Mark G. Hall, Director

Land Use, Environmental, Property & Development and Litigation 
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Mr. Hall’s practice encompasses civil trial, regulatory and appellate litigation with a special concentration in the areas of land use, environmental, real estate and construction law.  He has trial experience in state and federal courts and experience representing a wide range of clients in state and local administrative proceedings and private arbitration.  Mr. Hall has represented clients before the Vermont Supreme Court, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. 

Representative institutional clients in land use and real estate matters include:  Champlain College, Inc., Commonwealth Title Insurance Co., First American Title Co., 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, University of Vermont, Vermont Gas Systems, Inc., Vermont Law School and Westlake Development.

Mr. Hall has also represented numerous private individuals in land use and real estate matters as well as a number of personal injury and property damage claims.

Recent representations include:

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 developer of 343-lot sub-division 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

Lathrop Gravel Pit, Bristol, VT
Contested state and local permit for a large gravel pit

Civil Trials
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

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP:
Law Clerk to Hon. Jerome J. Niedermieir, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Vermont

BAR ADMISSIONS:
State of Vermont, 1992
U.S. District Court, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1998
U.S. Supreme Court, 1999

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Bar Association
Vermont Bar Association
Chittenden County Bar Association
National Institute of Trial Advocacy
Leadership Champlain Alumni Association

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Past member of the Board of Directors of First
Night Burlington, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS:
Chambers & Partners America’s Leading
Lawyers for Business for State and Municipal
Land Use Law

PUBLICATIONS:
Co-author of Vermont Land Use and Development Law (Act 250) in Toward
Community Sustainability: Vermont’s Act 250, Serena Press, 1997