Burlington, VT. October, 2015: Paul Frank + Collins directors S. Crocker Bennett, II, Nolan C. Burkhouse, Robert G. Cain, Mark G. Hall, John T. Sartore, Stephen J. Soule, Kerin E. Stackpole, SPHR, and of counsel Allen D. Webster have been recognized as eight of New England’s top attorneys in the 2015 issue of New England Super Lawyers.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area.  The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

PF+C directors Andrew A. Beerworth, Matthew A. Ferrigno, Peter J. McDougall, David M. Pocius, and associate Kristina R. Brines, PHR were also selected as New England Super Lawyers Rising Stars of 2015.  The Rising Stars list compiled by Super Lawyers serves to recognize top up-and-coming attorneys in the state who are under the age of forty or who have been practicing for ten years or less.  No more than 2.5% of the lawyers in the state are named to the Rising Stars list.

Formed in 1968, Paul Frank + Collins P.C. is a Vermont Law Firm with over 50 employees based in Burlington, Vermont. The firm’s attorneys provide a wide range of legal services to commercial, institutional and individual clients throughout Vermont, the United States, Canada, Bermuda and Europe. 

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