VERMONT - Key Persons
Mr. Lambek is the recipient of the ACLU - Vermont Cooperating Attorney Award for 2012. He is the author of the novel Uncivil Liberties, a legal mystery set in Montpelier. He has been awarded the highest Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
After a five-year career as an elementary school teacher, Bernie Lambek attended Yale Law School. He then served as law clerk for two years at the Vermont Supreme Court in Montpelier, followed by two years as law clerk to the late Judge Fred I. Parker of the United States District Court in Burlington. After joining this firm in 1992, Mr. Lambek took a year's leave in 1994-95 to serve as Judge Parker's law clerk on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Scott Cameron served as Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Personnel from January 1985 until October 1987. Previously Mr. Cameron held the position of Assistant Attorney General, assigned to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Personnel.
Mr. Cameron's present practice emphasizes labor and employment law, the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, mediation and arbitration. His clients include individuals, businesses, school districts and municipalities throughout Vermont. Mr. Cameron's practice includes such diverse areas as employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, professional regulation, and the mediation and arbitration of disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements.
The Board of Trustees of the Vermont Law School elected J. Scott Cameron as Trustee Emeritus in recognition of his long standing commitment and service to the Vermont Law School. Mr. Cameron was a member of the VLS Board of Trustees from 1984 to 2010 and served as its Chair from 2001 to 2010. Mr. Cameron was awarded the honorary degree of Juris Doctor Honoris Causa from VLS and was the inaugural recipient of the VLS Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011. Mr. Cameron has been awarded the AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Practice Areas
Collective Bargaining
Phil Zalinger's practice is concentrated in the areas of commercial transactions, financing, business planning, corporate law, real property, and land use. Mr. Zalinger serves as general counsel to the Vermont Economic Development Authority and represents numerous for-profit and not-for-profit corporate enterprises in the conduct of their business affairs, including contract negotiation, administration, governmental regulation, and real property transactions. He is regularly engaged in business transfers and development involving financing provided by institutional lenders in both the private and public sectors.
Mr. Zalinger served for six years as Chair of the District 5 Environmental Commission, charged with administering Act 250, Vermont's Land Use and Development Law. Mr. Zalinger formerly served as Chair of the Montpelier Development Review Board and as Chair of the Fairlee Development Review Board. He is an elected Justice of the Peace, Secretary/Treasurer of the Vermont Football Officials Association, and a women's lacrosse umpire. Mr. Zalinger has been awarded the AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Job Titles:
- of Counsel
- Principal of the Firm of Kurrle
Rob Halpert has been engaged in the general practice of law in Montpelier since 1983. In 1986 Mr. Halpert became principal of the firm of Kurrle and Halpert, and operated that firm until 1992 when he became counsel to Main Street Law, LLP.
Stephen Cusick joined Main Street Law, LLP as an associate in 2004 after graduating summa cum laude from Vermont Law School where he ranked 3rd in his class. Mr. Cusick's practice primarily involves litigation, with a focus on workers' compensation, consumer fraud, employment discrimination, personal injury, property law, foreclosure matters, bankruptcy, and public records law. He also provides foreclosure mediation services.
Mr. Cusick previously served as editor of a weekly Vermont newspaper and as co-editor of a monthly environmental news journal with the National Audubon Society. While at Vermont Law School, Mr. Cusick authored an article for the Vermont Law Review and co-authored another article. Mr. Cusick also spent a semester as a law clerk assisting low-income clients at the South Royalton Legal Clinic. He previously served with Volunteers in Service to America where he organized public participation in the utility rate-setting process.
Practice Areas
Civil Litigation