Robert B. Hemley

Robert B. Hemley is an attorney with Gravel & Shea PC in Burlington, Vermont, with extensive experience in personal injury and complex litigation. His practice includes medical malpractice, legal and professional malpractice, product liability, employment disputes, First Amendment law, antitrust litigation, business litigation, regulatory investigations, criminal defense, mass torts, and class actions. He has represented plaintiffs, businesses, and other clients in significant trial matters.

Robert earned a J.D. from New York University and a B.A. from Amherst College. His legal education was followed by work at a Wall Street firm and service as an Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. That background provided early experience in sophisticated litigation and federal practice before he joined Gravel & Shea in 1976 and developed a broad trial career in Vermont.

Robert has handled major medical malpractice, negligence, product liability, commercial, constitutional, and regulatory cases. His representative matters include multimillion-dollar jury verdicts, successful defenses of local businesses, constitutional challenges involving state laws, arbitration involving hydroelectric facility valuation, and disputes with the Vermont Attorney General. His work has reached the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the US Supreme Court in significant matters.

Robert B. Hemley has received long-standing recognition from The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, New England Super Lawyers, Benchmark Litigation, and Martindale-Hubbell. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. His decades of trial experience support clients facing high-stakes personal injury, professional liability, commercial, constitutional, and regulatory disputes.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Gravel & Shea PC
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Chair, U.S. District Court Advisory Committee for Vermont (Formerly Civil Justice Reform Act Task Force) (1993-Present)
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Charter Member and President, American Board of Trial Advocates (Vermont Chapter) (1993-1994)
• Member, Chittenden County Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, Federal Panel of Early Neutral Evaluators

Licensed State

• New York
• Vermont

Education

• New York University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Amherst College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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