MEGAN J. SHAFRITZ

mshafritz@gravelshea.com

Raised in Westchester County, New York, Megan Shafritz began her legal career in the litigation department of a large law firm in New York City, where she practiced for five years. In 2002, Ms. Shafritz relocated to Vermont, joined the firm, and was admitted to the Vermont bar.

At Gravel and Shea, Ms. Shafritz represents and advises clients in complex commercial disputes, various areas of employment litigation and other business and civil matters. She regularly appears in state and federal court, at both the trial and appellate levels.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D. 1994, cum laude
• Order of the Coif
• Editor-in-Chief, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 142, 1993-1994
• Williams College, B.A. 1991, magna cum laude

Clerkship

• The Honorable Roderick R. McKelvie, United States District Court for the District of Delaware, 1994-1995

Affiliations

• Member, Vermont and American Bar Associations, Litigation and Labor and Employment Sections
Member, Vermont Trial Lawyers Association

Bar Admissions

• New York (1996)
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1997)
Vermont (2002)
• U.S. District Court, District of Vermont (2002)
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2006)

Selected Reported Cases

Virgin Atlantic Airways, Ltd. v. British Airways PLC, 69 F. Supp. 2d 571 (S.D.N.Y. 1999), aff'd 257 F.3d 256 (2d Cir. 2001); Wesco, Inc. v. Sorrell, 865 A.2d 350 (Vt. 2004); In re Casella Waste Mgmt., Inc., 175 Vt. 335 (2003).

Personal Interests

Ms. Shafritz enjoys numerous sports, wine tasting and an occasional vacation in Hawaii. She lives in South Burlington, Vermont with her husband and two young children.