The Vermont Bar Association (VBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of Vermont.
Founded in September 1878 in Montpelier, the Vermont Bar Association remains the only professional organization for lawyers, judges, paralegals and law students in Vermont.
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 Phelps1879 Luke P. Poland1880 Walter C. Dunton1881 Daniel Roberts1882 James Barrett1883 Benjamin F. Fifield1884 Aldace F. Walker1885 George N. Dale1886 Charles H. Heath1887 Roswell Farnham1888 Philip K. Gleed1889 Laforrest H. Thompson1890 Henry R. Start1891 Joel C. Baker1892 Levant M. Read1893 Charles M. Wilds1894 William B. C. Stickney1895 Charles A. Prouty1896 Eleazer L. Waterman1897 Charles P. Hogan1898 Wendell P. Stafford1899 Charles Hial Darling1900 Jonathan Ross1901 John Young1902 John H. Senter1903 Wilder L. Burnap1904 William W. Stickney1905 H. Henry Powers1906 Fred M. Butler1907 Alexander Dunnett1908 James K. Batchelder1909 Chauncey G. Austin1910 James Manning Tyler1911 Rufus E. Brown1912 Clark C. Fitts1913-1914 John W. Rowell1915 Charles D. Watson1916 John W. Gordon1917 George B. Young1918 Robert E. Healy1919 John G. Sargent1920 Marvelle C. Webber1921 John W. Redmond1922 Edwin W. Lawrence1923 Warren R. Austin1924 Stanley C. Wilson1925 J. Rolf Searles1926 S. Hollister Jackson1927 James K. Batchelder (acting)1927 Walter S. Fenton1928 George M. Hogan1929 Homer L. Skeels1930 Bert L. Stafford1930 George L. Hunt1931 Guy M. Page1932 Walter H. Cleary1933 Fred E. Gleason1934 Collins M. Graves1935 J. Ward Carver1936 Charles F. Black1937 Arthur L. Graves1938 James Patrick Leamy1939 Neil D. Clawson1940 Sherman R. Moulton1940 Horace H. Powers1941 Joseph A. McNamara1942 Deane C. Davis1943 Frank E. Barber1944 A. Pearley Feen1945 Leonard F. Wing1945 Paul A. Chase1946 Harold C. Sylvester1947 Harold I. O’Brien1948-1949 Osmer C. Fitts1949-1950 Norton Barber1951-1952 William H. Edmunds1952-1953 F. Ray Keyser, Sr.1954-1955 William H. Adams1955-1956 R. Clarke Smith1956-1957 Henry F. Black1957-1958 Sterry R. Waterman1959-1960 Clifton G. Parker1960-1961 A. Luke Crispe1962-1963 J. Boone Wilson1963-1964 Christopher A. Webber1966-1967 Louis G. Whitcomb1967-1968 Hilton A. Wick1968-1969 J. Malcolm Williams1969-1970 Robert K. Bing1970-1971 John D. Carbine1971-1972 James L. Oakes1972-1973 Ralph A. Foote1973-1974 Peter P. Plante1974-1975 John H. Downs1975-1976 James S. Brock1976-1977 Clarke A. Gravel1977-1978 James T. Haugh1978-1979 John M. Dinse1979-1980 Chester S. Ketcham1980-1981 Harvey B. Otterman, Jr.1981-1982 Wynn Underwood1982-1983 Donald H. Hackel1983-1984 Joseph E. Frank1984-1985 Leonard F. Wing, Jr.1985-1986 John G. Kristensen1986-1987 John B. Webber1987-1988 Ellen Mercer Fallon1988-1989 John A. Dooley1989-1990 Douglas Richards1990-1991 Edwin H. Amidon, Jr.1991-1992 Ellen Holmes Maloney1992-1993 Michael B. Clapp1993-1994 William J. Reedy1994-1995 Jan S. Eastman1995-1996 Peter W. Hall1996-1997 Joan Loring Wing1997-1998 Wendy Morgan1998-1999 Emily S. Davis1999-2000 Jon R. Eggleston2000-2001 Dorothy Helling2001-2002 Matthew Valerio2002-2003 Donald Rendall, Jr.2003-2004 Anna Saxman2004-2005 Thomas Zonay2005-2006 James Gallagher2006-2007 Samuel Hoar. Jr.2007-2008 S. Stacy Chapman, III2008-2009 Douglas L. Molde2009-2010 Eileen M. Blackwood2010-2011 Therese M. Corsones2011-2012 James F. Carroll2012-2013 Amber L. Barber2013-2014 David R. Fenster2014-2015 Daniel P. Richardson