SUMMER 2017 • VOL. 43, NO. 2
VERMONT BAR JOURNAL
DEPARTMENTS
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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN
— Interview with Mike Kennedy
8 PURSUITS OF HAPPINESS
— Low Country Funk - Interview with Michelle Kenny
14 RUMINATIONS
— Palimpsests II
26 TECH TIPS
— Windows 10 Features
27 WHAT’S NEW
— Legislative Overview
Cover Photo:
Taken at the Solo & Small Firm
Conference at Basin Harbor.
Photo by:
Jennifer Emens-Butler
28 WRITE ON
— Rhetoric of Justice Scalia
50 CHILDREN’S CORNER
52 IN MEMORIAM
54 CLASSIFIEDS
FEATURES
Battle of Wits!
31 The Visitor
Lawrence Savell, Esq.
34 Why Do So Few Lawyers Handle Federal
Workers’ Compensation Cases?
Michael P. McCready, Esq.
37
Vermont Bar Foundation Grantee
Spotlight: Community Restorative
Justice Center Legal Clinic
Jesse D. Bugbee, Esq.
Congratulations to VBA member Patricia Killigrew for
emerging victorious in this round of our “battle of wits”
caption contest. She came up with the clever caption for
our pancake vs. waffle cartoon, which, as it turns out, can
be interpreted in several ways! Congrats Pat! Enjoy Kathy
Fechter’s cartoon, captioned by Pat Killigrew (below):
39 Be Careful What You Bargain For:
A Brief Review of Rule 1.5 (a)
Stuart Revo, Esq.
42 How in the World?
Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq.
45 VBF - Thank You ATJ
48 A Lifetime of Giving: Pro Bono Attorney
Lila Shapero
Mary Ashcroft, Esq.
www.vtbar.org
“Form BEFORE substance.”
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