McCormick, Fitzpatrick, Kasper, and Burchard, P.C. Search Home About Us The Team Practice Areas News Contact Dan Burchard Mediation Trial Attorney Send an email to Dan. dlb@mc-fitz.com Dan has almost thirty years of experience as a civil litigator in Vermont, serving as lead counsel in more than thirty jury trials in which he has represented the interests of his alma mater (UVM), large corporations and fellow Vermonters. In addition to trial work, Dan has extensive experience providing insurance coverage advice to insurers, insureds and fellow members of the bar. AREAS OF PRACTICE: General Civil Litigation Insurance Law (Coverage Litigation & Advice) Construction Litigation Disability Insurance/ERISA Litigation EDUCATION: Burlington High School (Academic Top 10, Class of 1979) Middlebury College, 1979-1981 University of Vermont (B.A., Psychology; summa cum laude, 1983) Stanford Law School (J.D. with distinction, 1987) BAR ADMISSIONS: Massachusetts, 1987 (inactive) U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1988 (inactive) Vermont, 1989 U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, 1989 U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1993 PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Litigation Associate, Hill & Barlow, Boston, MA, 1987-1988 AFFILIATIONS and MEMBERSHIPS (and Community Service): Co-President, Sarah Holbrook Community Center, 1995-1996 Member, Vermont Bar Association, 1989 – Member, Vermont Bar Association’s Arbitration of Fee Disputes Committee, 1990 – Board Member, Disability Rights Vermont, Inc., 2007 – Coach, Burlington Amateur Hockey Ass’n, 2003-2009 HONORS: Charles A. Dana Scholar, Middlebury College, 1980 Donald A. Forgays Outstanding Senior, UVM Dept. of Psychology, 1983 Member, Phi Beta Kappa, UVM Chapter, 1983 Member, Order of the Coif, Stanford Chapter, 1987 Matt M. Goldstein award for outstanding Stanford University graduate paper addressing a topic related to children, 1987 New England SuperLawyers, 2009 – present Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2011 – present (President, Vermont Chapter, 2018) The Best Lawyers In America – Insurance Law & Litigation -Construction, 2012 – present 4 0 G e o r g e S t , B u r l i n g t o n , V T 0 5 4 0 2 · T : ( 8 0 2 ) 8 6 3 - 3 4 9 4 · F : ( 8 0 2 ) 8 6 5 - 9 7 4 7 · website by Mike Brayton