The Attorneys:
Peter J. DesMeules
pdesmeules@doolaw.com
PETER J. DESMEULES was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 27, 1949. He resides in Pomfret, Vermont with his wife, Ellen, and their two children, Emily and Hadley. Peter was admitted to the Vermont Bar in 1975 and in 1980 to the U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1971); New England School of Law (J.D., 1975). He is a member of the Windsor County and Vermont Bar Associations. Peter has over thirty years of legal experience in the "Upper Valley" area. Peter's areas of practice include residential and commercial real estate law; probate law; estate planning; corporations; partnerships; general practice.
During his years of practice, Peter has served on Vermont Governor Howard Dean's Council of Environmental Advisors, 1993-1999 and as a member of the Connecticut River Joint (VT/NH) Commissions Water Quality Committee, 1994-1995 and as New England Representative, Natural Resources Board, National Trout Unlimited, 1993.
Frank H. Olmstead
folmstead@doolaw.com
Frank Olmstead has practiced law in Norwich for twenty-four years. He graduated from Boston University in 1972, the University of New Hampshire Graduate School in 1976, and Vermont Law School in 1983 (magna cum laude). Mr. Olmstead is admitted to State and Federal Courts in Vermont and New Hampshire, and he has represented individuals in a wide variety of civil disputes. Litigation areas including contract, real estate, municipal law, boundary disputes and business disputes. Mr. Olmstead's practice also focuses on real estate, municipal law, and estate planning. Long-term clients include Carroll Concrete, Mascoma Savings Bank, the Town of Norwich and the Trust for Public Land. Mr. Olmstead is a member of the Vermont and New Hampshire Bar Associations and the Vermont Trial Lawyers Association. He is the Town Agent for Norwich and is a member of the Norwich Conversation Commission.
Reported decisions include New Canaan Bank and Trust v. Pfeffer, 147 N.H. 121 (2001); In Re: Tahmoush, 174 Vt. 530 (2002); Newport Sand and Gravel Co. v. Miller Concrete Construction, Inc., 159 Vt. 66 (1992); and Feldberg v. Quechee Lakes Corp., 463 F.3d 195 (2d cir. 2006).
George H. Ostler
gostler@doolaw.com
George Ostler has 25 years experience defending persons accused of crimes. He practices statewide in the state courts of New Hampshire and Vermont as well as in the Federal Courts in Vermont and New Hampshire. Mr. Ostler graduated from Dartmouth College in 1977 and Vermont Law School in 1983 (Magna Cum Laude). He was employed by the NH Public Defender Program from 1983 to 1994 and has been a partner in DesMeules, Olmstead and Ostler since 1994. Mr. Ostler is a member of the Vermont Bar Association, New Hampshire Bar Association, Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (member Board of Directors) and the NORML Legal Committee.
Notable reported decisions include State v. Goss, 150 N.H. 46, (2003); State v. MacElman, 149 N.H. 795, (2003); Robert C. v. Baird, 129 N.H. 495 (1987).
Christopher A. Dall
cdall@doolaw.com
Mr. Dall provides criminal defense services in Vermont and New Hampshire. He was admitted to the Vermont bar in 2000 and the New Hampshire Bar in 2004. He is a member of the Vermont Bar Association, the New Hampshire Bar Association, the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and is secretery of the Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Dall is a Vermont native and graduated from Vermont Law School in 1999 and the University of Vermont in 1995 with honors and as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society.
Notable reported decisions: State v. Michael St. Martin, 2008 VT 23; State v. David Beauregard, 175 Vt. 472 (2003); State v. Adam Pierce, 173 Vt. 151 (2001).
Cabot R. Teachout
cteachout@doolaw.com
Cabot Teachout was admitted to the Vermont bar in 2010, and is a member of the National Association for Criminal Defense Attorneys. Prior to joining the firm, he worked as an intern in the Appellate Division of the Vermont Defender General’s Office in Montpelier. Cabot has completed academic clerkships with both Judge William K. Sessions of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont and Judge Peter W. Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Cabot also worked in the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative in Prishtina, Kosovo. Cabot is a graduate of the Washington & Lee School of Law (J.D., 2010) and the University of Vermont (B.A., 2004). At Washington & Lee, Cabot served as the president of the International Law Society, and spent one semester at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark studying criminal and international law.
Paralegals:
Bethany D. Hayes
bhayes@doolaw.com
Shelley Barnaby
sbarnaby@doolaw.com
Support Staff:
Diana Allen
dallen@doolaw.com
Ann Cadwell
acadwell@doolaw.com
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