Municipalities

Unsworth & Barra, PLC is counsel for a number of Vermont municipalities and has extensive experience in a wide variety of issues confronting Vermont’s cities and towns.

Particular areas of municipal representation may include:

• Real estate matters, including land acquisitions and conveyances;
• Land use law, including planning, zoning, affordable housing, inland wetlands, conservation, historic district commission, zoning enforcement, building code, sanitation and housing matters;
• Tax appeals and tax foreclosures, including summary tax foreclosures;
• Municipal tax sales and assignments of tax liens;
• Municipal bidding, contract negotiation and collection matters;
• Charter interpretation and revision;
• Drafting enactment and enforcement of municipal ordinances;
• Election laws and procedures;
• Civil rights matters;
• Freedom of Information issues, hearings and appeals; and
• Municipal governance, financing and intergovernmental relations

A municipality that uses the firm of Unsworth & Barra, PLC as its Town Attorney has all the resources of a large firm practice (depth of experience, paraprofessionals on staff, computer research capabilities) with very few of the drawbacks. With a much lower overhead than our big firm colleagues, we can afford to bill our municipal clients at a lower hourly rate.

Contact us today for a free initial consultation.