Paul Frank + Collins PC is pleased to announce that attorney Mark G Hall has been named a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). The LCA is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation.

Main Street Alliance of Vermont (MSA-VT) announced Wednesday that Kyle Martel has joined the organization as they continue to elevate the voices of small business owners on important public policy issues in Vermont. Martel steps into the communications associate role at MSA-VT with nearly a decade of experience working in the Vermont media and political landscape. His background is in public affairs, journalism, graphic design and web development.

Melissa and Bill Shahady sold The Drink Bar, St Paul Street, Burlington to Anthony Santaniello of Essex Junction. Brad Worthen, Pomerleau Real Estate represented the Shahady's and Peter Yee, Yellow Sign Commercial represented Santaniello in the transaction.

Pictures left to right: Worthen, Mellissa and Bill Shahady, Santaniello and his son Frankie and Yee.

MDVIP, the national leader in affordable personalized healthcare, announced today that Samuel R Stoyak, MD, has opened an MDVIP-affiliated primary care practice in South Burlington, Vermont, to deliver a better healthcare experience with an emphasis on prevention, not just the treatment of illness. Dr Stoyak is board certified in Internal Medicine and is affiliated with the University of Vermont Medical Center and Central Vermont Medical Center. He becomes the second MDVIP affiliate in South Burlington, joining Frank Landry, M.D., who opened his affiliated practice in 2011.

Ruth M Thomson, DO, MBA, has been named Medical Director for the soon-to-be-opened Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care, and Director of Hospice Services in the Section of Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) Medical Center in Lebanon. Under construction since summer 2016 and scheduled for a late-2017 opening, the Jack Byrne Center is an advanced clinical facility to provide integrated, patient- and family-centered care for patients with life-limiting illness and complex medical needs and to strengthen palliative and hospice care region-wide.