Office of Legislative Counsel

The Office of Legislative Counsel is a nonpartisan office that provides legal and operational/administrative support to all members and committees of the Vermont General Assembly and to staff offices within the General Assembly. The Office of Legislative Counsel is divided into two units: Legal and Operations.

Legal: The attorneys provide legal services including the drafting of bills, amendments, and resolutions; research and analysis of legal issues; and research and analysis of policy issues. The legal staff also oversees the editing and publication of the Vermont Statutes Annotated.

Operations: The operations and administrative staff handle payroll and business functions for the General Assembly, staff House and Senate committees, and provide editing support for the attorneys.

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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

• Operations

  • 
    Mike Ferrant
    Deputy Director
    802-828-2271
    mferrant@leg.state.vt.us

  • Administration

    • Myriah Burke
      Administrative Assistant
      mlburke@leg.state.vt.us
    • Charlene Dindo
      Operations Coordinator
      charlene@leg.state.vt.us

  • Committee Services

    • Peggy Delaney
      Committee Services Supervisor
      pdelaney@leg.state.vt.us
    • Mike Bailey
      Committee Assistant
      mbailey@leg.state.vt.us
    • Danielle Bean
      Committee Assistant
      dbean@leg.state.vt.us
    • Faith Brown
      Committee Assistant
      fbrown@leg.state.vt.us
    • Gail Carrigan
      Committee Assistant
      gcarrigan@leg.state.vt.us
    • Denise Diehl
      Committee Assistant
      ddiehl@leg.state.vt.us
    • Marc Grimes
      Committee Assitant
      mgrimes@leg.state.vt.us
    • Denise Gumpper
      Committee Assistant
      dgumpper@leg.state.vt.us
    • Andrea Hussey
      Committee Assistant
      ahussey@leg.state.vt.us
    • Avery Lamb
      Committee Assistant
      alamb@leg.state.vt.us
    • Linda Leehman
      Committee Assistant
      lleehman@leg.state.vt.us
    • Jeanie Lowell
      Committee Assistant
      jlowell@leg.state.vt.us
    • Demis Martin
      Committee Assistant
      demis@leg.state.vt.us
    • Nellie Marvel
      Committee Assistant
      nmarvel@leg.state.vt.us
    • Lori Morse
      Committee Assistant
      lmorse@leg.state.vt.us
    • Jude Newman
      Committee Assistant
      jnewman@leg.state.vt.us
    • Doris Oatley
      Committee Assistant
      doatley@leg.state.vt.us
    • Phil Petty
      Committee Assistant
      ppetty@leg.state.vt.us
    • Amy Todisco
      Committee Assistant
      atodisco@leg.state.vt.us
    • Julie Tucker
      Committee Assistant
      jtucker@leg.state.vt.us
    • Ron Wild
      Committee Assistant
      rwild@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
    • Tam Smith
      Legislative Editor
      tsmith@leg.state.vt.us
    • Caitlyn Usticke
      Drafting Technician
      custicke@leg.state.vt.us