June, 2010

Gravel and Shea Ranked #1 in Chambers USA

Gravel and Shea has once again been ranked as a "leading firm" in Chambers USA, an independent publication that ranks lawyers based on opinions gathered from clients, colleagues and competitors. Gravel and Shea is ranked #1 in Corporate/Commercial, Litigation: General Commercial and Real Estate. In addition, eleven of the firm's lawyers are specifically recognized, as follows:

Stewart H. McConaughy - Corporate/Commercial
Peter S. Erly - Corporate/Commercial
Robert B. Hemley - Litigation: General Commercial
Robert H. Rushford - Real Estate
Margaret L. Montgomery - Corporate/Commercial
Andrew D. Manitsky - Litigation: General Commercial
Robert F. O'Neill - Litigation: General Commercial
Michelle N. Farkas - Real Estate
Timothy M. Eustace - Real Estate and Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
William A. Mason, IV - Corporate/Commercial
Karen K. O'Neill - Labor & Employment

Gravel and Shea Attorneys Byrne, Hemley and Manitsky Obtain Preliminary Injunction Against "Spin-Off" Company

Matthew B. Byrne, Robert B. Hemley, and Andrew D. Manitsky obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction after a number of employees of its client's business took confidential information and started a competing company. After a contested evidentiary hearing, Judge of the Chittenden Superior Court held that Gravel and Shea had established all the requirements for a preliminary injunction under Vermont law. Using computer forensic evidence, Gravel and Shea was able to recover deleted e-mails showing that the former employees had taken proprietary information and unfairly competed with their former employer. Confronted with this evidence at the hearing, the former employees were unable to deny their actions and have been ordered to return the materials they took. Click here for a copy of Judge Toor's decision.