Languages: German, French and Swiss-German. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Environmental Defense. Email: Corina Schaffner-Fegard | | Matthew G. Hart (Associate) born Manchester, Vermont, April 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, New York, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Castleton State College (B.A., 1998); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 2001). Member: Vermont, New York State and American Bar Associations. [USMC, 1990-1994]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Toxic Torts; Criminal Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Matthew G. Hart | | Tammy Besaw Denton (Associate) born Burlington, Vermont, May 12, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1995, Vermont and District of Columbia. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1988); Villanova University (J.D., 1992). Member: Rutland County and Vermont Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation. Email: Tammy Besaw Denton | | Constance Tryon Pell (Associate) born Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1973; admitted to bar, 2004, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: University of Vermont (B.S., 1995); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Rutland County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Sports Injury Defense; Employment Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Constance Tryon Pell | | Paul Donaldson (Attorney) born Glens Falls, New York; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts; 1998, Vermont; 1999 U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Hartwick College (B.A., 1993); Massachusetts School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Rutland County and Vermont Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate. Email: Paul Donaldson | | Kelly Smith (Associate) born Kearney, New Jersey, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Vermont. Education: George Washington University (B.S., 2000); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Probate; Workers Compensation. Email: Kelly Smith | | Gregory Boulbol (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2007, Vermont. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1995); Vermont Law School (J.D., 2006). Member: Vermont Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Environmental Law; Workers Compensation. Email: Gregory Boulbol | | Steven B. Wright (Associate) born Glen Falls, New York, November 5, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Vermont. Education: State University of New York College at Oneonta (B.S., Psychology, 1999); Vermont Law School (J.D., 2003). Formerly with Costello Wright, A Professional Association of Lawyers. Member: Vermont Bar Association; Rutland and Windham County Bar Associations; American Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation; Criminal Litigation. Email: Steven B. Wright | Other Office Addresses:
Whitehall, New York Office: 134 Main Street, P.O. Box 75, 12887.
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