Rachel Seelig

Rachel Seelig is an attorney at SRH Law in Burlington, Vermont. Her practice includes nonprofit law, employment law, civil litigation, health care, community development and affordable housing, education law, environmental law, real estate law, and strategic counsel. She assists clients with litigation, regulatory and transactional matters and provides general counsel services to nonprofit and governmental organizations working toward charitable and civic missions.

Rachel earned a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.A. in English from Wheaton College. Her education supports a practice that blends litigation, administrative law, policy work, counseling, and transactional assistance. That background helps her analyze regulatory requirements, communicate legal options clearly, and work with organizations and individuals facing matters that involve employment, disability, education, housing, health care, and public-interest concerns.

Rachel spent twelve years at Vermont Legal Aid, where she developed experience in administrative litigation, appeals, disability law, and policy advocacy. Her work covered education, employment, health care access, long-term care, public accommodations, and guardianship. She now assists housing providers, nonprofit and governmental organizations, and other clients with compliance, disputes, state licensure, shared-equity transactions, and legal questions affecting people with disabilities.

Rachel Seelig is admitted in Vermont and before the US District Court for the District of Vermont. She serves on local and nonprofit boards connected to development review, planning, housing, and community service. Her practice emphasizes practical problem solving, person-centered counseling, and careful advocacy for organizations and individuals navigating litigation, regulation, employment issues, disability-related concerns, and community development matters and public-interest legal matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, SRH Law
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Board Member & External Relations Commissioner, Big Beautiful Life Inc.
• Board Member, Housing and Homelessness Alliance of Vermont
• Member, Town of Calais Development Review Board
• Member, Town of Calais Planning Commission

Licensed State

• Vermont

Education

• Brooklyn Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Wheaton College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English

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