Kelsey Schweitzer
Associate
Kelsey Schweitzer provides thorough legal research and thoughtful analysis on a wide range of litigation matters.
Email: kschweitzer@drm.com
Phone: 802-863-2375
Direct: 802-846-8375
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Client-focused litigator dedicated to your success.
As an associate in the litigation group, Kelsey Schweitzer collaborates with the firm’s experienced litigators to help achieve her client’s goals. Building on the skills she developed through her clerkships with the Vermont Superior Court, Kelsey provides thorough legal research and thoughtful analysis to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Prior to joining DRM, Kelsey clerked for the Vermont Superior Court for the Criminal, Family, and Civil Division in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, and for the Environmental Division statewide. Kelsey graduated magna cum laude from Vermont Law School, where she served as an Symposium Editor on the Law Review, a student advocate in the Environmental Advocacy Clinic, and the treasurer of the Women’s Law Society.
In her personal time, Kelsey enjoys skiing or biking with her dog, and gardening with her chickens.
Education
Vermont Law School, J.D., magna cum laude
Pacific University Oregon, B.S., Biology
Admissions
U.S. District Court, Vermont, 2024
Vermont, 2021
Clerkships
Law Clerk, Vermont Superior Court, Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, 2021-2022
Law Clerk, Vermont Superior Court, Environmental Division, 2022-2023
Memberships & Activities
Vermont Bar Association
New England Farmers Union
Publications
Co-Author, Uncertainty and Unpredictability: Climate Change, Competing Water Uses, and the Future of Vermont’s Surface Waters, Vermont Law School (Winter 2021).
Co-Author, Disrupted SOX10 function causes spongiform neurodegeneration in gray tremor mice, Mamm Genome 26, 80–93 (2015).
Co-Author, Montana Opinion: Moving cattle can help sage grouse, Great Falls Tribune (Jan. 28, 2014).