Trenten D. Klingerman
Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel
85 South Prospect Street
357 Waterman Building
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
BIO
Trenten D. Klingerman is the Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel at the University of Vermont, joining UVM's Office of the General Counsel in September 2022. Prior to beginning in this position, Trent served as the Deputy General Counsel at Purdue University for six years. In that role, Trent handled a wide variety of matters involving faculty, staff and student issues as well as overseeing litigation and agency matters.
Trent is a 1994 graduate of Purdue, and a 2001 graduate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana. While in law school, Trent was named a Managing Editor of The Indiana Law Journal, and worked as the Student Director of the Protective Order Project, a group dedicated to assisting victims of domestic violence. He also was his class representative in the Student Law Association.
Prior to law school, Trent worked as a teacher and then worked in human resources, including working as a Human Resources Manager for a national engineering services firm. Following law school, Trent practiced law with a prominent Indiana law firm where he successfully represented employers of all sizes in federal and state trial and appellate courts. Trent then worked in Human Resources at Purdue, including serving as the University's director of employee relations and its vice president for human resources prior to being appointed Deputy General Counsel to the university.
Bio
Trenten D. Klingerman is the Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel at the University of Vermont, joining UVM's Office of the General Counsel in September 2022. Prior to beginning in this position, Trent served as the Deputy General Counsel at Purdue University for six years. In that role, Trent handled a wide variety of matters involving faculty, staff and student issues as well as overseeing litigation and agency matters.
Trent is a 1994 graduate of Purdue, and a 2001 graduate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana. While in law school, Trent was named a Managing Editor of The Indiana Law Journal, and worked as the Student Director of the Protective Order Project, a group dedicated to assisting victims of domestic violence. He also was his class representative in the Student Law Association.
Prior to law school, Trent worked as a teacher and then worked in human resources, including working as a Human Resources Manager for a national engineering services firm. Following law school, Trent practiced law with a prominent Indiana law firm where he successfully represented employers of all sizes in federal and state trial and appellate courts. Trent then worked in Human Resources at Purdue, including serving as the University's director of employee relations and its vice president for human resources prior to being appointed Deputy General Counsel to the university.