Office of Legislative Counsel

The Vermont Office of Legislative Counsel is a nonpartisan office that provides legal and editorial support and services to the Vermont General Assembly.  The Office is divided into two units:  Legal and Drafting Operations.  The Legal unit is composed of attorneys who provide legislative legal services, including drafting bills and amendments and conducting legal and policy research and analysis for members, committees, and other staff offices of the General Assembly.  The Drafting Operations unit includes editors and drafting technicians who edit and process bills, amendments, and other documents.  The Office is also responsible for preparing and revising the official Vermont Statutes Annotated after the conclusion of each legislative session

• Director

  • Brynn Hare
    Director and Chief Counsel
    bhare@leg.state.vt.us

• Legal

  • 
    Michael O'Grady
    Deputy Chief Counsel
    mogrady@leg.state.vt.us
  • 
    Jen Carbee
    Deputy Chief Counsel
    jcarbee@leg.state.vt.us
  • Tucker Anderson
    Legislative Counsel
    tanderson@leg.state.vt.us
  • Michael Chernick
    Legislative Counsel
    mikec@leg.state.vt.us
  • Michele Childs
    Legislative Counsel
    mchilds@leg.state.vt.us
  • Ellen Czajkowski
    Legislative Counsel
    eczajkowski@leg.state.vt.us
  • Timothy Devlin
    Legislative Counsel
    tdevlin@leg.state.vt.us
  • Erik FitzPatrick
    Legislative Counsel
    efitzpatrick@leg.state.vt.us
  • Jon Gray
    Legislative Counsel
    jgray@leg.state.vt.us
  • Kirby Keeton
    Legislative Counsel
    kkeeton@leg.state.vt.us
  • Damien Leonard
    Legislative Counsel
    dleonard@leg.state.vt.us
  • Katie McLinn
    Legislative Counsel
    kmclinn@leg.state.vt.us
  • Ben Novogroski
    Legislative Counsel
    bnovogroski@leg.state.vt.us
  • Maria Royle
    Legislative Counsel
    mroyle@leg.state.vt.us
  • Rik Sehgal
    Legislative Counsel
    rsehgal@leg.state.vt.us
  • Beth St. James
    Legislative Counsel
    estjames@leg.state.vt.us
  • Sophie Zdatny
    Legislative Counsel
    szdatny@leg.state.vt.us

• Drafting Operations

  • Caitlyn Usticke
    Supervisor of Drafting Operations
    CUsticke@leg.state.vt.us
  • Alec Adams
    Senior Legislative Editor
    AAdams@leg.state.vt.us
  • Noah Ampe
    Legislative Drafting Coordinator
    NAmpe@leg.state.vt.us
  • Emma Goodwin
    Legislative Drafting Coordinator
    EGoodwin@leg.state.vt.us
  • Ariel McKee
    Legislative Editor
    AMckee@leg.state.vt.us
  • Keith Morrill
    Legislative Editor
    KMorrill@leg.state.vt.us