Robert Hemley

Practice Areas

Medical Malpractice & Legal Malpractice

Personal Injury & Products Liability

Antitrust Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Employment Litigation

First Amendment

General Business Litigation

Regulatory Investigations

Career

Bob Hemley was admitted to the bar in 1971 in New York. After working for a Wall Street firm and serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, he joined the firm in 1976.

Professional Memberships

Chair, U.S. District Court Advisory Committee (formerly Civil Justice Reform Act Task Force) for Vermont, 1993-Present

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers

Member, Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations

Member, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Member, Defense Research Institute

Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (Charter member, Vermont Chapter; President, 1993-1994)

Member, Federal Panel of Early Neutral Evaluators

Personal

Listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business since 2003

AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell since 1986

Listed in New England Super Lawyers since 2007

Named as one of the Top 100 New England attorneys in New England Super Lawyers (2007-2011, 2013, 2015-2017, 2019)

Received Matthew Lyon Award by the Vermont Press Association for lifetime achievement in First Amendment work