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Kohn Rath &
Meyer LLP is a
full service Vermont law firm located in the
Town of Hinesburg, providing a broad and comprehensive array of
legal services to our clients. Our attorneys have experience in many
practice areas of the law.
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Roger E. Kohn opened the practice in the Hinesburg Town Hall in
1974. David Rath joined the practice in 1979.
They soon outgrew the
Town Hall office, and moved to a circa 1856 parsonage on Main Street
in 1979. Gregg Meyer joined the
firm in 2001, after practicing in the Rutland area for a number of years.
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Attorney Biographies
 Roger E. Kohn was born in New Jersey
in 1945, and moved to Vermont in 1971. Roger was graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1967, with a major in physics. He
obtained his law degree magna cum laude (with high honors) from the
University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1971, where he was a
Comment Editor of the Law Review and a member of the Order of the
Coif. He received the Henry C. Loughlin prize for legal ethics.
Roger served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bernard J. Leddy, Chief
U.S. District Judge, and worked at Vermont Legal Aid before opening
his practice in Hinesburg.Roger is currently a Vice President of
the Chittenden County Bar Association, and a member of the Vermont Bar
Association and the Vermont
Trial Lawyers Association. He is a Director and founding member of the Vermont
Employment Lawyers Association, and a past chairman of the
Vermont Bar Association Workers' Compensation Committee. Roger is the
author of a series of articles on employment law, has taught
classes on the Uniform Commercial Code, and has been a presenter at
numerous seminars in the areas of trial practice, employment law, workers'
compensation, and legal
ethics. He is listed in the 2007 publication of SuperLawyers
magazine in the categories of general litigation, plaintiff's
personal injury, and employment law. Roger is admitted to practice before the
Vermont Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the
District of Vermont, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Roger was
a member of the Hinesburg Planning Commission for over 25
years, and is the managing partner of Kohn Rath & Meyer. Roger focuses
his practice in the areas of employment law, personal injury,
workers' compensation, commercial litigation, computer law, and real
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 David Rath was born in Washington,
D.C. in 1950 and grew up in Cooperstown, New York, moving to Vermont
in 1974. David was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1972 and from
the Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1979. David joined Roger Kohn as
an associate and entered private practice in Hinesburg. In 1981,
Roger and David formed the Kohn Rath & Meyer partnership. David
focuses his practice in the areas of civil litigation, personal
injury and wrongful death, bank counsel, modification and
restructuring of secured debt, real estate, and labor relations.
David is admitted to practice in the Vermont Supreme Court, the
United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit, and the United States District Court for the
District of Vermont.
David Rath was an adjunct professor of Business Law at St.
Michael's College for many years, and has presented a variety of
seminars and training sessions in the areas of his practice. He is a
member of the Vermont Bar Association, having served on the Board of
Managers of that organization for several years. He
has been active in community affairs, serving on the Monkton
Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment, and on the Mt.
Abraham Union High School Board of Directors, serving as Chair for
his last two years there.
David is an elite masters bicycle racer riding for the
Green Mountain Bike Club/Catamount race team. David won the
masters North American Road Championship in 2002 in Sutton
Quebec, the masters National Cyclocross Championship in 2001 and
2004, the Killington Stage Race in 2000, and the Green Mountain
Stage Race in 2001, 2002,and 2003. back to top
- Gregg M. Meyer was born in New York
in 1967, and
presently resides in Hinesburg. Gregg was graduated
from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and
Labor Relations in 1989. He received his law degree cum laude
(with honors) from Vermont Law School in 1992. Gregg is also a
graduate of the Vermont Leadership Institute of the Snelling Center
for Government.
Prior to joining the firm in 2001, Gregg Meyer was a staff attorney with Vermont Legal
Aid, Inc. in Rutland, Vermont and the South Royalton Legal Clinic in
South Royalton, Vermont, and was in private practice in Rutland for
a number of years. Gregg also has experience in the non-profit arena, working
with the Vermont School to Work Initiative and the Randolph
Community Development Corporation in Randolph, Vermont.
Gregg is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Vermont Trial Lawyers Association, and
the Vermont Bar Association. He
is admitted to practice before the Vermont Supreme Court and the
United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Gregg has a broad general practice, with a particular emphasis on
personal injury, litigation, employment and labor, landlord/tenant,
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Staff Biographies
- Kohn Rath & Meyer has an experienced staff dedicated to assisting
our clients with their legal needs.
 Michelle Chandler of Huntington, Vermont, joined
Kohn Rath & Meyer in 1996, after working eight years for a Burlington law
firm. Michelle's work includes coordination and document preparation
for real estate closings, work on
litigation matters, and general
office assistance. back to top
 Terry
Silva of Charlotte, Vermont, holds an Associate of Arts degree
from Colby-Sawyer College and a Paralegal Certificate from
Burlington College. Terry is a former Charlotte Town Clerk.
Terry does paralegal work on a broad variety of different types of
cases, as well as general document preparation and bookkeeping.
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 Kim
Lux of South Burlington, Vermont, graduated from O'Sullivan
College in Montreal. Kim is a very experienced paralegal,
having been a legal assistant since 1991.
Kim is responsible for paralegal work on
personal injury and litigation matters, as well as general document
preparation.
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