SAMUEL H. ANGELL has advocated successfully for clients in the Civil, District, Family and Environmental divisions of the Vermont Superior Court, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, and in the Vermont Supreme Court where he has won several appeals. He is a skilled litigator with a reputation for honesty and fairness. Sam has presided as an Acting Judge in the Family Division of the Windham Superior Court.
From 1997 through the end of 2006 Sam practiced at Fitts, Olson & Giddings where he became a member in 2000. Before moving to Vermont, he practiced in Poughkeepsie, New York, concentrating in tax appeal work. Sam has also worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. and for an energy consortium in the Czech Republic. Sam has a Master of Science Degree, which gives him a strategic advantage in working with scientific experts.
Sam currently serves on the Board of Directors and is Secretary of The Stone Trust, a Vermont non-profit whose mission is to preserve and advance the art and craft of dry stone walling. He serves as an advisor to the Crosby-Gannett Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation, which provides grants to nonprofit organizations that contribute to the betterment and vitality of the Brattleboro area. Previously, Sam served on the Board of Directors and was President of the In-Sight Photography Project, Inc., a Vermont nonprofit serving Brattleboro area teens.
Sam grew up in the Hudson Valley and attended high school and law school in Vermont. He has participated in the National Championships of Ultimate Frisbee in the College, Open, and Masters Divisions, and ran track at Cornell. Sam lives in Brattleboro with his wife and two daughters, and enjoys spending time with his family, white water canoeing, skiing, mountain biking and other outdoor activities.
Samuel H. Angell also joined the firm in 2007 and became a partner in 2010. Sam was born in New York and spent the first four years of his life in Pakistan, where his father worked for the Agency for International Development. Sam then spent nine years in New York City, after which he attended high school as a boarding student at The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. During his teenage years Sam was fortunate enough to travel extensively as his father lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and his mother lived on a sailboat in the Bahamas.
In part due to his travels, Sam developed an interest in international agricultural development and went on to Cornell University where he majored in International Agriculture and Agricultural Economics. Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree with honors, Sam went to the University of Florida in Gainesville and obtained a Master of Science degree in Agronomy, also with honors. Sam’s research through the Caribbean Basin Advisory Group involved multiple factorial field fertilization trials of selected herbs and spices, both annuals and perennials, to determine optimal dry matter yield and oil composition. After obtaining his MS degree, Sam went to Vermont Law School in order to practice environmental law and ground water contamination due to the translocation of herbicides and pesticides through the soil profile. After graduating from law school, Sam practiced in New York for a time and then decided to move back to Vermont to litigate and raise a family. Sam’s great, great, great grandfather was Richard Morris Hunt of Brattleboro, and whose father was Jonathan Hunt, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, a lawyer in Brattleboro, and also Representative to the United States Congress (1827-1832).
Sam ran track at Cornell (200m, 400m), and was also a member of the Men’s Ultimate Frisbee team, which made it to the semifinals of college nationals in 1985, 1986 and 1987. He continued playing Ultimate Frisbee at the club level, winning the Southern Regional Championships, and advancing to the National Championships with Vicious Cycle (Gainesville, FL) in 1990 and 1991, and winning the National Championship, Master’s Division, with Squash, a New York team. Sam is an avid canoe tripper and camper and loves to ski the backcountry, mountain bike, and play Frisbee golf. He is most passionate about his wife and children, with whom he spends as much time as possible.
University of Florida (M.S. 1991)
Vermont Law School (J.D. 1995)
1997, Vermont
1997, U.S. District Court, Southern & Eastern Districts of New York
1998, U.S. District Court District of Vermont
Director (1997-2009)
President (2004-2006)
The Stone Trust, Inc.
Director (2010-2018)
Advisor, Crosby Gannett Fund at The Vermont Community Foundation
American Bar Association
Vermont Bar Association
Windham County Bar Association
Criminal Justice in the Time of COVID-19
Brattleboro Reformer, June 1, 2020
Vermont’s Civil Courts and COVID-19: Where Things Stand
Brattleboro Reformer, May 12, 2020
After Watching Surveillance Video, Jury Awards Plaintiffs Only $11,600
Vermont Law, April 30, 2004
Relocation After Divorce: How it Affects Custodial Rights
Family Law, July 2001
Who Decides For You? Power of Attorney and Guardianship in Vermont
Vermont Family News, February 2001
Clear Air Recommendations
July 26, 1994
Field Fertilization Trials of Four Selected Spices
Journal of Florida Academy of Sciences, March 1991
