BarrSternberg

BarrSternberg Ranked by US News & World Report as one of the best law firms in Vermont, BarrSternberg is a full service firm established since 1981.

Ranked by US News & World Report as one of the best law firms in Vermont, BarrSternberg is a full service firm that has built its reputation on nearly four decades of premier legal counsel in criminal defense, personal injury/wrongful death and family law. With Michael Munson joining as partner in 2015, the firm expanded its expertise to also include bankruptcy. Known first and foremost for its pa

ssionate championing of individual cases that level the playing field-from personal injury and wrongful death cases, where their clients have sought to recoup damages from responsible corporations and insurance companies; to criminal defense where the accused have sought fairness and justice from the government; to bankruptcy cases that seek reasonable relief from gigantic financial institutions–BarrSternberg has a firmly rooted history in Vermont and has served more than 4,000 individual Vermonters since 1981. FINDING A GOOD LAWYER
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BarrSternberg attorneys have been educated in the nation’s most competitive colleges and have amassed years of litigation experience as federal and state defenders, state’s attorneys, assistant state’s attorneys, among a diversity of other private practice work. They have argued in front of state supreme courts and were lead counsel in landmark cases still taught in some law schools today. BarrSternberg has built a team of natural litigators with an ability to think quickly on their feet, superb investigators who leave no stone unturned; experienced and creative researchers with a dedication to detail; known for their loyal, tireless client advocacy.

02/13/2026

Our offices will be closed after 11:30 today and we will be closed on Monday, February 16 in observance of Presidents’ Day.

01/27/2026

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𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 in Shaftsbury and Bennington 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐅𝐎𝐀. 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭. 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐟𝐚𝐛) 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐅𝐎𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐. 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭. 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐅𝐎𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 parts of Shaftsbury and parts of Bennington 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭. If your well is contaminated has been tested showing ANY amount of PFOA contamination, or if you live near neighbors with contaminated wells, and you are interested in pursuing legal remedies for compensation for property value diminution, nuisance, inconvenience and concern, please 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝟖𝟎𝟐-𝟒𝟒𝟐-𝟔𝟑𝟒𝟏 and ask to speak to our paralegal, Didi. 𝐎𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞@𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠.𝐜𝐨𝐦.
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01/22/2026

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𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐅𝐎𝐀. 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭. 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐟𝐚𝐛) 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐅𝐎𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐. 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭. 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐅𝐎𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝟖𝟎𝟐-𝟒𝟒𝟐-𝟔𝟑𝟒𝟏 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐅𝐎𝐀 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐢. 𝐎𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞@𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠.𝐜𝐨𝐦
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Please join us in congratulating Alexander ‘Al’ Dean, who has been named a shareholding partner, effective January 1, 20...
12/20/2025

Please join us in congratulating Alexander ‘Al’ Dean, who has been named a shareholding partner, effective January 1, 2026. Since joining the firm in 2018, Al has become an integral part of our litigation and appellate practice. He’s known for his thoughtful advocacy, sharp legal analysis, and deep commitment to his clients—and we’re proud to welcome him into partnership. Read our full announcement, and join us in congratulating our newest partner here:

BARRSTERNBERG MOSS, SILVER & MUNSON ANNOUNCE NEW SHAREHOLDING PARTNER December 19, 2025 BarrSternberg No comments BENNINGTON, VT — BarrSternberg, Moss, Silver & Munson PC, one of Southern Vermont’s most respected and established law firms, proudly announces that Alexander “Al” M. Dean has b...

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02/06/2025

PARALEGAL

Barr Sternberg Moss Silver & Munson, PC., an established general practice law firm in Bennington, Vermont is seeking to hire a paralegal. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits. Paralegal experience is preferred. Competency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook and Word is required.

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08/13/2024

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07/09/2024

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07/05/2024

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03/29/2023

Job Opportunity: Paralegal/Receptionist

We are seeking to hire a paralegal/receptionist. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits. Experience is preferred. Competency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook and Word is required. Position will involve some receptionist duties; paralegal support for a Trust and Estate practice and for a general litigation practice. Please email your resume to [email protected].

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