Hill and Barlow

Hill & Barlow was a law firm in Boston, Massachusetts that was dissolved in 2002. Founded in 1895, the firm had been one of the city's oldest and most elite firms,[1] and was also the 12th largest in Boston at the time of its dissolution, employing 138 lawyers.[2] The firm was founded by Arthur D. Hill, known for defending the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. Hill & Barlow was dissolved when approximately one third of the firm, mostly the real estate group, left, eventually joining Piper Rudnick (now DLA Piper) in 2003.[3] (A group representing authors and movie producers were the first to leave for Fish & Richardson.) Remaining attorneys reported feeling "blindsided" by the unexpected upheaval, but those departing felt that the planned restructuring was coming too late.[3]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the firm include:

David Alan Hoffman, John H. Watson, Jr. Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School
Robert Mueller, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michael S. Greco, President of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the New England Bar Association, and the New England Bar Foundation
Former Massachusetts governors Endicott Peabody, Michael Dukakis and William Weld
Deval Patrick, the first African American Governor of Massachusetts and former U.S. assistant attorney general for Civil Rights under Bill Clinton
Former federal district court judge Reginald C. Lindsay of the District of Massachusetts
Former Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios
John A. E. Pottow, professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School
Herbert P. Gleason, former corporation counsel of Boston
Richard W. Renehan, President of the Boston Bar Association, President of Boston College Alumni
Jonathan C. Lipson, professor of law at Temple University-Beasley School of Law

References

Caplan, Lincoln (June 2013). "Esq., RIP". Legal Affairs.
Resende, Patricia (9 December 2002). "Hill & Barlow to shut its doors". Boston Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
Feibelmann, Lynne (February 2003). "Anatomy of a breakup: Hill & Barlow employees analyze firm's demise, impact". Massachusetts Bar Association.

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[1] Caplan, Lincoln (June 2013). "Esq., RIP". Legal Affairs.

[2] Resende, Patricia (9 December 2002). "Hill & Barlow to shut its doors". Boston Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[:0-3] Feibelmann, Lynne (February 2003). "Anatomy of a breakup: Hill & Barlow employees analyze firm's demise, impact". Massachusetts Bar Association.