About Donna L.
Donna L. Buttler built her career at the meeting point between laboratory benches and courtroom benches. She earned a B.S. in biology and chemistry from the University of Rochester before going on to receive her J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1994. That combination of scientific training and legal education shapes how she approaches problems and helps clients translate technical detail into practical legal strategy.
After law school, Buttler moved into practice during a period of rapid change in both science and regulation. She has handled matters that require parsing complex factual records. Her background in the natural sciences gives her an ability to read technical reports and ask questions that get to the heart of a dispute. Colleagues describe her as methodical in preparing cases and careful in explaining scientific points to judges, juries and clients.
Her career has included work across a range of legal settings. She has represented private individuals, businesses and institutions, advising on regulatory requirements and responding to compliance challenges. In court she has worked on evidentiary issues where technical proof plays a central role. Outside litigation she has drafted documents that translate scientific concerns into clear legal terms.
Buttler has maintained ties to both academic and local legal communities. She returns regularly to issues that require continuing study of scientific developments. That habit of continual learning has informed her approach to case preparation and client counseling. She is known for grounded, direct explanations rather than technical jargon, choosing plain language when clients need to make quick decisions.
In recent years her practice has been based in the Connecticut Hill towns, where she works from offices in Granby and Farmington. Clients come to her for work that blends regulatory, technical and legal questions. She tends to handle matters that require a clinician’s attention to detail and a lawyer’s sense of procedure.
Outside the office she has sometimes spoken at small professional gatherings on the intersection of science and law. She keeps up with developments in both fields so she can anticipate how new scientific findings might affect the issues her clients face. She prefers steady preparation to dramatic courtroom gestures and relies on clarity when presenting complex material.
As of 2026 she maintains active practice from the Granby and Farmington offices and focuses on matters where law and science intersect.
