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I have been with the firm since 1999, and I am a partner. I specialize in helping people with their workers’ compensation and personal injury claims because it is personally rewarding for me when I am able to help an injured person get the benefits that they deserve, and I am able to hold an insurance company accountable. I understand that having an injury can be very difficult and I know that insurance companies often do not treat people fairly. My clients like me because I am passionate about their claims and don’t give up! Clients and others in the workers’ compensation arena have been known to call me a pit bull! It is obvious that I enjoy what I do.. I am caring, but also aggressive and persistent.
I understand that the legal process is long and can be quite frustrating for most people, and I do my part by following my conscience, using common sense, and being really, really persistent. I form strong relationships with my clients and I do really care about winning. My most rewarding cases have been apparent long shots, medically complicated or factually difficult, but ultimate winners when tested at hearing at the Department of Labor or in Superior Court, because my clients were honest, hard-working, and deserving. My pride in my work comes from getting good results and winning cases for my clients.
I am proud to represent Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA) members, NEA members, nurses, state troopers, and steel and granite workers. If you are getting taken advantage of, you want me on your side. I love seeing the relief on my client’s faces when they know they can relax and let us do the heavy lifting, that they will take care of and that we will do the best for them that is possible in their claim.
Since 2014, I have served as vice president of Kids’ Chance of Vermont, a wonderful organization whose mission is to help the children of injured workers pay for college. You can read about why I support Kids’ Chance here. I am also the President of the Washington County Bar Association and also serve as a Small Claims Judge periodically as a public service.
I come from a very modest background. My grandfather was a coal miner, my grandmother worked in a manufacturing plant, and I was the first in my family to graduate from college and law school. I know what it means to work hard and I remember what it is like to have little money. Like many of my clients, I have also experienced physical pain. Although my pain is improved, I know what it is like to live with chronic pain and how hard it is to describe to someone who has never had it before. Not all attorneys know how it feels to experience that kind of pain or to be poor. My injury clients often deal with these tough issues. I think it helps that I understand my clients’ situations and their stress. I work hard for my clients to get the best results for them because I do care and I want them to have a better life, too.
I have lived in Montpelier for two decades with my husband, who is also an attorney. I enjoy attending baseball games (Red Sox, Vermont Mountaineers, Lake Monsters, and my son’s team) and coordinating the bat kid program for the Mountaineers. We have a son in middle school (an avid baseball catcher) and a daughter who enjoys ballet and contemporary dance.
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535 Stone Cutters Way, Suite 204, Montpelier, VT, 05602
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Posted by Tammy | November 21, 2019 | Hired Attorney
I would highly recommend Heidi Groff. My husband was hurt at work in 2016, and a year later we were still trying to get help with which doctors he should see, and how to get compensation for the hours he could no longer work. Workman's Comp failed to tell us that he was entitled to a percentage of...
Posted by Barbara | August 22, 2019 | Hired Attorney
I was injured at work and became involved in a workman’s compensation claim. Dealing with the WC insurance carrier was complex at best. A local doctor who was helping coordinate my healing process advised me to contact a local lawyer, Heidi Groff at Biggam, Fox and Skinner in Montpelier. She took m...
Posted by Michael | February 4, 2019 | Hired Attorney
Heidi Groff is our absolute Hero!! Heidi Groff, and her team, at Biggam Fox Skinner saved our family from ruin. I thank God that I found Heidi online, and called her when I did. I had sustained a back injury while trying to move a patient when I was working at the Hospital. I was placed on light dut...
Posted by Nicole | November 16, 2018 | Hired Attorney
Heidi represented me in my Personal Injury case. She was delightful to work with, always patient and worked through all of my questions and always answered in a professional and prompt timeframe. I would highly recommend Heidi and BFS.
"An excellent lawyer who treats clients with patience, care, understanding, and utmost professionalism - an even better person and I wholeheartedly recommend for future services."
"I worked with Heidi for years. She is an aggressive advocate for her clients and achieves great results for them."
"Heidi is one of the most effective lawyers I know. She fights for her clients and gets great results for them. We've worked together almost 20 years and she keeps getting better."
"Heidi is relentless, aggressive and effective. She is a stellar attorney and a lethal advocate for her clients."
"I have known Heidi since 2006 and have seen firsthand how passionate she is about helping injured workers win their claims. She doesn't give up and she obviously enjoys what she does."
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2017
Top Rated Workers' Compensation Attorney, Super Lawyers
2017
Best Lawyer, Workers' Compensation Claimants, Best Lawyers
2017
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers Association
2017
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
2016
Top Rated Workers' Compensation Attorney, Super Lawyers
2016
Best Lawyer, Workers' Compensation Claimants, Best Lawyers
2015
Top Rated Workers' Compensation Attorney, Super Lawyers
2015
Best Lawyer, Workers' Compensation Claimants, Best Lawyers
2008 - Present
Small Claims Judge, Washington County Vermont District Court
1999 - Present
Partner, Biggam Fox Skinner, LLP
2017 - Present
Washington County Bar AssociationPresident
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1997
JD - Juris Doctor
1994
BA - Bachelor of Arts
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