About Andrew Montroll

Andrew H. Montroll, Esq., is a founding partner, along with Rob Backus, of Montroll, Backus & Oettinger, P.C. Andy represents clients in business and corporation matters, general and commercial litigation, zoning and land use, municipal law, wills and estates, mediation, and employment law matters. Andy’s practice also includes extensive work in the telecommunications and regulatory arena, and he previously served as a hearing officer for the Vermont Department of Education.

Before opening Montroll, Oettinger & Barquist, P.C., Andy was the managing partner for the Vermont office of a large firm based in Connecticut that represents clients throughout New England, and prior to that, he had his own solo practice in Burlington for a number of years. Andy’s earlier positions included serving as in-house, and ultimately general counsel, with Riser Management Systems, a Burlington, Vermont telecommunications and engineering company that helped major commercial and multi-unit residential property owners in cities throughout North America bring advanced telecommunications services to their tenants and residents; and, as an associate at a Burlington law firm where he engaged in commercial and civil litigation, represented a Vermont electric company, and practiced in areas including municipal law and appellate law.

Andy graduated first in his class from Vermont Law School in 1989 (summa cum laude), where he was editor-in-chief of the Vermont Law Review and served as a member of the Vermont Law School Board of Trustees. He also holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in optical engineering from the University of Rochester. After graduating from law school, Andy served as a judicial law clerk for Justice John A. Dooley at the Vermont Supreme Court. Andy is a presenter at legal seminars hosted by the National Business Institute and is regularly listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law (which has listed him as a Top Attorney of North America). He is admitted to practice in Vermont courts and in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.