Rice & Riley

Rice & Riley, PLLC is a law firm located in Montpelier, Vermont. The firm's practice areas encompass a broad range of legal services for individuals and businesses. Key areas include real estate law, covering residential real estate, real estate financing, and land use matters. The firm also handles commercial and corporate law, including transactions, as well as small business law.

Attorneys Gloria Rice and John P. Riley are associated with the firm. Gloria Rice has practiced law in Montpelier since 1980, focusing on residential real estate, real estate financing, and small business law. She is admitted to practice in all Vermont courts and the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, and serves as the attorney member of the Vermont Real Estate Commission. John P. Riley, admitted to practice since 1984, concentrates on commercial and corporate law, real estate, land use, and bankruptcy. He is a member of the Washington County and Vermont Bar Associations, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Riley has also served on the Moretown Development Review Board since 1995.

The firm's comprehensive practice areas include:

• Act 250
• Administrative Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Ancient Roads and Municipal Condemnation
• Appellate Law
• Asset Sales, Mergers and Acquisitions
• Bankruptcy
• Civil Litigation
• Commercial Transactions
• Constitutional Law
• Construction Contracts
• Environmental Law and Enforcement
• Highway Access Law
• Municipal Charters
• Municipal Law
• Municipal Open Records Law
• Municipal Property Tax Assessment, Appeals and Collections
• Municipal Zoning and Planning
• Probate Law, Guardianships
• Real Estate
• Solid Waste Management Districts
• Wills, Trusts and Estates