Office Profiles
Rebecca G. Olson, Esq.
Becky is the founder and managing member of Olson & Seabolt, PLC. She concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial and residential real estate, business formation and maintenance, family law, general litigation, and estate planning and administration. She also provides mediation services to help settle disputes in these areas of law. A native of the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania, Becky graduated from the Pennsylvania State University School of Journalism, after which she worked in newspapers and advertising before moving to Vermont in 1983. Three years after arriving in Vermont, Becky initiated a four year law office clerkship sponsored by the Vermont Supreme Court. She took the Vermont bar exam and became admitted to the Vermont Bar in 1990 and worked at another general practice Stowe law firm until 1995, when she decided to form her own law firm, then known as Olson & Associates, PLC.
Since 1995, Becky has brought together a diverse staff of attorneys, paralegals and support staff in order to provide a wide range of legal services to support her “team approach” business philosophy. Although Becky manages all aspects of the law firm, one attorney oversees each case but draws off the knowledge and research of other members of the firm in order to provide each case with the best possible information and outcome.
In addition to providing client services, Becky donates her time to the court system by teaching a class at the courthouse to litigants without attorneys, explaining the court process and how to best present themselves and their cases to the court. In addition, probate and family court judges appoint Becky to represent the elderly and mentally impaired in guardianship cases as well as children caught in the middle of domestic disputes.
Becky has long been a passionate supporter of animal rights and has donated thousands of hours to the North Country Animal League, formerly known as the Lamoille County Humane Society, in creating laws to protect animal rights as well as providing the more day to day legal assistance to NCAL.
Becky supports the community in other ways as well. She has been a board member and past president of the Lamoille Regional Chamber of Commerce, board member of United Way of Lamoille County, advisory board member of NCAL, and a member of Waterbury Rotary.
Becky is a member of the Vermont and Lamoille County Bar Associations, and the Vermont Trial Lawyers Association, of which she sat on the board of directors. She has also sat on the Lamoille County Reparative Probation Board.
Becky lives in the hills of Waterbury and is an avid hiker, biker, skier, golfer, sailor and, when time permits, couch potato.
Kyle S. Seabolt, Esq.
Kyle joined Olson & Seabolt, PLC in 2014 and became a partner in 2022. His main focus areas of practice are in residential and commercial real estate transactions, business sales and acquisitions, and business entity formation.
Kyle grew up in rural West Virginia where he completed his undergraduate degree at Shepherd University. Following his interest in the Supreme Court and judicial public policy, he attended Cooley Law School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During his time in law school, Kyle clerked with a local Michigan firm focusing on estate planning. After graduating in January, 2012, Kyle moved to Vermont where he clerked with the Civil Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General in Montpelier and studied various aspects of federal and state employment law. He also worked with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on discriminatory employment practices in Vermont. Kyle was admitted to the Vermont Bar in June, 2012.
Kyle and his husband, Jamie, live in Stowe and try to spend as much time outdoors and in the water as possible. In keeping with his West Virginian roots, he also enjoys “life on the farm,” gardening on his modest one acre homestead and hanging with his pack of rescue dogs and cats, Camden (a “tripawd”), Hudson, Marley and Gauley.
Tara Jakobs
Tara joined the firm in January 2011, after having worked in the real estate and title abstracting fields in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine since 1983. Tara brings a wealth of diverse real estate experience to the firm, having owned a title company which provided title abstracts to law firms, lending institutions and other title companies in the northeast. In addition, Tara was a licensed Realtor and sales manager at a large real estate firm in southern New Hampshire and is therefore able to work well with the legal community as well as the local real estate agencies.
Tara is also “Command Central” at Olson & Seabolt, coordinating closings and providing documentation required in virtually all types of real estate transactions. Tara also has years of experience in estate planning and administration and works with Becky to prepare the appropriate documents for each client’s estate plan and estate administration. Tara has assigned herself the role of cyber security vigilante in the office and is directly involved in all decisions regarding the security of the firm and that of our clients. She lives in Stowe with her adorable little rescue pup, Gideon.
Jennifer Stearns
Jenny joined the team at Olson & Seabolt, PLC in March 2024, after she discovered her love for title research and the nuances of permitting, working in real estate in Lamoille County since 2022 and managing rentals since 2009.
Jenny brings a diverse and eclectic skill set to the firm. She grew up in Stowe and earned her bachelor’s degree in Ancient Civilizations & Languages from the University of Vermont in 2019. She considered becoming a Librarian at UVM’s Special Collections Library, but instead found herself leveraging her passion for bibliographies and research in local real estate development and survey projects.
Jenny enjoys finding ways to use all the skills she’s gathered in creative ways and always looks forward to new challenges and opportunities to learn. She lives in Stowe with her dog Buck and loves to read, hike, garden, and play outdoors in all seasons. She also enjoys cooking and baking; and has been caught translating Greek for fun.
Karen Dupont
Karen joined the firm in 2016 as Office Manager and Legal Assistant. After working for the State of Vermont for over 30 years, Karen brings to Olson & Seabolt, PLC valuable land use and permitting experience gained through her employment as a Program Technician II with the Vermont Natural Resources Board, from which she retired in 2015.
Karen grew up in Waterbury, Vermont, is a graduate of Harwood Union High School, and now lives in Hyde Park with her two fur babies Mocha and Taz. Karen enjoys cooking, gardening, reading and sewing and has an unconditional love for all creatures, great and small.