Attorney Matthew S Borick, of Burlington, was elected to membership as a director at the northern New England law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC at the firm’s annual meeting. Borick, a litigation lawyer, focuses his practice in the areas of intellectual property, commercial disputes, computer crimes and cyberlaw, as well as defense of personal injury and other tort actions and insurance coverage. He graduated first-in-class from the University of New Hampshire School of Law in 2003 and joined DRM the same year. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dickinson College, Borick also earned a master’s degree from Northwestern University. Borick serves as the Defense Research Institute's Young Lawyer State and Local Defense Organization Liaison for Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. In addition, he is the Vermont Vice President of the Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association. A member of the 2007 class of the Leadership Champlain Program sponsored by the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce.