Dan Cotter

Chicago

Publisher and Editorial Director at The Vermont Standard

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Articles

Law Firm Independence Under Attack With Executive Orders

2 weeks ago | acslaw.org | Dan Cotter

(This piece was first published by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.) Over the last few months, unprecedented executive actions by the Trump administration have placed the legal profession, particularly large law firms, in the crosshairs.
This one should be published

2 weeks ago | thevermontstandard.com | Dan Cotter

This one should be published
The Time is Now | ACS

1 month ago | acslaw.org | Dan Cotter

In 1768, Founding Father John Dickinson wrote “The Liberty Song.” It included the lyrics, “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall!”Lawyers, American Constitution Society members or not, stand at the edge of a great fall. Attacks on bar associations, on judges, on law schools, and on particular firms are rapidly becoming the norm. President Trump issued an executive order directly aimed at Perkins Coie, but threatening others.
Students Weigh In on Budget Cuts

Dec 16, 2024 | thevermontstandard.com | Dan Cotter

Students Weigh In on Budget CutsBY GEORGA, Reporting for WUMSHS The HiveMountain Views Supervisory Union has been tasked with cutting $2.5 million from its budget next year. Students weigh in on the proposed cuts. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eru-qwraUyRuCTxG6cULuVgJFqPbm8z9qIj_V5kH69I/present?slide=id.g31deffe0bde_0_12
Now it’s official -- IRS approves Journalism Foundation as public charity, donations are tax deductible

Apr 11, 2024 | thevermontstandard.com | Dan Cotter

By Dan Cotter, publisherA huge sigh of relief and a fist pump were my first reactions, as well as a gaze skyward as I mouthed the words “thank you!” The tears welling up in my older friend’s eyes were his response when I told him. Then we shared a long, hard hug.
Playing well against DI teams, Girls Hockey building confidence for the playoffs

Feb 15, 2024 | thevermontstandard.com | Dan Cotter

By John Hawks, Standard CorrespondentThe Woodstock Union High School girls ice hockey team has had a grueling schedule in the past few weeks, facing all tough Division I opponents. The Wasps have needed to match the energy, physicality, and intensity of the larger schools. The group has risen to the occasion, stepping up enough to stay competitive in all the matchups.
White River Indie Film Festival is this weekend

Feb 15, 2024 | thevermontstandard.com | Dan Cotter

Festival hopes to inspire local filmmakers to get out there and make cool stuffThe 19th annual White River Indie Film Festival (WRIF) is returning to the Upper Valley this Thursday through Sunday, February 15-18.
Suzanne Edith (Johnson) Paige

Feb 9, 2024 | thevermontstandard.com | Dan Cotter

LEBANON, NHOur beloved mother, Suzanne Edith (Johnson) Paige, passed away surrounded by her children, on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, in Lebanon, just one week shy of her 88th birthday. Born on February 6, 1936, in her family home on Seminary Hill, West Lebanon, NH, Suzanne was the youngest of six children of Harry Earl Johnson, Sr. and Edith Vivian (Armstrong) Johnson.
Sandra J. “Sandy” Kenison

Feb 8, 2024 | thevermontstandard.com | Dan Cotter

Sandra J. “Sandy” Kenison, 79, died Friday, February 2, 2024, at the Jack Byrne Center at Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, NH. Sandy was born October 14, 1944, in Hanover, NH, a daughter of Milton and Dorothy (Chamberlain) Gaffney. She grew up in Woodstock, VT and attended Woodstock High School. Sandy was married to Stanley “Goose” Kenison on June 18, 1961, in Sharon, VT, and they made their home in White River Junction.
The indomitable Coach Dan, Danny Jones remembered

Feb 8, 2024 | thevermontstandard.com | Dan Cotter

By Tom Ayres, Senior Staff WriterFamily, friends, fellow athletes, mountain bikers and outdoor adventurers, and the legions of youths he coached and mentored in Woodstock’s youth hockey and lacrosse programs are mourning the loss of Daniel “Danny” Jones, who passed away on Sunday, Jan. 28. The beloved Woodstock resident had battled the deleterious effects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, for the past two-plus years.