September, 2008

Gravel and Shea is Ranked #1

Gravel and Shea has just been ranked Number One in Burlington, Vermont by The Best Lawyers in America ® 2009.  Twelve of the firm’s attorneys were specifically selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers, which is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 25,000 leading attorneys cast 2.2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties.  Gravel and Shea ranked Number One in Vermont for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mass Tort Litigation, and Criminal Defense.  This distinction follows the recent recognition of eleven Gravel and Shea attorneys and the firm’s Number One rankings in Litigation, Real Estate, and Corporate Law by Chambers USA, an independent publication which ranks lawyers based on opinions gathered from clients, colleagues and competitors.

Gravel and Shea attorneys who were specifically recognized by Best Lawyers and Chambers are:

• Heather Briggs (Best Lawyers Labor & Employment Law; Chambers Labor & Employment)
• Peter S. Erly (Best Lawyers Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Chambers Corporate/Commercial)
• Michelle N. Farkas (Best Lawyers Real Estate Law; Chambers Real Estate)
• Robert B. Hemley (Best Lawyers Bet-the Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; First Amendment; Mass Tort Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Criminal Defense; Personal Injury; Chambers Litigation: General Commercial)
• Andrew D. Manitsky (Best Lawyers Intellectual Property Law; Chambers Litigation: General Commercial)
• William A. Mason (Chambers Corporate/Commercial)
• Stewart H. McConaughy (Best Lawyers Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Chambers Corporate/Commercial)
• Margaret L. Montgomery (Best Lawyers Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Chambers Corporate/Commercial)
• Karen K. O'Neill (Chambers Labor & Employment)
• Robert F. O'Neill (Best Lawyers Criminal Defense; Chambers Litigation: General Commercial)
• John R. Ponsetto (Best Lawyers Environmental Law)
• William G. Post , Jr. (Best Lawyers Trusts and Estates)
• Robert H. Rushford (Best Lawyers Real Estate Law; Chambers Real Estate)
• Norman Williams (Best Lawyers Mass Tort Litigation)