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

  • 
    Jennifer Carbee
    Director and Chief Counsel
    (802) 828-6506
    jcarbee@leg.state.vt.us

• Legal

  • 
    Michael O'Grady
    Deputy Chief Counsel
    802-828-2282
    mogrady@leg.state.vt.us
  • Amerin Aborjaily
    Legislative Counsel
    aaborjaily@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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Abby Shepard
    Legislative Counsel
    ashepard@leg.state.vt.us
  • Beth St. James
    Legislative Counsel
    estjames@leg.state.vt.us
  • Rebecca Wasserman
    Legislative Counsel
    rwasserman@leg.state.vt.us
  • Gordon Merrick
    Law Clerk
    gmerrick@leg.state.vt.us
  • Jessi Tracy
    Paralegal
    jtracy@leg.state.vt.us
  • Nicholas Atherton
    Mapping Specialist
    natherton@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
  • Becca Van Buskirk
    Legislative Editor
    RVanBuskirk@leg.state.vt.us
  • Liesl Dandurand
    Legislative Drafting Coordinator
    LDandurand@leg.state.vt.us
  • Randi Hacker
    Resolutions Editor and Coordinator
    RHacker@leg.state.vt.us
  • Ariel McKee
    Legislative Editor
    AMckee@leg.state.vt.us
  • Kimberlee Rich
    Legislative Drafting Coordinator
    KRich@leg.state.vt.us