Arline P. Duffy

Arline P. Duffy is a shareholder at Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C., whose practice focuses on business, nonprofit, employment, intellectual property, banking, estate planning, healthcare, and real estate matters. She serves as General Counsel to her firm and advises businesses and nonprofits on corporate, intellectual property, employment, and regulatory issues. Her work includes counseling financial institutions on compliance matters and advising homeowners’ associations. She joined her firm in 2009 after gaining experience in university-related legal and administrative matters.

Arline earned a J.D., cum laude, from The George Washington University Law School. She received an M.A. from the University of Maryland College Park and a B.A. from the University of Vermont. Her educational background spans legal studies and earlier graduate and undergraduate work, providing a foundation for her later practice involving businesses, institutions, nonprofit organizations, employment concerns, regulatory matters, and estate planning.

Arline regularly advises clients on legal issues connected with starting and operating small businesses. Her intellectual property work includes trademark applications, infringement matters, and responses to cease-and-desist letters. She counsels nonprofit organizations on governance, employment, and regulatory concerns. Her employment work includes policy and handbook development, internal investigations, and federal and state law compliance. She represents financial institutions on regulatory matters and participates in estate planning work.

Arline P. Duffy brings transactional, regulatory, employment, and intellectual property experience to clients across several industries and organizational structures. Before joining her current firm, she practiced at The George Washington University in intellectual property, regulatory compliance, contracts, policy development, and governance. She is admitted to Vermont and the US District Court for the District of Vermont. Her professional activities include bar association memberships and service on the Board of Directors of Mercy Connections, Inc.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C.
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Member, Maryland Bar Association
• Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association

Licensed State

• Vermont

Education

• The George Washington University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Maryland College Park
  Master of Arts (MA)
• University of Vermont
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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