E-Mail:  MFHanley@PlanteHanley.Com                            

Telephone:  (802) 295 - 3151 Ext. 102

Areas of Practice:  Civil and criminal litigation with an emphasis on complex medical, scientific and economic issues.

Litigation:  90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation.

Admitted:  New Hampshire; U. S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; Vermont; U. S. District Court, District of Vermont; U. S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, First Circuit.

Education:   Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1976; St. Lawrence University, B.A., 1972.

Representative Cases: 

Blanchard v. Eli Lilly & Co., 207 F. Supp. 2d 308 (D. Vt. 2002);

Honadle v. University of Vermont, 115 F. Supp. 2d 468 (D. VT. 2000);

Ulm v. Ford, 150 Vt. 281(2000)

Earle v. State of Vermont, 170 Vt. 183 (1999)

Thompson v. Dewey's South Royalton, 169 Vt. 274 (1999)

Waters v. Concord Group, Ins., 169 Vt. 534 (1999)

Webb v. Navistar Intn'l. Transp. Corp., 166 Vt. 119 (1997) (amicus)

Columb v. Columb, 161 Vt. 103 (1993)

Barnhart-Graham Auto, Inc. v. Green Mountain Bank, 786 F.Supp. 394 (1992)

Quechee Lakes Rental Corp. v. Boggess, 158 Vt. 114 (1991)

 Crump v. P & C Food Markets, Inc., 154 Vt. 284 (1990)

Brennen v. The Mogul Corp., 151 Vt. 91 (1988)

Sutfin v. Southworth, 149 Vt. 67 (1987)

Spaulding v. Cahill, 147 Vt. 273 (1986)

Benoir v. Ethan Allen, Inc., 147 Vt. 268 (1986)

Russo v. Griffin, 147 Vt. 20 (1986)

Vermont National Bank v. Dowrick, 144 Vt. 504 (1984)

State v. Carter, 142 Vt. 588 (1983)

Martin v. Town of Springfield, 141 Vt. 554 (1982)

Thorburn v. Town of Norwich, 141 Vt. 242 (1982)

Burroughs v. West Windsor Bd. of Sch. Dir., 141 Vt. 234 (1982)

Brower v. Holmes Transp. Inc., 140 Vt. 114 (1981)

McLaughry v. Town of Norwich, 140 Vt. 49 (1981)

Macey v. James, M.D., 139 Vt. 270 (1981)

Burroughs v. West Windsor Bd. of Sch. Dir., 138 Vt. 575 (1980)

Beresford v. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., 138 Vt. 308 (1980)

 Kilfasset Farms v. State Highway Board, 135 Vt. 363 (1977)

Honors:  Phi Beta Kappa; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Vermont Chapter, 1996); Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating; Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation.

Affiliations:  Vermont Bar Association; American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Born:  1950.

Family:  Married; Four children.