Law Offices of Jay Abramson @ Kingdomlawyers.com

Employment cases

These cases involve problems that occur in the workplace, such as:

• Wrongful dismissal
• Sexual harassment
• Age discrimination
• Abusive or oppressive treatment
• Worker’s compensation

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Real Estate matters

Among other things, these involve representing buyers and sellers in all facets of real estate matters such as:

• Deeds
• Mortgages
• Title searches
• Surveying
• Boundary lines
• Rights of way
• Tax appeals
• Landlord and tenant relations
• Zoning
• Act 250
• Construction contracts and litigation

Elder law and “End of Life” concerns

Elder law focuses on the special legal needs of older persons. Counsel and preparation of common estate planning documents such as Wills, Powers of Attorney and Trusts is often the beginning. Effective planning for Medicaid coverage for long term care requires attention to detail and the individual’s goals. Often, people are uncomfortable planning for their death or disability. What will become of their property when they die? How will their affairs be managed when they are no longer able to manage things themselves? These are some of the most sensitive, serious, and significant problems that anyone will ever deal with. Many times elder estate planning involve one or more of the following:

• Wills
• Trusts
• Guardianships
• Durable powers of attorney
• Healthcare powers of attorney
• Living wills
• Medicare planning
• Social Security
• Nursing home care and financing

Family Law matters Among other things, these involve:

• Divorces
• Pre-nuptial agreements
• Child custody orders
• Child support orders
• Relief from abuse
• Juvenile petitions and juvenile court
• Adoptions

Personal injury, “accident”, worker’s compensation, or Social Security disability cases.

These cases involve physical or emotional injuries or disabilities. Often, the injuries are caused by some person’s carelessness, by a defective product, or by some employment-related circumstance. Most lawsuits or claims “settle out of court”, but when they don’t, we present them in front of juries, or judges, or administrative tribunals. Over the years, we have represented clients with a wide variety of injuries or disabilities. Some of them are the following:

• Death of a child
• Death of a middle-aged husband
• Projectile penetration of the brain, resulting in partial paralysis and partial blindness
• Closed head injury
• Burst fracture of the spine, resulting in spinal fusion, Harrington rods, and immobilization of 6 vertebrae;
• Fracture/dislocation of the hip
• Ankle fracture
• Burns
• Food poisoning
• Cartilage and ligament injuries to the knee joint and kneecap
• Degenerative joint disease
• Ruptured spinal disc
• Cardiovascular disorders
• Fibromyalgia, chronic myofascial pain syndrome, and chronic fatigue
• Psychiatric and psychological disorders

Business matters

These cases include business formation for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships as well as the purchase and sale of business and related commercial transactions.

I graduated from Harvard Law School in 1961, and from Harvard Business School in 1963. I have been practicing in Vermont since 1965. Virtually my entire career as a lawyer has involved litigation - preparing cases for trial, or trying cases, in front of juries, judges, or administrative tribunals. I was a full-time criminal prosecutor for 14 years, a part-time criminal prosecutor for 10 years, and a Public Defender for 1 year. The balance of my career has been spent in civil (that is, not criminal) litigation, with an emphasis on personal injury cases.

For me, the most satisfying part of being a lawyer is trying to help people who have gotten a raw deal of one kind or another. In the 37 years that I have been a lawyer, every day makes me aware of a different way in which life folds, spindles, or mutilates people; and every day teaches me new ways to work with the law to help those people. I care about people; I care about their problems; and I feel that I am the luckiest man in the world to be able to work for the people who were my clients in the past and who are my clients today.

slium@kingdomlawyers.com

At Abramson Law Office, “the practice of law” is about people, and we work with the law to try to help people with their needs, concerns and problems. Dedicated to giving serious and conscientious attention to any matter that concerns you is the corner stone of our firms philosophy.

Abramson Law Office consists of lawyers and support staff. Our practice is concentrated in certain areas of the law. Many of the areas that we practice in are described in another part of this website. (“Services we Provide”). We believe that we offer a high quality of service in those areas.

If you do not see your particular area of concern addressed, please contact us to discuss your individual needs. If you would like to learn more about the individuals in our office, please click on the “Profiles” option of this website for individual profiles.

To reach us by phone, please call: 802-748-6200

To reach us by fax, please call: 802-748-4672

To reach us by email, write to: info@kingdomlawyers.com

Office hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m to 4:30 pm.

We are located at: 1107 Main Street in St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Directions: In St. Johnsbury, we are on the same side of the street as the US Post Office, and we are the third building after the Post Office, as you go south, toward the St. Johnsbury Academy.

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Jay C. Abramson

Jay C. Abramson has practiced law since receiving his degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1985. After practicing at legal aid representing primarily elders in the Chicago area for 6 years, he moved to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont in 1991. As a staff attorney for Vermont Legal Aid he continued to be engaged in litigation for low income Vermonters.

In 1995 he opened the Law Offices of Jay C. Abramson on Main Street in St. Johnsbury with the goal of providing personal quality legal services to all clients in a general law practice. This philosophy is the cornerstone for the firm. Mr. Abramson handles a variety of litigation, real estate, and disability matters.

For the past 10 years Jay Abramson devotes a significant amount of his practice to elder law issues. In May of 2005 Jay became a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. Elder law is the legal practice of counseling and representing older persons and their representatives about the legal aspects of health and long-term care planning, public benefits, surrogate decision-making, older persons’ legal capacity, the conservation, disposition and administration of older persons’ estates and the implementations of their decisions concerning such matters, giving due consideration to the applicable tax consequences of the action, or the need for more sophisticated tax expertise. The National Elder Law Foundation is accredited by the American Bar Association.

jabramson@kingdomlawyers.com

David has been with firm since 1999. Initially as a law clerk in the Vermont four-year clerkship program, and then as an attorney after being admitted to the Vermont Bar in 2001. His areas of practice are Social Security disability, real estate, employment law, representing seniors in various issues, and litigation.

David is a graduate of the University of the South West located in Bristol, England. (B.A. Politics & History, 1987). Originally an electrician, he retains a New Hampshire Masters’ license. He undertook the Vermont four-year clerkship program both for the career change it allowed and the intellectual challenge it presented.

Born in the United Kingdom, he lived in England until 1980. During the early 1980’s he lived in California and Mississippi, and has resided in Franconia, N.H. since 1988 with his wife and two sons. He still tries to stay active with running, tennis, and soccer.

dstrange@kingdomlawyers.com

Michael Youngblood-Paralegal

Michael started with the firm in 1998 as an intern from Woodbury College in Montpelier, where he studied a wide range of subjects from Advocacy and Contracts to Legal Research and Writing and Intellectual Property. Upon completion of the Woodbury College Paralegal Studies program, Michael was hired by the firm and worked in developing Social Security Disability Claims, Real Estate Title work, and Litigation support. Michael moved to Arizona where he volunteered at Community Legal Services, which is an advocacy firm for low-income people, helping out in the Consumer Fraud and Labor Law divisions. Upon rejoining the firm, Michael continues his work in Social Security, Real Estate and Civil Litigation, as well as assisting the firm in their Elder Law practice.

myoungblood@kingdomlawyers.com