Scott Cameron served as Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Personnel from January 1985 until October 1987.  Previously Mr. Cameron held the position of Assistant Attorney General, assigned to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Personnel.  As the chief legal advisor to executives throughout State government on all matters relating to the State’s relationship with its unionized workforce, Mr. Cameron represented the State in a wide variety of labor-related litigation.  As Commissioner, Mr. Cameron served as the chief spokesperson for the State in negotiations with the Vermont State Employees Association, which resulted in the implementation of new classification and compensation systems, correcting long-standing pay inequities.

Mr. Cameron’s present practice emphasizes labor and employment law, the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, civil litigation, and appellate advocacy. His clients include businesses, school districts and municipalities throughout Vermont.  Mr. Cameron’s litigation practice includes such diverse areas as employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, construction, ERISA, medical malpractice, and personal injury.

Mr. Cameron was an adjunct professor at St. Michael’s College from 1985 through 1990.  He has served as a member of the Vermont Law School Board of Trustees since 1984, and was elected Chair of the Board in 2001, the first alumnus to hold that office.   He is a member of the American and Vermont Bar Associations and the National and Vermont Councils of School Board Attorneys.  Mr. Cameron has been awarded the AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

J. Scott Cameron

Principal Education

Vermont Law School

(J.D., 1980)

Colgate University,

(B.A., 1973)

Admitted To Practice

Vermont

U.S. District Court,

District of Vermont