MIDDLEBURY — Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP is pleased to announce that Michele B. Patton has been named a partner.
Patton represents individuals and businesses in a wide range of legal issues, and is based in the Middlebury office. Her litigation practice includes workers’ compensation claims, personal injury cases, trust and estate litigation, and general civil litigation matters.
She also assists individuals and businesses with employment-related issues, including discrimination, wrongful termination, workers’ compensation, unemployment, compliance with state and federal employment laws, misclassification of employees and independent contractors, and transgender and other LBGT issues in the workplace.
Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Patton worked with victims of domestic violence through Bay Area Legal Aid and the California Asylum Representation Clinic. In 2008, she was chosen as a Herma Hill Kay Fellow for her work advocating for domestic violence victims. In law school, she was an editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal and the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law. She also published an article on California ballot initiatives in the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law.
Patton currently lives in Bristol. She enjoys hiking, skiing and boating. She is active in P.E.O., a nonprofit organization supporting women’s education. She serves on a Hearing Panel for the Vermont Professional Responsibility Board, which reviews cases of attorney misconduct. She is on the Board of Directors of the Sara Holbrook Community Center and the Vermont Association for Justice.