Bruce Hesselbach
Attorney at Law

Office Bruce Hesselbach,
Attorney at Law
170 Canal Street
Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
Tel. (802) 254-0236
Fax (802) 254-0237

Mail To
hessel@sover.net

Bruce Hesselbach
     As a practicing lawyer who is admitted to practice in the states of Vermont and New York, I have been helping clients on a wide variety of matters since 1976.  I am a graduate of Yale University (BA cum laude 1972) and Villanova University School of Law (JD 1975).
 
     I am engaged in the general practice of law, including:
 
   Personal Injury
   Bankruptcy
   Collection of Accounts
   Worker's Compensation
   Wills, Estates and Trusts
   Real Estate
   Auto Accidents
   Litigation
   Landlord's Remedies
   Environmental Cases
 
     
 
PUBLIC SERVICE:  Member, 1998 to present, Chairman, 2002 to present, Newfane Conservation Commission.  The AVCC has designated the Newfane Conservation Commission as 2005 Conservation Commission of the year for "outstanding conservation efforts". Member, Board of Directors, Association of Vermont Conservation Commissions, 2002 - 2005.  Member, Board of Directors, Leland and Gray Union High School, 1995 - 2001.
 
REPORTED CASES:
  • LaShay v. Dept. of S.R.S., 160 Vt 60, 625 A.2d 224 (1993)
  • Gomez v. Gateway Demolition Corp., 293 A.D.2d 649, 740 N.Y.S.2d 652, N.Y. Slip Op. 03133 (2d Dept. 2002)
  • Solomon v. City of New York, 111 A.D.2d 383, 489 N.Y.S.2d 592 (2d Dept 1985) affd 70 N.Y.2d 675, 512 N.E.2d 546, 518 N.Y.S.2d 963 (1987)
  • Fisher Mechanical Corp. v. Gateway Demolition Corp., 247 A.D. 2d 579, 669 N.Y.S. 2d 347 (2d Dept 1998)
  • In re F.E.F., 156 Vt. 503 (1991)
  • Dover Town School District v. Simon, 162 Vt. 630, 620 A.2d 514 (1994)

ADMISSIONS TO BAR:
  • New York, 1976
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1978
  • U.S. Claims Court, 1979
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1984
  • Vermont, 1989
  • U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, 1989
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1991.

MEMBERSHIPS:
  • Vermont Bar Association
  • Vermont Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York


DEBT RELIEF:  My law firm provides debt relief services by representing people who file for bankruptcy relief under the applicable provisions of the United States Code.


LINKS:  Visit the Newfane Conservation Commission's web site at http://newfanecc.bravehost.com. You can see numerous hiking photos and pictures of my two Welsh terriers, Dickens and Fenster, at http://dickenshiking.bravehost.com.


WRITING:  I am the author of High Ledges, Green Mountains  (Bondcliff Books, 2005) subtitled My Section Hike of Vermont's Long Trail.  The book is available at local bookstores and also from the publisher for $18.95 plus $3.00 postage and handling.  Write Bondcliff Books, P.O. Box 385, Littleton, NH 03561 to order a copy. The book is also available online from The Mountain Wanderer.

As a member of the Londonderry Poets, I have contributed to their two books of poetry:  Blackberry Picking (1994) and Chancing the Weather (2000).

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