Robert Rushford

Practice Areas

Acquisitions and Sales of Commercial and Residential Properties

Construction and Permitting

Environmental and Brownfield Development

Land Use and Development

Leasing

Career

Bob Rushford was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1988. After serving as a law clerk to the Honorable 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 land use development and real estate law. He joined Gravel & Shea in 1996 and became a partner in 2000.

At Gravel & Shea, Bob’s practice focuses on land use development and real estate, providing 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.

Professional Memberships

Member, Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations

Publications

Under a Cloak of Olive Drab, 47 University of Pittsburgh Law Review (1988)

Personal

Named Burlington Lawyer of the Year for Real Estate Law in The Best Lawyers in America©, 2011 and 2018

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© since 2007

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

Listed in New England Super Lawyers since 2016