Attorney Robert B. Luce of the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC has been elected chair of the board of the Brain Injury Association of Vermont, an organization helping to create a better future for Vermonters with brain injury and their families through prevention, education, advocacy and support.
“It has been my honor to be an advocate for brain injury prevention and services in both my private law practice and in my service since 1999 on the board of directors,” Luce said. “I look forward to working with Trevor Squirrell, our exceptionally capable executive director, and the amazing staff at the BIA to lead this organization forward. Its critical mission is to bring Vermont to a place where brain injuries are prevented and those who already have a brain injury can get all the help they need.“
At DRM Luce is a director and owner and chairman of the firm’s Litigation Group. He has extensive experience managing and trying complex commercial litigation matters and for more than two decades has successfully represented brain and spinal cord injury victims and victims of other serious injuries. He is often called a “neurolawyer” because his practice requires that he be knowledgeable about the biomechanics of neurotrauma, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropsychology, neurorehabilitation and the special needs that accompany brain injury and spinal cord injury.
Luce maintains a traumatic brain injury blog that provides links to reliable information and monitors peer reviewed medical literature as well as public policy developments and translates this information into understandable summaries. He served as chair of the BIA for several years after the organization was formed, and has served on the board since 1999. He replaces Marsha Bancroft, an advocate at Disability Rights Vermont.
Downs Rachlin Martin is a full-service law firm with more than 60 attorneys and six 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, health law, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate and land use, environmental law, tax law and trusts and estates. The firm represents clients in legislative, regulatory and public affairs through the Government and Public Affairs group. DRM is the exclusive member firm in Vermont for Lex Mundi – the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience throughout the United States and in more than 100 countries worldwide.