Joslyn L. Wilschek

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100 East State Street
P.O. Box 1309
Montpelier, Vermont 05601-1309
Phone: (802) 223-2102
Fax: (802) 223-2628
Email: jwilschek@ppeclaw.com

Joslyn Wilschek specializes in the areas of public utility law, environmental law, administrative law, and appellate advocacy. Joslyn represents both public and private entities throughout Vermont’s regulatory process to obtain permits for utility and energy projects or other required approvals. Joslyn also represents clients on the appellate level before the Vermont Supreme Court in a wide range of substantive areas, including public utilities, real estate, land use, environmental law, and estates.

Joslyn graduated magna cum laude from the Ithaca College, Park School of Communications in 1999, and magna cum laude from Vermont Law School in 2003, where she served as Head Note editor of the Vermont Law Review (2002-2003). After law school, she served as a law clerk to Justice Gregory Hobbs, Jr. of the Colorado Supreme Court from 2003-2004. The following year she served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Paul L. Reiber of the Vermont Supreme Court. Joslyn was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 2003 and the Vermont Bar in 2005. She joined the firm as an Associate in 2005.

Areas of Practice:

  • Public Utilities
  • Environmental
  • Administrative
  • Appellate Advocacy
  • Litigation
Bar Admissions:

  • Vermont
  • Colorado
Court Admissions:

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education:

  • Ithaca College, Park School of Communications, 1999 (magna cum laude)
  • Vermont Law School, 2003 (magna cum laude)
Representative Appeals to Vermont Supreme Court:

  • Weiler v. Hooshiari, Doc. No. 2010-003 (Vt. Supreme Court Feb. 10, 2011) (represented landlord in reversing trial court decision that applied the implied warranty of habitability to personal property).
  • Vermont Mutual Insurance Company v. Parsons Hill Partnership, Willard Group, Poulin Group and Adrien nee Fortin, Doc. No. 2010 VT 44 (Vt. Supreme Court June 4, 2010) (represented Vermont Mutual Insurance Company at the Vermont Supreme Court where the Court held that a landlord's liability insurance policy does not cover a tenant's claim for breach of the implied warranty of habitability)
  • Evans v. Cote, Doc. No. 2009-326 (Vt. Supreme Court, Feb. 25, 2010) (prevented opposing party from setting aside default judgment)
  • In re Petition of Vermont Elec. Power Co. Inc. & Harley Grice v. Vermont Elec. Power Co., Inc., 2008 VT 64 (Vt. Supreme Court, May 16, 2008) (condemnation)
  • Mallets Bay Homeowners’ Association, Inc. v. Mongeon Bay Properties, LLC, 2008 VT 62 (Vt. Supreme Court, May 1, 2008) (partition action)
  • In re Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC, 2007 VT 103, 939 A.2d 504 (review of public service board decision)
  • In re Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club, Inc., 2007 VT 102, 939 A.2d 498 (compliance with Act 250)
  • In re Ochs, 2006 VT 34, 179 Vt. 496, 897 A.2d 550 (right to appeal)
Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Vice President, Washington County Bar Association
Pro bono activities:

  • Member of Judges’ Call List of Attorneys for representation of parties needing legal services