Claudine Safar

Claudine joined the firm in 2010. She practices in the areas of land use, planning, zoning, civil litigation, family law and appellate litigation. In the course of her practice, Claudine represents individuals, businesses, municipalities and not-for-profit entities to help them achieve their goals.

She has routinely represented landowners, municipalities and developers before state and municipal boards, and the Environmental Division of the Vermont Superior Court in land use permitting matters.  She also has extensive experience in civil litigation, having tried numerous cases to verdict. 

Claudine’s appellate practice has both breadth and depth. She has represented her clients across New England, including before the Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire Supreme Courts, and the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  

She is a graduate of Middlebury College (1996) (highest honors) and the Maine School of Law (1999), cum laude. While in law school, Claudine was the production editor for the Maine Law Review.  Upon her graduation from law school, she served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice Donald Alexander of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 2001 to 2003, where she assisted in the preparation of the Maine Civil Rules with Advisory Notes and the Maine Jury Instruction Manual. 

She is a member of the Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine Bar Associations.  She is also licensed in the United States District Court for the Districts of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  In addition to her law practice, Claudine takes special interest in her role in her community, wherever she has lived across New England. She presently serves on the board of the Good Fun-D, Inc., and has been a past board member of the Kismet Rock Foundation and The Upper Saco Valley Land Trust. She enjoys rock climbing, skiing and cycling and lives in Williston with her family and her dog.