Burlington attorneys David J. Sylvester and William J. Dodge, directors at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, have assumed new leadership positions within the firm: Sylvester as chair of the Business Law Practice Group and Dodge as recruiting director. The announcement was made recently by the firm’s managing partner, Paul H. Ode, Jr.
“It is no small task to lead a practice group, while maintaining an active law practice,” said Ode. “David has ably led our recruitment efforts for many years, and I am pleased that he has agreed to take on this new management role. I am equally delighted to have Will’s energetic leadership as recruiting director to ensure that DRM’s strong emphasis on recruiting top candidates from quality law schools continues.”
Sylvester joined DRM in 1992, following graduation from Albany Law School. His law practice focuses in the areas of corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and real estate leasing agreements. Sylvester is a 1989 graduate of Middlebury College.
Dodge received his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 1999 and joined DRM the following year. His legal practice focuses primarily in telecommunications law, environmental and land use development, and electrical energy siting projects. Dodge is on the board of the Vermont Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Division, and he is an associate member of the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners.
DRM is a full-service law firm with more than 60 attorneys and offices in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York. DRM provides legal services to local, national and international clients in practice areas that include bankruptcy and business restructuring, business law, captive insurance, energy and telecommunications, family law, health law, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate and land use, environmental law, tax law and trusts and estates. The firm also represents clients in legislative, regulatory and public affairs. DRM is the law firm member for Vermont of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms.