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.

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• Director

  • 
    Luke Martland
    Director and Chief Counsel
    802-828-2231
    lmartland@leg.state.vt.us

• Legal

  • 
    Michael O'Grady
    Deputy Chief Counsel
    802-828-2282
    mogrady@leg.state.vt.us
  • 
    Jennifer Carbee
    Deputy Chief Counsel
    802-828-2231
    jcarbee@leg.state.vt.us
  • Tucker Anderson
    Legislative Counsel
    tanderson@leg.state.vt.us
  • Michael Chernick
    Legislative Counsel
    mchernick@leg.state.vt.us
  • Michele Childs
    Legislative Counsel
    mchilds@leg.state.vt.us
  • Ellen Czajkowski
    Legislative Counsel
    eczajkowski@leg.state.vt.us
  • Jim DesMarais
    Legislative Counsel
    jdesmarais@leg.state.vt.us
  • Anthea Dexter-Cooper
    Legislative Counsel
    adextercooper@leg.state.vt.us
  • Erik Fitzpatrick
    Legislative Counsel
    efitzpatrick@leg.state.vt.us
  • David Hall
    Legislative Counsel
    dhall@leg.state.vt.us
  • Brynn Hare
    Legislative Counsel
    bhare@leg.state.vt.us
  • Damien Leonard
    Legislative Counsel
    dleonard@leg.state.vt.us
  • Katie McLinn
    Legislative Counsel
    kmclinn@leg.state.vt.us
  • Maria Royle
    Legislative Counsel
    mroyle@leg.state.vt.us
  • Abby Shepard
    Legislative Counsel
    ashepard@leg.state.vt.us
  • Rebecca Wasserman
    Legislative Counsel
    rwasserman@leg.state.vt.us
  • BetsyAnn Wrask
    Legislative Counsel
    bwrask@leg.state.vt.us

• Drafting Operations

  • Nedene Martin
    Supervisor
    NMartin@leg.state.vt.us
  • Alec Adams
    Senior Editor
    AAdams@leg.state.vt.us
  • Lindsey Brownson
    Resolution Clerk
    LBrownson@leg.state.vt.us
  • Becca Van Buskirk
    Legislative Editor
    RVanBuskirk@leg.state.vt.us
  • Kimberlee Rich
    Drafting Technician
    KRich@leg.state.vt.us
  • Caitlyn Ustike
    Drafting Technician
    CUsticke@leg.state.vt.us