James Dumont Atty At Law PC

The Law Office of James A. Dumont, Esq., P.C. was established in Bristol, Vermont, by James A. Dumont in 2003. Mr. Dumont graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1975 and earned his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1978, where he was co-Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. Following law school, he clerked for the Hon. James S. Holden, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, and served as a Public Defender for two years.

The firm concentrates on civil and administrative litigation, representing clients in areas such as Environmental and Energy Law, Zoning, Act 250, Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation, and Employment Law. Mr. Dumont has a background in legal education, having taught Environmental and Land Use Litigation at Vermont Law School. He also served as the Reporter for the Vermont Supreme Court's Advisory Committees on various procedural rules for seven years and later as a voting member of the Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure for thirty years. Additionally, he is a past President of the Vermont Employment Lawyers Association and a trained mediator. In 2001, Mr. Dumont received the Vermont Bar Association's Public Service Award. The firm's office is located in Bristol, and it serves clients throughout Vermont.