Practice Areas

Gravel and Shea

rrushford@gravelshea.com

Bob Rushford was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1988. After serving as a law clerk to the Hon. Albert W. Coffrin, U.S. District Court Judge, District of Vermont, from 1988-1989, he practiced in a general practice firm which had a strong concentration in real estate and land use development law. He joined Gravel and Shea in 1996 and became a partner in 2000.

At Gravel and Shea, Mr. Rushford's practice has focused on real estate and land use development and he provides a full range of real estate services including title work, commercial property purchases, sales and leasing, subdivision and planned unit project development and permitting, and residential purchases and sales. Recent significant projects include the leasing and permitting of over sixty wireless antenna facilities for a major national wireless carrier; the purchase, permitting, development and sale of several residential development projects for some of Vermont's largest homebuilders, including the creation of condominium and planned community declarations for each project; the planning and development of a 151-unit timeshare condominium hotel project for a major ski area; the leasing, permitting and financing of Vermont's largest urban redevelopment project; and the purchase of high voltage electric utility line and easement corridors for one of Vermont's largest utilities.

Education

• Yale University, LL.M. 1991
• University of Pittsburgh, J.D. 1988, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, David Stahl Memorial Award, Note Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review
• University of Vermont, B.A. 1984

Affiliations and Publications

• Member, Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations
• Author, Under a Cloak of Olive Drab, 47 University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1988

Personal Interests

Mr. Rushford was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but decided to make Vermont his home after graduating from the University of Vermont. He lives in Essex with his wife and two sons.