Gravel & Shea PC of Colchester

Gravel & Shea PC of Colchester is a personal injury lawyer serving Colchester, Vermont, and the surrounding region. The firm handles personal injury and products liability litigation alongside medical malpractice and legal malpractice claims, and its practice extends to complex civil litigation, construction litigation, employment litigation, environmental and land use litigation, antitrust, appellate work, and banking and financial services litigation. Attorneys also represent clients in mediation and criminal defense, including crime victims' rights. Beyond litigation, the firm provides corporate and business counsel, business formation and representation, mergers and acquisitions, tax controversy, estate planning, probate and trust law, family law, employment law, and intellectual property protection covering trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. The firm holds a rating of 4.80 from the customers who have reviewed it.

Gravel & Shea traces its history to 1955, when Clarke Albert Gravel opened his private practice after serving as Chittenden County State's Attorney and as Judge of Probate Court for the District of Chittenden. Charles T. Shea joined the practice in 1967, bringing a J.D. from Georgetown University, an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University, and prior service with the Internal Revenue Service in Boston and as Vermont Commissioner of Taxes. Today the firm works across commercial transactions, civil litigation, real estate, intellectual property, energy, land use and environmental regulation, estate planning, mergers and acquisitions, personal injury litigation, employment law, and family law.

Its emerging technologies group advises clients on structuring, contracting and finance for early-stage businesses, and on legal questions tied to blockchain, artificial intelligence, privacy, technology-based consumer products and services, and technology-based financial products. That work includes business planning and formation, regulatory compliance and approval, intellectual property strategies, and governance structures such as decentralized autonomous organizations and blockchain-based limited liability companies. The business and corporate group assists newly formed and established companies, financial institutions and entrepreneurs with commercial transactions, investments and securities matters, and serves as general outside counsel handling contracts and day-to-day legal questions.

The firm's approach rests on understanding and prioritizing client goals, thorough research and preparation, close attention to clients of every size, and tackling complex challenges through creativity, practicality and hard work. It states a commitment to honesty, integrity and fairness with clients, courts and adversaries, and to supporting its community.

For clients in Colchester and across Vermont, Gravel & Shea brings together personal injury litigation and a broad base of business, estate and regulatory practice, backed by a 4.80 rating from the customers who have reviewed it.