BENNINGTON, Vt. Attorney Jason Morrissey has been named legal counsel of Southwestern Vermont Health Care. He replaces the late Tom Jacobs, who had served as general legal counsel until
In addition to acting as counsel to SVHC, Morrissey will continue operating his private law practice in Bennington. The late Tom Jacobs had served as SVHC s general counsel until his death in 2020. We are so grateful for Tom Jacobs long and dedicated service to SVHC, said Thomas A. Dee, FACHE, SVHC s president and CEO. We are fortunate to have someone of Jason s caliber to step in and fulfill this very important role within our organization. Morrissey received his bachelor s in finance from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and his juris doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Law. He has owned his own law practice in Bennington since 2008. He started practicing law in Bennington in 2004 as an associate attorney at Cummings, Dailey & Cohen, LLP, where he later became a partner. Prior to moving to Bennington, Morrissey worked as a senior account manager and in other roles for steel companies in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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BENNINGTON â With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the change, the annual town floor meeting was the first ever conducted remotely â as a videoconference and on the CAT-TV cable access network and Facebook page.
The meeting also was informational only, and all voting decisions are on the annual town ballot. In-person voting is being held today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bennington Fire Facility on River Street.
In addition to providing information on the town budget and other articles, officials honored the late Thomas Jacobs, a longtime local attorney and former Select Board chairman, who died in April 2020.