
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.