Gregory A. Weimer

Background

Gregory A. Weimer was born on June 15, 1961, in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He subsequently built his professional life in Vermont, where his education, court service, legal practice, and bar activities have been concentrated.

Education

Weimer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont in 1984. Located in Burlington, the university is Vermont's principal public research institution and has long combined liberal-arts education with professional and scientific study.

He earned a Juris Doctor degree cum laude from Vermont Law School in 1988. The law school, located in South Royalton, is known for legal education focused on public service, environmental law, and advocacy. During his studies, Weimer served as a research editor of the Vermont Law Review in 1987–1988.

Career

Weimer began his legal career as a law clerk to the Vermont District and Superior Courts in Bennington from 1988 to 1989. He was admitted to practice in Vermont and the United States District Court for the District of Vermont in 1989, later gaining admission in Maine and its federal district court in 1991 and in New Hampshire in 1993.

He subsequently practiced with Friedman & Babcock as a partner. His documented work has included trial and appellate advocacy in state and federal courts, personal-injury and employment litigation, insurance disputes, medical-malpractice and products-liability matters, workers' compensation, business and commercial law, and federal criminal law. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, defended toxic-tort cases, and represented national oil refiners in environmental litigation involving the gasoline additive MTBE.

Weimer later practiced with Kirkpatrick & Goldsborough, PLLC, a Burlington-area full-service litigation firm founded in 2006. The firm's practice encompasses personal injury, medical malpractice, criminal defense, family law, and related civil litigation. Weimer's work there has included mediation as well as trial and appellate advocacy, including representation in federal insurance-coverage litigation and environmental matters.

His legal writing has addressed state constitutional analysis, expert evidence under Daubert, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, arranger liability under federal environmental law, and procedural issues in Vermont litigation. He has also served on the Vermont Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure.

Achievements

• Weimer successfully prosecuted a writ of mandamus action in New Hampshire state court that required a town to enforce its flood-plain ordinance concerning a proposed ski-area development in the regulatory flood plain of the Saco River.

Works

• bar journal article

  • Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States: The Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Arranger Liability and Apportionment

    (Article discussing Supreme Court guidance on arranger lia...)

    2009

  • Expert Evidence: What You Don't Know About Daubert Can Hurt You

    (Article in the Vermont Bar Journal & Law Digest addressin...)

    1998

  • UM/UIM Coverage Issues

    (Article in the Vermont Bar Journal & Law Digest concernin...)

    2000

  • Procedural Pitfalls: Or Why I Can't Sleep at Night

    (Article in the Vermont Bar Journal addressing procedural ...)

    2022

• law review article

  • The "Sibling State" Approach to the Vermont Constitution: Post-Arrest, Pre-Miranda Silence in Vermont

    (Co-authored with Ira Gottlieb while Weimer was a research...)

    1988

Membership

Weimer has participated in the Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, and American bar associations, as well as the Chittenden County Bar Association. These organizations support professional standards, continuing legal education, and the administration and improvement of legal practice.

His professional service has included work with the Vermont Bar Association's Insurance Law Committee and Practice and Procedure Committee. He has also served as a member of the Vermont Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure, a body that considers and recommends changes to Vermont's civil rules.

• Served on the Insurance Law Committee and as vice-chairman of the Practice and Procedure Committee.

  Vermont Bar Association , United States

• Maine State Bar Association , United States

• New Hampshire Bar Association , United States

• American Bar Association , United States

• Chittenden County Bar Association , United States

• Member of the committee advising the Vermont Supreme Court on the state's civil procedural rules.

  Vermont Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure , United States

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• A peer review published by Martindale-Hubbell described Weimer as thoughtful, ethical, and skilled as an attorney. Other peer evaluations characterized him as thorough, well prepared, fair, and an excellent litigator.

References

• Gregory A. Weimer — Vermont Personal Injury Lawyers Firm biography describing Weimer's trial, appellate, mediation, personal-injury, employment, toxic-tort, environmental, and legal-rule advisory work, as well as his education and publications.
• The Team of Kirkpatrick & Goldsborough Firm profile describing Weimer's practice in state and federal courts, mediation work, personal-injury and employment litigation, and experience with toxic-tort and MTBE environmental cases.
• Masthead — Volume 12 Official Vermont Law Review masthead identifying Gregory A. Weimer as a research editor for Volume 12.
  1987
• Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure Vermont Judiciary page identifying Gregory Weimer as a member of the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure.