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82 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2020 | wbjournal.com F O C U S P R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E S Top law firms Ranked by number of attorneys in Central Mass. as of April 2020 Firm Local attorneys Practice areas Managing partner(s) Year founded 1 Bowditch & Dewey LLP 311 Main St., P.O. Box 15156, Worcester 01605 508-791-3511 • www.bowditch.com 62 Business and finance, litigation, labor and employment, real estate and environmental, estate, financial and tax planning, higher education Robert D. Cox Jr. 1914 1 Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP 100 Front St., Worcester 01608-1477 508-791-8500 • www.mirickoconnell.com 62 Business, trusts and estates, litigation, construction, creditors' rights, bankruptcy and reorganization, elder and family, divorce, health, intellectual property, labor, employment and employee benefits, land use and environmental, public and municipal, personal injury David E. Surprenant 1916 3 Fletcher Tilton PC 370 Main St., 12th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-459-8000 • fletchertilton.com 47 Business & corporate, commercial finance, family law, labor & employment, immigration, civil litigation, estate planning & administration, trusts & foundations, elder law & medicaid planning, special needs planning, commercial & residential real estate, taxation Frederick M. Misilo 1822 4 Hassett & Donnelly PC 446 Main St., 12th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-791-6287 • www.hassettanddonnelly.com 19 Civil litigation, insurance defense, municipal law, construction litigation, product liability, civil rights litigation, employment law, professional liability, toxic tort, environmental law, class actions, workers' compensation David F. Hassett 1974 5 Fuller, Rosenberg, Palmer & Beliveau LLP 339 Main St., Worcester 01608 508-755-5225 • www.frpb.com 14 (a) Insurance defense and personal injury litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, trials and appeals in all courts Peter A. Palmer 1965 5 Kenney & Sams PC 144 Turnpike Road, Southborough 01772 508-490-8500 • www.KSlegal.com 14 Business litigation, construction and real estate development, employment law, government practice, healthcare litigation, insurance law, personal injury litigation, mediation and arbitration Christopher A. Kenney Michael P. Sams 2006 7 Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting LLP 370 Main St., Suite 800, Worcester 01608 508-756-2423 • www.mountaindearborn.com 12 General practice, banking, probate, corporate, tax, real estate, employment, estate planning and trust law, trials in all courts Paul C. Foley 1888 7 Seder & Chandler LLP 339 Main St. Suite 300, Worcester 01608 (b) 508-757-7721 • www.sederlaw.com 12 Banking & finance, bankruptcy & creditor's rights, business & corporate, construction law, family law & probate, estates & trusts, employment law, intellectual property, litigation & ADR, private equity & venture capital, private client services, real estate & land use, taxation Paul J. O'Riordan Robert S. Adler Jeffrey P. Greenberg 1918 9 Christopher, Hays, Wojcik & Mavricos LLP 370 Main Street, Suite 970, Worcester (b) 01608 508-792-2800 • www.chwmlaw.com 9 General practice, civil and business litigation, business formation and succession planning, wills and trusts, trust administration, tax law, commercial law, employment law, professional malpractice, shareholder disputes, personal injury, product liability, real estate, workers' compensation, trials and appeals in all courts Donald C. Keavany 1989 10 Gelinas & Ward LLP 106 Merriam Ave., Leominster 01453 978-537-2200 • www.gelinasandward.com 8 Commercial real estate and finance, corporate law and business acquisitions and sales, foreclosure, workout and collection, residential real estate conveyancing, estate planning and probate law Charles A. Gelinas, Sr. 1923 11 Glickman, Sugarman, Kneeland & Gribouski 11 Harvard St., P.O. Box 2917, Worcester 01613 508-756-6206 • www.gskandglaw.com 7 General civil and criminal practice, immigration law (deportation defense, naturalization, family-based and humanitarian immigration benefits), insurance plaintiffs, negligence, real estate, banking, estate planning, probate and family law, trials and appeals in all Massachusetts courts David J. Kneeland Alex Mooradian 1960 11 Mayer, Antonellis, Jachowicz & Haranas LLP 439 Worcester Road, Framingham 01701 508-620-0140 • www.hkwg.com 7 Business law, civil litigation, divorce law, real estate law William H. Mayer 1945 13 Morrison Mahoney LLP 446 Main St., Suite 1010, Worcester 01608 508-757-7777 • www.morrisonmahoney.com 6 Full service, litigation and business law Joanne Hoban 1948 13 Rubin Hay PC 205 Newbury St., P.O. Box 786, Framingham 01701 508-875-5222 • www.rubinhay.com 6 Estate planning, probate, estate administration, business law Merek Rubin 1980 15 Bourgeois White LLP 1 West Boylston St., Ste. 307, Worcester 01605 508-753-7038 • www.bw.legal 5 Complex tort litigation, contract disputes, inheritance, trust and estate litigation, closely-held business disputes, family-owned business disputes, consumer product liability, premises liability, zoning and land use litigation, internet defamation and abuse litigation, civil trials and appeals in all courts, legal ethics and professional responsibility Roy A. Bourgeois Robert S. White 2011 15 Gould & Ettenberg PC 370 Main St., 10th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-752-6733 • www.gouldettenberg.com 5 General practice, personal injury and criminal trial practice in state and federal courts, real estate, zoning and permitting, condominiums, probate, estate planning, business, corporate, banking, municipal, sports and entertainment Marshall A. Gould Peter L. Ettenberg 1977 Source: Each firm via survey. Note: Attorney counts may represent combined totals where firms have multiple locations. (a) Data from 2019 survey (b) An additional office in Westborough - Compiled by: Timothy Doyle, tdoyle@nebusinessmedia.com Seder & Chandler LLP expanded its family law and probate practices to offer private conciliation services. Fletcher Tilton PC was voted the winner in the category of Special Needs Legal Assistance by the readers of Boston Parents Paper. Pictured is Managing Partner Frederick M. Misilo. AiVi Nguyen, partner at Bowditch & Dewey LLP, is one of 20 winners of the 2020 Smile Award at this year's Harvey Ball. Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP had to postpone to the fall its annual law conference originally planned for April 16th. Morrison Mahoney partner Michael Aylward was elected to the board of the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence in 2020. Source: Each firm via survey. Note: Attorney counts may represent combined totals where firms have multiple locations. (a) Data from 2019 survey (b) An additional office in Westborough - Compiled by: Timothy Doyle, tdoyle@nebusinessmedia.com