About Stephen Jackson
Stephen Jackson Soule built a legal life around courts of many levels. He trained first as a scientist, then as a lawyer. His career has carried him into state courts, federal benches and appellate halls.
Soule earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of Maine at Orono in 1973. He went on to study law at Washburn University, receiving his J.D. in 1981. The combination of a scientific undergraduate degree and legal training has informed the way he approaches complex factual records and technical testimony.
Over decades in practice, Soule secured admission in a wide array of jurisdictions. He is admitted in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and Kansas. He also holds admissions to the 1st and 2nd U.S. Courts of Appeal and to the U.S. Supreme Court. That breadth has allowed him to move cases between state and federal systems when necessary.
His courtroom work has included trial-level litigation and matters that progress to higher courts. He has filed briefs and argued in federal appellate courts and has prepared filings for the Supreme Court docket. Those activities reflect a practice that handles both factual development at trial and legal argument on appeal.
Soule’s offices are based in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York. From those locations he has represented clients across state lines. He has handled disputes that required coordination of procedural rules in multiple jurisdictions, and he has worked with local counsel when cases required regional coverage.
Colleagues describe Soule as pragmatic in the courtroom and thorough in preparation. He tends to break large problems into discrete legal and factual questions. That approach assists juries, judges and opposing counsel in testing the strengths of a position.
He remains active in litigation that reaches state and federal forums and continues to file and argue appellate matters. He practices from offices in Burlington and Plattsburgh and handles matters in both trial and appellate courts.
