Mark G. Hall
Paul Frank + Collins P.C.
One Church Street
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
Tel: 802.658.2311
Email:
mhall@pfclaw.com
Web:
www.pfclaw.com
Mark Hall’s practice encompasses civil, regulatory, and appellate litigation, with a concentration in land use, environmental, real estate, and construction law. He represents a wide range of clients in various state and local administrative proceedings, including the Environmental Court, Public Service Board, Water Resources Board, and zoning boards throughout Vermont.
Representative clients include: Champlain College, Inc., Commonwealth Title Insurance Co., Costco Wholesale Corp., Cumberland Farms, Inc., First American Title Co., Housing Vermont, Husky Injection Molding Systems, J.A. McDonald, Inc., Lathrop Limited Partnership, Lodging North, Inc., Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Retrovest Associates, Inc., South Village Limited Partnership LLP, T-Mobile, Northeast, LLC, University of Vermont, Vermont Gas Systems, Inc., Vermont Law School, and Westlake Development.
Representative Matters:
- Champlain College, Inc.: Two large campus buildings in a residential neighborhood. Successfully defended the college in an appeal by a group of neighbors.
- Residential Subdivision (southvillage.com): Represented the developer of 343-lot subdivision in obtaining master plan approval in contested, new urban style development.
- Westlake Area Condominium: Large commercial project in downtown Burlington consisting of hotel/condominium/mixed use/parking garage
- Recently obtained a civil trial judgment (including damages, interest, penalties, and attorney’s fees) in a construction lawsuit for a Canadian-based structural steel manufacturing company and a $667,000 settlement for a small child injured by foster parents.
Education:
- Kent State University, B.A. (cum laude), 1984
- Vermont Law School, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1992
- Law Clerk to Hon. Jerome J. Niedermeier, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Vermont , 1993
Publications:
- Co-author of Vermont Land Use and Development Law (Act 250) in Toward Community Sustainability: Vermont’s Act 250, Serena Press, 1997
- Vermont Editor, Aspen Press, “Fifty State Guide to Construction Law.” 2006-2011
For over forty-five years, Paul Frank + Collins has assisted clients from all sectors of the economy with commercial, institutional, retail, office, and energy projects of all shapes, sizes and types. Our Property + Development attorneys achieve clients’ goals in the largest cities and the smallest towns throughout Vermont, New York, and northern New England. We know that every deal is unique, with a complex mix of financial, regulatory, construction, title, and practical issues that we address efficiently and effectively.
Our success stems from having a fully developed team of transactional and litigation professionals focused on legal matters involving real property, development and the environment. We are able to provide seamless legal services from financing and purchase, through environmental permitting and construction, to leasing, sales and property management. Our experience includes obtaining financing, as well as Act 250 and local permits for the master plan of an expanding college, petitioning the Public Service Board regarding development of a large solar farm, and defending environmental enforcement actions and Act 250 appeals. Our clients include developers, lenders, investors, educational institutions, construction companies, commercial landlords and tenants, condominium and landowner associations, wholesale and retail companies, energy firms, telecommunication providers, title insurance companies, property management firms, not-for-profit agencies, and government entities. The property and development team of attorneys at PF+C has been recognized for its accomplishments in the areas of real estate, construction, land use and environmental law by national and international peer review rating agencies, such as Best Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, Chambers and Partners, and Super Lawyers.
Paul Frank + Collins was established nearly a half-century ago by Allan Paul, Joseph Frank, and Peter Collins in Burlington, Vermont. The quality general practice group grew to be a preeminent law firm where excellence, strong intellect, and commitment to client service are the standard. For decades, PF+C has been a law firm of choice for business, banking, and insurance sectors. PF+C’s talented lawyers provide world-class legal services to local, regional, and international clients.
Today, PF+C represents a wide range of entities from Fortune 500 companies to locally based businesses. The extraordinary people of PF+C provide a powerful suite of products and services delivered with unrivalled skill and the same know-how this firm was built upon.
Our award-winning attorneys are nationally recognized for their high professional ability. We bring experience and depth of knowledge to our many areas of concentration: Business and Tax, Captive Insurance, Commercial Finance, Employment and Immigration, Energy and Environment, Estate Planning, Insurance Services, Litigation, Municipal Law and Public Finance, Patents + Intellectual Property, and Property and Development.
The quality and capacity within our practice areas allow us to address any of our clients’ needs with vision, knowledge, and a commitment to service.
Paul Frank + Collins is pleased to be Vermont’s only member of The Harmonie Group, a by-invitation-only national network of law firms providing legal services to corporations, insurance carriers, captive insurance companies, risk retention groups, and third party administrators.