ACETrial - Attorneys

Parmachenee Lake

Attorneys

Keith T. Aten

Keith Aten is a trial attorney who concentrates his practice on civil litigation in state and federal courts, with an emphasis on insurance coverage and defense. Additionally, he handles commercial and employment litigation and litigation involving First Amendment issues. Mr. Aten served as a Law Clerk to the Vermont Superior Court during the 1993-1994 term.

Education
Vermont Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993)
Hamilton College (B.A., 1982)

Bar Admissions
Vermont (1993); New Hampshire (1995); United States District Court, District of New Hampshire (1995); United States District Court, District of Vermont (1995)

Member
New Hampshire, Vermont and American Bar Associations, Defense Research Institute

Gregory S. Clayton

Gregory Clayton has over twenty years experience, including trial work in both New Hampshire and Vermont. He also served as a Judicial Clerk to the Maine Supreme Court during the 1982-1983 term. Mr. Clayton's trial practice is focused on personal injury, product liability and insurance coverage matters. He also handles matters involving arson, fire-related liability, timber trespass and environmental claims. He serves as a private mediator in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Gregory Clayton has been a guest lecturer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Arson Fraud Investigation Seminar, the New Hampshire Vocational Technical College Fire Investigation Course, the New Hampshire and Vermont Chapters of the International Association of Arson Investigators, the Vermont Bar Association Insurance Law Committee, the New Hampshire Adjuster’s Association, the Vermont Claims Seminar and the Loss Manager’s Conference of the Mutual Fire Insurance Association of New England.

He is a member of the Vermont Bar Association's Professional Responsibility Committee and the Grafton County Superior Court Advisory Committee. He also serves as a court-appointed mediator for the New Hampshire Superior Court.

Education
Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1982)
Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1979)

Bar Admissions
Maine (1982); Vermont (1984); United States District Court, District of Vermont (1984); New Hampshire (1985); United States District Court, District of New Hampshire (1987); United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1997); United States Supreme Court (1998); United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (2000)

Member
New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute

Publications
“Bifurcation of Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Claims in First-Party Insurance Litigation,” Vermont Bar Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (February 1995); “One Slight Problem, Your Honor, Before We Begin: Responses to Spoliation of Evidence in NH,” New Hampshire Bar Journal, vol. 38, no. 1 (March 1997)

Gregory M. Eaton

Gregory Eaton has been a trial attorney since 1993. He concentrates his practice on civil litigation, particularly insurance defense and coverage litigation. He also handles commercial and employment litigation. Mr. Eaton serves as a court-appointed mediator for the New Hampshire Superior Court, and is the past president of the Grafton County Bar Association. He has served on the New Hampshire Bar Association Committee on Professionalism and is a member of the Board of Governors of the New Hampshire Bar Association.

Education
Vermont Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1993)
Head Notes Editor, Vermont Law Review (1992-1993)
University of Massachusetts (M.A., 1990)
Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1987)

Bar Admissions
Vermont (1993); United States District Court for the District of Vermont (1994); New Hampshire (1994); United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire (1994); Massachusetts (1995)

Member
Vermont and New Hampshire Bar Associations

Other Professional Staff

Lizabeth Warren, Office Manager/Legal Assistant

Mary A. Northrop, Legal Assistant