Christian Chorba

Christian Chorba is Of Counsel at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC in Burlington, Vermont. He is a civil litigator focused on land use, zoning, construction, permitting, environmental regulation, deed interpretation, and easements. He represents homeowners, companies, associations, and municipalities in real property disputes. His work spans litigation stages and proceedings before state and federal courts and state and local boards, commissions, and committees.

Christian earned a J.D. from Boston College and a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University. He served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Paul Reiber of the Vermont Supreme Court from 2015 to 2017. His Vermont Supreme Court clerkship forms part of the background he brings to civil litigation and land use matters. His work involves property disputes, permitting proceedings, and administrative questions affecting owners, developers, and other clients.

Christian’s experience includes motion practice, discovery, mediation, arbitration, trial, and appeals. He obtained a settlement that preserved a homeowner’s ownership in a partition action and assisted another homeowner with an amendment to a subdivision. He also secured payment for a contractor’s condominium renovation and obtained dismissal of a consumer protection claim against a homeowner and landlord. His representation addresses both contested proceedings and opportunities for negotiated resolution.

Christian Chorba is admitted in Vermont and Massachusetts and in their federal district courts. His community involvement includes Camp Ta-Kum-Ta and Leadership Champlain board service. Property disputes often combine legal interpretation with questions about use, access, development, and ownership. His litigation and clerkship experience support clear assessment of those issues and advocacy across the different courts and administrative bodies that may become involved in a matter.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Former Board Member, Young Lawyers Division of the Vermont Bar Association
• Board Member, Camp Ta-Kum-Ta
• Advisory Board member, Leadership Champlain
• Former AmeriCorps VISTA member, Vermont Youth Tomorrow

Licensed State

• Vermont
• Massachusetts

Education

• Georgetown University
  B.S.F.S.

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