Experience. Integrity. Compassion.
Biography
Samantha was born and raised in Shelburne, Vermont, and graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and Political Science from the University of Vermont in 2011. She went on to Northeastern University School of Law, graduating in 2015.
Samantha primarily represents clients in divorces and custody disputes as well as criminal defendants. Prior to joining Catamount Law, Samantha practiced family law and criminal defense, and civil litigation in Vermont. With over a decade of experience, she has tried hundreds of cases and obtained favorable results for her clients.
During law school she worked as a law clerk for the District of Vermont U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, the Boston Juvenile Court, and Murdoch Hughes Twarog Tarnelli. At Northeastern University School of Law, Samantha was a student attorney and teaching assistant for the Prisoner’s Assistance Project clinic where she represented clients seeking parole and a Legal Clinician for the Northeastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic where she investigated cold homicide cases in Tennessee.
Samantha was a Super Lawyers rising star from 2017-2025 and is a Top Rated Attorney. She received the Vermont Bar Association Pro Bono Award for 2020. Samantha is a local Vermonter who enjoys snowboarding, mountain biking, and sailing.
Education
- Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
- J.D. - 2015
- Honors: Prisoner’s Assistance Project, Teaching Assistant
- Honors: Northeastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic, Legal Clinician
- Honors: District of Vermont U.S. Attorney’s Office, Law Clerk
- Honors: Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, Law Clerk
- Honors: Boston Juvenile Court, Law Clerk
- Honors: Murdoch Hughes Twarog Tarnelli, Law Clerk
- University of Vermont
- B.A. - 2011
- Major: Psychology and Political Science
Bar Admission
- Vermont, 2015
- U.S. District Court District of Vermont, 2016
Honors
- Super Lawyers: 2014, 2016 - 2025
- Top Rated Attorney
- Vermont Bar Association Pro Bono Award, 2020
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- Chittenden County Bar Association
- Vermont Bar Association, Women’s Division, Chair
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- National College for DUI Defense
- Vermont Association of Criminal Justice




