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100 LARGEST LAW FIRMS 2013 Boston University School of Law Where Great Students Learn How to Be Great Lawyers 100 LARGEST LAW FIRMS 2013 boston university school of law Where great students learn how to be great lawyers It’s no secret that law firms want to hire ě BU Law excels at educating students for BU Law graduates: some of the nation’s fastest growing legal fields, ranking #5 in health law, #6 in tax ě BU Law ranks #22 among U.S. law schools law, and #8 in intellectual property law, based on the proportion of the Class of according to the 2013 U.S. News & World 2012 that landed associate positions at the Report law school rankings. nation’s 250 largest law firms, according to the National Law Journal. ě BU Law students learn from one of the nation's top faculty, which Princeton Review ě More partners at the nation’s largest firms ranks #3 for "Best Professors". graduated from BU Law than from any New England law school except Harvard, ě The 2011 Massachusetts bar exam was according to a major study published in passed by 97% of BU Law graduates 2011 in the Journal of Legal Education. taking the test for the first time. To learn more about how your firm can hire BU Law graduates, please contact: Office of Career Development & Public Service www.bu.edu/law/employers Phone: 617-353-3141 Email: [email protected] FROM THE PUBLISHER To our readers: Welcome to Lawyers Weekly’s annual review of the state’s Largest Law Firms. We have been surveying the 100 largest firms in Massachusetts for more than a decade and are proud to bring you this year’s edition. is directory is being mailed to all subscribers of Massachu- 100 LARGEST setts Lawyers Weekly; we estimate that roughly 30,000 lawyers LAW FIRMS will have it available to them as a reference. It’s also being sent out to more than 3,000 readers of New England In-House. 2013 at means we anticipate that this guide will be on the desks of thousands of corpo- rate decision-makers, available to them whenever they consider what law firm they wish to retain. Many law firms in this directory take advantage of an opportunity we offer to pub- Alphabetical Listing lish an “enhanced listing,” which includes a wealth of additional information about By Firm Name . .2 the firm. at’s the reason why some listings in the directory appear more elaborate than others. Firms of all sizes take advantage of this option to get their name in Largest Law Firms front of countless in-house attorneys. In Massachusetts . .3 Information for this directory was compiled by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Law Practice Area Index firms were asked to provide information as of Jan. 1, 2013, in order to get the most For Firms . .71 accurate details for the 2013 edition. Please note that unlike with some past editions, diversity numbers are for Massachusetts attorneys only. Largest Firms At A Glance . .78 We put a lot of work into this directory, but we are always open to suggestions as to how to proceed in the future. You can contact me directly with feedback (susan.bo- Starting Salaries For [email protected]). For advertising information, please get in touch with Associates At The our vice president of sales, Charlene Smith ([email protected]). 10 Largest Firms . .82 And if you are interested in our New England In-House publication, please feel free to get in touch with the vice president of editorial, Henriette Campagne Net Change In Firm Size ([email protected]). At The Top 20 Firms . .83 For additional copies of this directory, please call (617) 451-7300 or visit http://books.lawyersweekly.com. ank you. We hope you enjoy and make use of this directory. METHODOLOGY: To determine the largest law firms in Massachusetts, Lawyers Weekly Sincerely, mailed surveys to hundreds of firms based on information from previous surveys and other sources. Firms are ranked by the number of attorneys they employed in Massachusetts as of Jan. 1, 2013. The total includes lawyers in Susan A. Bocamazo, Esq. all offices worldwide. Firms that have the same Publisher/Editor-in-Chief number of attorneys are listed alphabetically. Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly N/A = not applicable, N/R = no response Published by Lawyers Weekly Inc., 10 Milk St. 10th floor, Boston, MA 02108. Copyright ©2013 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Material published herein is Photocopying and data processing storage of all or any part of this issue may not be compiled at substantial expense and is for the sole and exclusive use of purchasers made without prior written consent. Rates quoted on request. and subscribers. The material may not be republished, resold, recorded, or used in any manner, in whole or in part, without the publisher's explicit consent. Any infringement will be subject to legal redress. LARGEST LAW FIRMS 1 ALPHABETICAL LISTING BY FIRM NAME – A – Goodwin Procter LLP . .4 – O – Ablitt Scofield . .69 Goulston & Storrs, PC . .13 Outside GC LLC . .59 Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. .50 Governo Law Firm LLC . .68 – P – Anderson & Kreiger LLP . .55 Greenberg Traurig LLP . .25 Peabody & Arnold LLP . .28 – B – – H – Pepper Hamilton LLP . .41 Bacon Wilson, P.C. .33 Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. .27 Pierce, Davis & Perritano, LLP . .62 Bartlett Hackett Feinberg P.C. .59 Hemenway & Barnes . .39 Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP . .27 Bernkopf Goodman LLP . .56 Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP . .26 Prince Lobel Tye LLP . .26 Bingham McCutchen . .8 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP . .64 Proskauer Rose, LLP . .22 Bowditch & Dewey, LLP . .24 Holland & Knight LLP . .16 Boyle, Shaughnessy & Campo, P.C. .35 – J – – R – Brown Rudnick LLP . .22 Jackson Lewis LLP . .45 Rackermann, Sawyer & Brewster . .30 Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP . .30 Jones Day . .45 Rich May, P.C. .53 Burns & Levinson LLP . .19 Riemer & Braunstein LLP . .23 – K – Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. .68 – C – K&L Gates . .20 Campbell, Campbell, Edwards & Conroy, P.C. .50 Robinson & Cole LLP . .39 Keches Law Group, P.C. .58 Casner & Edwards, LLP . .36 Keegan Werlin LLP . .68 Ropes & Gray LLP . .3 Cetrulo LLP . .36 Kopelman and Paige, P.C. .30 Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C. .54 Choate Hall & Stewart LLP . .12 Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP . .66 Rubin and Rudman LLP . .23 Collora LLP . .56 Krokidas & Bluestein . .67 Rudolph Friedmann LLP . .62 Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP . .51 Cooley LLP . .37 – L – – S – Cooley Manion Jones LLP . .27 Lando & Anastasi, LLP . .40 Sally & Fitch LLP . .63 Cushing & Dolan, P.C. .65 Lawson & Weitzen, LLP . .31 Seyfarth Shaw LLP . .23 LeClairRyan . .40 – D – Sherin and Lodgen LLP . .33 Davis, Malm & D’Agostine, P.C. .32 Littler Mendelson . .59 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP . .28 Day Pitney LLP . .39 Looney & Grossman LLP . .60 Sloane and Walsh, LLP . .39 Dechert LLP . .38 Lynch & Lynch . .65 Smith & Brink, P.C. .48 Denner Pellegrino LLP . .65 – M – Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo LLP . .66 DLA Piper . .26 Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, PC . .43 Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C. .49 Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy P.C. .57 Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney . .70 Sullivan & Worcester LLP . .18 Donoghue Barrett & Singal, P.C. .59 McCarter & English, LLP . .23 Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP . .46 Donovan & O’Connor, LLP . .68 McDermott Will & Emery . .24 Donovan Hatem LLP . .38 Melick & Porter, LLP . .48 – T – Duane Morris LLP . .42 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers, P.C. .64 Tentindo, Kendall, Canniff & Keefe LLP . .47 – E – Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. .7 Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP . .10 Mirick, O’Connell, Demallie, & Lougee, LLP . .26 Thornton & Naumes, LLP . .64 Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC . .52 Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP . .40 Todd & Weld LLP . .37 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP . .42 – F – – V – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Morrison Mahoney LLP . .21 Verrill Dana, LLP . .61 Garrett & Dunner . .47 Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, PC . .34 – W – Fish & Richardson . .24 Murphy & King, PC . .45 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP . .30 Fletcher Tilton PC . .29 Murphy & Riley, P.C. .66 Foley & Lardner LLP . .23 Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP . ..
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