Vermont Bar Association

History

Founded in September 1878 in Montpelier, the Vermont Bar Association remains the only professional organization for lawyers, judges, paralegals and law students in Vermont.

Presidents

The first President of the Vermont Bar Association was Edward J. Phelps. Past Presidents of the Vermont Bar Association include prominent judges, political leaders, military leaders and diplomats. The Presidents of the Vermont Bar Association have included:

1878 Edward John Phelps

1879 Luke P. Poland

1880 Walter C. Dunton

1881 Daniel Roberts

1882 James Barrett

1883 Benjamin F. Fifield

1884 Aldace F. Walker

1885 George N. Dale

1886 Charles H. Heath

1887 Roswell Farnham

1888 Philip K. Gleed

1889 Laforrest H. Thompson

1890 Henry R. Start

1891 Joel C. Baker

1892 Levant M. Read

1893 Charles M. Wilds

1894 William B. C. Stickney

1895 Charles A. Prouty

1896 Eleazer L. Waterman

1897 Charles P. Hogan

1898 Wendell P. Stafford

1899 Charles Hial Darling

1900 Jonathan Ross

1901 John Young

1902 John H. Senter

1903 Wilder L. Burnap

1904 William W. Stickney

1905 H. Henry Powers

1906 Fred M. Butler

1907 Alexander Dunnett

1908 James K. Batchelder

1909 Chauncey G. Austin

1910 James Manning Tyler

1911 Rufus E. Brown

1912 Clark C. Fitts

1913-1914 John W. Rowell

1915 Charles D. Watson

1916 John W. Gordon

1917 George B. Young

1918 Robert E. Healy

1919 John G. Sargent

1920 Marvelle C. Webber

1921 John W. Redmond

1922 Edwin W. Lawrence

1923 Warren R. Austin

1924 Stanley C. Wilson

1925 J. Rolf Searles

1926 S. Hollister Jackson

1927 James K. Batchelder (acting)

1927 Walter S. Fenton

1928 George M. Hogan

1929 Homer L. Skeels

1930 Bert L. Stafford

1930 George L. Hunt

1931 Guy M. Page

1932 Walter H. Cleary

1933 Fred E. Gleason

1934 Collins M. Graves

1935 J. Ward Carver

1936 Charles F. Black

1937 Arthur L. Graves

1938 James Patrick Leamy

1939 Neil D. Clawson

1940 Sherman R. Moulton

1940 Horace H. Powers

1941 Joseph A. McNamara

1942 Deane C. Davis

1943 Frank E. Barber

1944 A. Pearley Feen

1945 Leonard F. Wing

1945 Paul A. Chase

1946 Harold C. Sylvester

1947 Harold I. O’Brien

1948-1949 Osmer C. Fitts

1949-1950 Norton Barber

1951-1952 William H. Edmunds

1952-1953 F. Ray Keyser, Sr.

1954-1955 William H. Adams

1955-1956 R. Clarke Smith

1956-1957 Henry F. Black

1957-1958 Sterry R. Waterman

1959-1960 Clifton G. Parker

1960-1961 A. Luke Crispe

1962-1963 J. Boone Wilson

1963-1964 Christopher A. Webber

1966-1967 Louis G. Whitcomb

1967-1968 Hilton A. Wick

1968-1969 J. Malcolm Williams

1969-1970 Robert K. Bing

1970-1971 John D. Carbine

1971-1972 James L. Oakes

1972-1973 Ralph A. Foote

1973-1974 Peter P. Plante

1974-1975 John H. Downs

1975-1976 James S. Brock

1976-1977 Clarke A. Gravel

1977-1978 James T. Haugh

1978-1979 John M. Dinse

1979-1980 Chester S. Ketcham

1980-1981 Harvey B. Otterman, Jr.

1981-1982 Wynn Underwood

1982-1983 Donald H. Hackel

1983-1984 Joseph E. Frank

1984-1985 Leonard F. Wing, Jr.

1985-1986 John G. Kristensen

1986-1987 John B. Webber

1987-1988 Ellen Mercer Fallon

1988-1989 John A. Dooley

1989-1990 Douglas Richards

1990-1991 Edwin H. Amidon, Jr.

1991-1992 Ellen Holmes Maloney

1992-1993 Michael B. Clapp

1993-1994 William J. Reedy

1994-1995 Jan S. Eastman

1995-1996 Peter W. Hall

1996-1997 Joan Loring Wing

1997-1998 Wendy Morgan

1998-1999 Emily S. Davis

1999-2000 Jon R. Eggleston

2000-2001 Dorothy Helling

2001-2002 Matthew Valerio

2002-2003 Donald Rendall, Jr.

2003-2004 Anna Saxman

2004-2005 Thomas Zonay

2005-2006 James Gallagher

2006-2007 Samuel Hoar. Jr.

2007-2008 S. Stacy Chapman, III

2008-2009 Douglas L. Molde

2009-2010 Eileen M. Blackwood

2010-2011 Therese M. Corsones

2011-2012 James F. Carroll

2012-2013 Amber L. Barber

2013-2014 David R. Fenster

2014-2015 Daniel P. Richardson