how to appeal..confusing but please try to follow...I need to appeal on law

What is the name of your state? Vermont. We went to court March 14th. The case was Tax Service Company/Jane Doe vs. Corporation/John Smith. Jane Doe was a tax preparer for John Smith's corporation and treasurer of corporation as well. She took 2000.00 from John Smith's company in May, then a couple days later sent a made up invoice to cover what she took. The corporation in October was sold to another party Mary Jones. Mary Jones is best friends with Jane Doe. John Smith refused to pay for this fraudulent invoice while he owned the company. After it is sold to Mary Jones Jane Doe decides to file a claim in court to get the money. John Smith in turn files a counterclaim against Jane Doe for slander, false invoices and embezzlement. We get into court and the judge claims since Mary Jones now owns the company she is willing to pay this invoice and the two parties have settled and agreed. The money being used to pay past bills was given to Mary Jones from John Smith and put in escrow to use for legitimate bills not made up ones. The judge said she could use the money in escrow since she can decide what is legitimate or not since she is now an owner. PLUS, our counterclaim was never heard. What law can we use to appeal this judges decision? Just seems so wrong that someone gets away with a crime like that. Thanks Faith