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Tao Law Office is a general practice law firm located in Burlington,
Vermont. We advise and represent individuals, non-profits, and
businesses, solving their legal problems and needs of various kinds.
From creating/reviewing documents to litigation, we offer a wide array
of services at reasonable rates. We serve clients in Vermont,
Connecticut, and beyond.

My experience navigating Vermont’s complex regulatory environment assists the Stitzel, Page & Fletcher, P.C., in providing a broad range of services to its local government, institutional and educational clients. I am well-versed in addressing real estate, environmental, and zoning and land use permitting issues and in litigating commercial, land development and real estate disputes in Vermont’s state and federal courts. I also serve the Firm’s public clients by managing complex financial, real estate and environmental permitting transactions, including low-income and senior housing projects funded with community development block grants; flood hazard mitigation property acquisitions; “brownfield” and contaminated property redevelopment; road, stormwater and other infrastructure improvement projects; agricultural, forest and open space conservation ventures; and recreational trail and land trust acquisitions.. Prior to joining Stitzel, Page & Fletcher, P.C., I was associated with another Burlington law firm, where I counseled private clients in environmental, zoning and land use permitting and in commercial litigation. Before moving to private practice, I served as a law clerk to the Honorable Merideth Wright and the Honorable Thomas S. Durkin at the Vermont Environmental Court.. I received my J.D., cum laude, from Vermont Law School in 2004, where I was a Note Editor for the Vermont Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Advisory Board. In 2001, I received his bachelor’s degree in American History from Northwestern University.. I am a member of the Vermont Planners Association Executive Committee, as well as the American Bar Association, the Vermont Bar Association and the Chittenden County Bar Association. From 2012 to 2014, I served as the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division District 1 Representative, representing the young lawyers divisions of both the Vermont and Maine Bar Associations.

Mark A. Sylvester is a trial lawyer specializing in complex civil litigation including personal injury, wrongful death, aviation law, motor vehicle accidents, cruise ship accidents, premise liability, and product liability. Mr. Sylvester has been consistently recognized as one of the top lawyers in Florida by numerous periodicals, including the South Florida Legal Guide and Florida Trend magazine.. As a licensed pilot, Mr. Sylvester brings a unique expertise to cases involving aviation crashes and aviation law.  He has extensive experience and background in all manner and types of personal injury and wrongful death cases.. Mr. Sylvester was elected to the Board of Directors for the Dade County Bar Association in 2004, and appointed in 2005 to the Board of Directors for Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., an organization that provides free legal services to the low income community in areas of housing, employment, government benefits, special education, and community economic development. In July of 2007, Mr. Sylvester was elected Chair of the American Justice Association’s Federal Tort Claim and Military Advocacy Section. He previously held the position of chair-elect in 2006, and secretary of the section in 2005.. Mr. Sylvester is a cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Law where he was a member of the University of Miami Business Law Review. He was co-founder of the University of Miami School of Law’s Aviation Law Society and served as the organizations first vice-president and thereafter president.  He completed his undergraduate studies at Middlebury College (Vermont) where he graduated cum laude and was a member of the NCAA Men’s Varsity Basketball Team, 1991-1994.

Justin is an intellectual property attorney focused on bringing practical and value laden solutions to clients with intellectual property needs.  He assists clients in all areas of intellectual property, including patenting inventions, litigating infringement disputes, negotiating intellectual property agreements, advising on trademarks, copyrights, and trade secret protection, and assisting with open source software licensing.. Justin's clients include start-up companies and individuals, as well as more mature organizations. He works with each client to develop an intellectual property strategy tailored to their specific needs, focusing on intellectual property identification and acquisition strategies for those newer to IP and robust global protection strategies for others.  In all cases, Justin uses his prior business management and consulting experience to help clients identify and pursue the most cost-effective solution to their intellectual property needs. He also helps reduce the uncertainty associated with development and protection of intellectual property and has created several fix-fee packages to help clients to get started on and to maintain an IP program that fits their budget and provides cost certainty.. Justin’s patent work experience spans several technological disciplines, including alternative energy, clean technology, electrochemical, electromechanical devices and processes, chemical processes, nutraceuticals, power electronics design and monitoring, mechanical devices and processes, hydrocarbon refining processes, and computer hardware and software. Justin also proactively assists clients in development of global IP strategies and patent portfolio development.

Erik’s background in urban planning and public policy involving affordable housing and tax policy feeds his interest in many of the firm’s practice areas.  Erik works in all aspects of the firm’s regulatory practices, including renewable energy, telecommunications, and public utilities.  He also supports the firm’s civil litigation practice.

Andy has more than twenty years of experience handling regulatory matters in the fields of environmental permitting, energy regulation, and public utility law. In his current practice, he represents a wide range of clients in heavily-regulated industries, including renewable energy developers and telecommunications companies.. Andythrives on the details of large, complex proceedings that involve highly technical, scientific, and environmental considerations. He relies on his extensive experience working at both state and federal regulatory agencies to help clients navigate permitting and government-oversight issues.. Andy takes a systematic and collaborative approach to meeting his clients' needs. Starting with the initial fatal-flaw analysis, he works with clients to map out the legal framework, risks, needs, and costs of their projects, from pre-permitting studies through post-approval regulatory filings. At the same time, Andy assists clients with the myriad collateral issues that invariably arise, such as due diligence for financial closings, tax determinations, property interests, and power purchase agreements.. Andy has had the good fortune (and fortitude) to be on the leading edge of commercial-scale wind energy and solar energy development in Vermont, which gives him no small measure of personal satisfaction. He is also increasingly involved in work for clients in the telecommunications industry, representing them in regulatory and court proceedings and advising them on many aspects of regulation in this rapidly evolving sector.