Sarah Vangel

Sarah Vangel is an attorney with Costello Valente Group, P.C. serving clients from Brattleboro and Townshend, Vermont. Her practice is concentrated in real estate, criminal defense, and wills, trusts, and estate planning. Real estate forms the largest share of her work, with the remainder divided between criminal defense and estate-related planning. She has practiced law in Vermont since 2009.

Sarah earned a J.D. from Western New England Law School and a B.A. in Sociology from Wheaton College. Before law school, she worked as a paralegal at Fisher & Fisher. Her legal education was followed by a one-year clerkship in Bennington Superior Court, providing courtroom exposure before she began practicing as a real estate attorney.

Sarah started her attorney career in real estate and later became a partner at Kramer & Vangel, where she expanded her work to include litigation, probate, and criminal defense matters. That background now supports a practice involving property transactions, criminal cases, and estate planning. Her work reflects experience across transactional and contested matters, including the real estate focus that remains the largest part of her current practice. Her practice combines transactional and litigation experience.

Sarah Vangel was appointed to the State of Vermont Ethics Commission in January 2018 by Vermont Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Reiber. Her professional background combines real estate work, prior court experience, probate and litigation matters, and criminal defense. She remains based in southern Vermont and continues practicing from the firm’s Brattleboro and Townshend locations, with real estate representing the central part of her current legal work.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Costello, Valente & Gentry, P.C.
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Member, State of Vermont Ethics Commission (2018)

Licensed State

• Vermont

Education

• Western New England Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Wheaton College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology

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