An active attorney is considered in good standing if admitted in Vermont and current on licensing requirements and fees, as well as mandatory continuing legal education requirements.  An inactive attorney is considered in good standing if admitted in Vermont and current on licensing requirements and fees.

 

An attorney is NOT considered in good standing if suspended for any reason, retired or disbarred in Vermont.

 

A list of attorneys in good standing is available at

http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/bbe/bbelibrary/PublicAttorneyInformation.htm 

If your name does not appear on this list, contact

The expiration date for attorneys in Group I is June 30, 2008. The expiration date for attorneys in Group II is June 30, 2009.  A listing of all attorneys in good standing with their Group number is available at

Please send your request for a Certificate of Good Standing to Attorney Licensing, 2418 Airport Road, Suite 2, Barre, VT  05641, along with the fee of $3.00.  Please allow two weeks for processing.  Your certificate will be mailed to the address you provide; there is no need to provide a return envelope.  No phone or fax requests, please.

 

If you also need your disciplinary history, please mail a separate request for a Greivance History Report to the Vermont Supreme Court, Professional Responsibility Program, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT  05609-0703 Attn:  Deb Laferriere

 

 

Active attorneys pay $400 for the 2 year reporting period. Inactive attorneys pay $150 for the 2 year reporting period. There is a $100 reinstatement fee for licensing statements received after July 1.

Links to the licensing statement and CLE affidavit will be emailed on May 1 to the email address you have provided.  Forms are no longer mailed through the postal service.  There will also be a link to both the attorney licensing statement and CLE affidavit on this website.  Please email any address changes to jud-attylicensing@state.vt.us

In most instances, by returning the fully completed licensing statement form with the licensing fee plus the $100 reinstatement fee. If more than a year has passed since you were suspended, contact jud-attylicensing@state.vt.us for details.

If it has been less than 3 years from when you were placed on inactive status, it probably will just require payment of the pro-rated active attorney fee. If more than three years has passed, you will need to complete 20 hours of continuing legal education pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/BBE/CLERulesRegs.htm, before reinstatement. Contact jud-attylicensing@state.vt.us for specifics.

Inactive attorneys are relieved from the CLE requirements during their inactive period. See section 8 of the Rules for MCLE, http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/BBE/CLERulesRegs.htm.

Yes. Continuing legal education needs to be taken by attorneys during the period they are active. If the CLE has not been completed at the time the attorney changes to inactive status, they are placed on  "Special Waiver" status and will need to complete those 20 hours of CLE before they can be reinstated. This is in addition to the 20 hours required of those who have been inactive for more than 3 years. See Section 8 of the Rules for MCLE, http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/BBE/CLERulesRegs.htm.

Attorneys who have changed from active to inactive status without completing their CLE requirement for the period in which they were active are placed on Special Waiver status. This means that before they can reactivate their license, the outstanding 20 hours of CLE will need to be completed within 2 years of the date on which they wish to go active.

We are located in Suite 2 on 2418 Airport Road, Barre.  Take Exit 7 off of I-89.  At the third stoplight near Central Vermont Hospital, take a right and go one mile.  The cream building is on the left across from the airport runway and has a sign which reads Board of Bar Examiners and Vermont Environmental Court.

Frequently Asked Questions on IOLTA accounts are available at http://www.vtbar.org/Upload%20Files/WebPages/Vermont%20Bar%20Foundation/faq.pdf

The Vermont Bar Foundation determines what happens to the funds held in an IOLTA, once the Foundation receives those funds.  All questions regarding IOLTA accounts should be directed to the Vermont Bar Foundation at dbailey@vtbarfndn.org

 

The Rules of Professional Conduct at Rules 1.15, 1.15A, 1.15B, 1.15C http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/prbrules/Rule-1.pdf determine the attorney's obligations in regard to maintaining an IOLTA.  Rule 1.15B state, in pertinent part, "(a) lawyer or law firm which receives client funds shall create and maintain a pooled interest-bearing trust account for deposit of client funds".  If, after reviewing the aplicable rules, an attorney still has questions, that attorney is welcomed to call Bar Counsel for further information at 802-828-3204.

 

Administrative Order 41 is available at http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/BBE/bbelibrary/AO%2041%2012-06.pdf

 

 

Checks should be made payable to ATTORNEY LICENSING and mailed with the form(s) to 2418 Airport Road, Suite 2, Barre, VT  05641

Beginning June 30, 2006, an attorney who is licensed and in good standing in another state or the District of Columbia and who is not currently suspended or disbarred in any state or the District of Columbia, must fill out the pro hac vice licensing form available at http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/eforms/Application_for_Pro_Hac_Vice.pdf and mail it with a Certificate of Good Standing and the $200 fee to Attorney Licensing, 2418 Airport Road, Suite 2, Barre, VT 05641.  Checks should be made payable to Attorney Licensing.  You may also request that a form be faxed or emailed to you by contacting jud-attylicensing@state.vt.us ;or calling (802) 828-3281.   A.O. 41 is available at http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/BBE/bbelibrary/AO%2041%2012-06.pdf

Please allow 2 weeks for processing of the pro hac vice application.  Within that time, a pro hac vice licensing card will be mailed to the address provided.  Once you receive the card, you will need to file it in the court in which the case is pending, along with a motion by a member of the Vermont Bar, pursuant to V.R.C.P. 79.1(e), V.R.Cr.P. 44.2(b), V.R.F.P. 15(e), V.R.P.P. 79.1(d), and V.R.A.P. 45.1(e), if not previously filed in that case.  You will be notified by that court once your motion has been granted.

No, you do not have to pay the fee or fill out a pro hac vice licensing statement, but you do need to comply with V.R.A.P. 45.1(e) and have the Vermont-licensed attorney who has entered an appearance in the case file a motion with the Supreme Court for permission for you to appear pro hac vice on appeal.   A copy of the pro hac vice licensing card previously obtained should be filed with the motion for permission to appear in the Supreme Court.

No, the Court Administrator has the discretion to waive the pro hac vice fee.  You will need to submit a supporting statement attesting to the indigent status of your client(s) and your agreement to represent your client(s) pro bono along with a completed pro hac vice licensing statement form.  If your request for a waiver of the fee is denied, you will need to pay the fee before you receive your pro hac vice licensing card.

Yes.  A separate application and fee must be submitted for each case in which you wish to appear pro hac vice.

Yes.

Yes.  You must be able to appear in court in at least one other state jurisdiction.

No, you may continue to appear in the particular case without filling out the form and submitting the fee.  However, should you decide to appeal the matter, you will still need to comply with V.R.A.P. 45.1 and have a motion filed to appear before the Supreme Court.  Any further actions filed in a related matter will not be covered by a previously granted motion to appear pro hac vice.

Yes, if the administrative body is governed by the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure.

A Certificate of Good Standing from another jurisdiction which is filed with an application for admission pro hac vice cannot be dated more than six months from the date of the pro hac vice application.

A listing of out-of-state attorneys who have been issued pro hac vice licenses, their sponsoring attorney and the name of the case is available at http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/BBE/bbelibrary/Pro_Hac_Vice.htm