Our Attorneys
Ed Adrian
Ed joined the firm in 2014, bringing with him eighteen years of practicing law in Vermont. He has worked for both private and public sector clients, in the areas of civil, administrative and criminal litigation. Ed helps licensed professionals navigate difficult legal and ethical issues. His practice also includes Internet and social media law, helping businesses and individuals understand the complexities of this rapid and ever changing area of the law. Ed provides counsel to Vermonters who find themselves having to make difficult decisions in difficult situations. Learn more about Ed...
eadrian@msvtlaw.com
Tara MacAskill
Tara is an attorney licensed in the State of Vermont with a practice focused on real estate law. She has extensive experience in residential and commercial property transactions, representing national lending institutions as well as businesses and individuals that are buying, selling or refinancing property. Learn more about Tara...
tmacaskill@msvtlaw.com
Ryan Meer
Ryan joined the firm as an associate attorney in 2024. He is licensed in the states of Vermont and California. He has experience in commercial transactions including lease negotiations, contract drafting, and conflict resolution, but is broadening his practice to a wide array of legal avenues. Ryan began his career in asset management working with national tenants like Starbucks, Providence Medical, and All State as well as local favorite mom and pop shops in the greater Los Angeles area. Whether a problem is big or small Ryan believes that attentive understanding should precede action. Learn more about Ryan...
rmeer@msvtlaw.com
Brian Monaghan
Brian is a co-founder of the firm and has spent more than a decade focusing his practice on representing the interests of Vermont municipalities. In that time, he has served Vermont’s largest and smallest municipalities, and many in between. He has a wide range of experience in litigating contested matters before boards, commissions, and courts, and advising municipalities, corporations, and individuals in land use matters, constitutional claims, and employment disputes. He continues to focus his practice primarily on Vermont cities, towns, villages, and other municipal entities. Learn more about Brian...
bmonaghan@msvtlaw.com
Lori Ruple
Lori Ruple is an experienced real estate attorney practicing primarily out of our Jeffersonville office. She graduated from Vermont Law School, cum laude, and then served as a judicial law clerk in Franklin and Lamoille counties. She has been in private practice since that time, first for 25 years in partnership with her husband, and then for two local firms. Learn more about Lori...
lruple@msvtlaw.com
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.
Learn more about Claudine...
csafar@msvtlaw.com
Kristen Shamis
Kristen joined the firm in 2006 and became an associate after completing Vermont’s Law Office Study Program. She has significant experience in the firm’s municipal law and business transaction practices, and has also supported the firm’s land use, litigation, and real estate practice areas. Learn more about Kristen...
kshamis@msvtlaw.com
Miles Stafford
Miles joined the firm in 2024. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts – Boston. During his time at UMass, Miles completed a thesis on the work of Japanese surrealist author, Kobo Abe, receiving high honors. Learn more about Miles...
mstafford@msvtlaw.com