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Greta Lachapelle, smiling, in a grey shirt outdoors against a field of dry grass

Greta Lachapelle

Attorney and mediator

I help people who disagree find terms they can both sign, and I stay neutral while they do.

I grew up in Winooski in a family that argued at dinner and made up before dessert, which turned out to be good training. I spent the first part of my career representing one side in family and business cases, and came to mediation because I wanted to be in the room where people decide, not the room where they're told.

Today I mediate divorces and separations, workplace conflicts and business disputes, at the office on Battery Street or by video. I speak English and French. When I'm not at the table, I'm usually on the bike path along the lake.

What I mediate

  • Divorce and separation
  • Parenting plans
  • Workplace conflict
  • Business and partnership disputes

Admissions, courts and mediation training

  • Bar admissions

    • Vermont, 2009
    • New York, 2008
  • Courts

    • Vermont Superior Court, 2009
    • U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, 2011
  • Education

    • J.D., Vermont Law School
    • B.A., McGill University
  • Mediation training

    • Family mediation, 40 hours
    • Workplace and commercial mediation, 32 hours
  • Languages

    • English
    • French
  • Memberships

    • Vermont Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section

What I promise both of you

  • I represent neither of you, and I'll tell you if I ever can't stay neutral.
  • What you say in mediation stays in mediation, within the limits the law sets.
  • You make every decision. I make none.
  • Either of you can stop at any time.
  • If one of you is afraid of the other, I'll say mediation isn't the right room, and help you find one that is.

Ready when you both are

A first call is short, and either of you can make it.