Background
Goetz, Robert I. was born on September 10, 1959 in New York, New York, United States.
Goetz, Robert I. was born on September 10, 1959 in New York, New York, United States.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1981). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1985). Law Clerk to Honorary Frank H. Freedman, Chief Judge, United States.
District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1985-1987.
Worked at Burak, Anderson & Melloni (Burlington, Vermont) specializing in General Practice, Business, Administrative, Corporate, Securities, Real Estate, Banking, Bankruptcy, Litigation, Utilities, Municipal, Public Finance, Construction, Environmental, Land Use, Solid Waste and Disposal, Energy, Commercial Litigation, Lender Liability, Taxation, Labor and Employment, International and Immigration. Admitted to the bar, 1986, Massachusetts. 1992, Vermont.
Law Clerk to Honorary Frank H. Freedman, Chief Judge, United States.
District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1985-1987.
Associate, Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, Boston, Massachusetts, 1987-1991. Company-Author: "Planning in Vermont," published in State & Regional Comprehensive Planning American Bar Association, Urban, State and Local Government Law Section, 1993.
Author: "Foreclosure Procedure and Special Problems," published in Foreclosure, Repossession, and Dealing with Owned Real Estate, 1990, and in Mortgage Foreclosure and Repossession in Massachusetts, 1989. " Just Compensation for Regulatory Takings-Getting into Court," published in Attack and Defense after the Lutheran Church and Nollan Supreme Court Decisions, 1987.
Burak & Anderson was formed by Michael Burak, a graduate of Harvard Law School and Jon Anderson, a graduate of Yale Law School.
Mr. Burak practiced law in New York City before returning to Vermont in 1978 where he became actively involved in the state utilities regulatory field Mr. Anderson worked with Mr.
Burak at the Vermont Department of Public Service and joined him shortly after he opened his private practice in 1982.
Since then, the firm has expanded to eight attorneys, drawing mainly on associates hired laterally from nationally known law firms. In addition to its utilities law expertise, the firm practices in a wide variety of areas, including environmental and land use law, banking, commercial finance, bankruptcy and other creditors" rights, securities fraud, lender liability, municipal finance and general corporate and real estate transactions. Burak & Anderson especially welcomes complex and challenging issues and offers clients a broad range of services, both in the transactional and litigation areas.
Massachusetts Bar Association. Real Estate.