Sandra A. Strempel

Sandra A. Strempel is a Dinse attorney whose practice concentrates on Civil Litigation, Family Law, and Immigration. In civil matters, she represents insurance companies, national retailers, manufacturers, construction companies, professional organizations, and individuals in state and federal courts. Her litigation work includes professional liability, products liability, personal injury, liquor liability, contract disputes, premises liability, and fraud. She approaches disputes with an emphasis on practical resolution, clear communication, and strong advocacy for the client’s interests.

Sandra earned a J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1984 and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981. Her legal education supports a practice spanning trial work, appeals, family disputes, and immigration matters. The breadth of that background is useful when cases involve overlapping procedural, factual, and regulatory questions. Her training, combined with decades of courtroom and government experience, helps her break down complicated problems and explain legal options clearly to clients facing difficult decisions.

Sandra has tried many civil cases in state and federal courts and has prevailed in appeals before the Vermont Supreme Court and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Fourth Circuits. Her family law work involves jurisdiction, parental rights and responsibilities, spousal maintenance, child support, and distribution of substantial assets. She also has extensive immigration experience, including visas, removal proceedings, and asylum matters, developed through prior government service and more than two decades of immigration work.

Sandra A. Strempel draws on prior service with the United States Customs Service and as an Assistant United States Attorney in Vermont and the Eastern District of Virginia. She is admitted in Vermont and has federal court admissions in Vermont and Virginia, along with appellate admissions in the Second and Fourth Circuits. Her practice combines trial experience, appellate advocacy, and practical counseling, helping clients understand complex disputes and pursue solutions that account for legal, financial, and personal consequences.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Dinse, P.C.
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Member, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• Member, United States District Court for the District of Vermont
• Member, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Member, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Licensed State

• Vermont

Education

• Boston University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Pennsylvania
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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