Christian Chorba
Of Counsel
Christian Chorba represents a wide range of clients through all phases of the litigation process.
Email: cchorba@drm.com
Phone: 802-863-2375
Direct: 802-846-8387
| PHYSICAL | MAILING |
| Courthouse Plaza 199 Main Street Suite 600 Burlington, VT 05401-8339 |
PO Box 190 Burlington, VT 05402-0190 |
Versatile and experienced civil litigator
Practicing throughout Vermont, Christian is a litigator focused on land use, zoning, construction, permitting, environmental regulation, deed interpretation, and easements. He represents a wide range of clients experiencing disputes over real property, such as homeowners, companies, associations, and municipalities.
Christian regularly appears before state and federal courts, as well as before state and local boards, commissions, and committees. Building on skills he first developed through a two-year clerkship with Chief Justice Paul Reiber at the Vermont Supreme Court, Christian has extensive experience advising and advocating for his clients through all phases of the litigation process, including motion practice, discovery, mediation and arbitration, trial, and appeal.
Education
Boston College, J.D.
Georgetown University, B.S.F.S.
Experience
- Obtained favorable settlement for homeowner in real estate partition action, reducing litigation costs and ensuring continued complete ownership of home.
- Navigated environmental and permitting issues to obtain amendment to existing subdivision for homeowner before local development review board.
- After repeated refusal, secured payment from condominium owner to contractor for full condominium renovation.
- Successfully moved for dismissal of Vermont Consumer Protection Act claim against homeowner and landlord for alleged “unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce” brought by tenant claiming partial ownership of property.
Admissions
Vermont, 2016
Massachusetts, 2016
U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 2018
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2023
Clerkships
Law clerk to the Chief Justice Paul Reiber, Vermont Supreme Court, 2015-2017.
Community Involvement
Young Lawyers Division of the Vermont Bar Association, former Board member
Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, Board member
Leadership Champlain, Advisory Board member
Former AmeriCorps VISTA member, Vermont Youth Tomorrow
Presentations
2024 Vermont Bar Association Mid-Winter Thaw: From the Bar to the Bench: New Vermont Judges Share What They’ve Learned (Moderator)
2023 Vermont Dev Conference: Permitting & Case Law: The Year in Review
2019 Vermont Bar Association Annual Meeting: Municipal Law Year in Review
2018 Vermont Bar Association Annual Meeting: Municipal Law Year in Review