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Largest law firms
Ranked by number of local attorneys
Sample of practice areas
Firm
Local
attorneys/
local
partners/
local
offices/
Corporate
law
Estate
law
Tax
law
Bankruptcy
law
Labor
law
Civil
litigation
Commercial
litigation
Criminal
law
Intellectual
property
law
Real
estate
law
Health
law
Family
law
Environmental
law
Managing partner/
year founded
1
Mirick
100 Front St., Worcester 01608
508-791-8500 • miricklaw.com
71
33
2
• • • • • • • • • • • • •
Robert L. Kilroy
Paul W. Carey
1916
2
Fletcher Tilton PC
100 Front St., 5th Floor, Worcester 01608
508-459-8000 • fletchertilton.com
37
10
2
• • • • • • • •
Frederick M. Misilo Jr.
1822
3
Bowditch & Dewey LLP (1)
446 Main St., Worcester 01608
508-791-3511 • bowditch.com
36
21
2
• • • • • • • • • • •
John F. Shoro
1914
4
Callahan Inman
1700 W. Park Drive, Suite 200,
Westborough 01581
508-372-1200 • callahaninman.com
25
6
1
• • • •
David Callahan
2016
5
Hassett & Donnelly PC
446 Main St., 12th Floor, Worcester 01608
508-791-6287 • hassettdonnelly.com
22
15
1
• • • •
David F. Hassett
1974
6
Prince Lobel Tye LLP
One Mercantile St., Suite 220, Worcester
01608
508-318-1757 • princelobel.com
16
12
1
• • • • • • • • • • •
Craig Tateronis
1988
(2)
7
Seder & Chandler LLP
339 Main St., Suite 300, Worcester 01608
508-757-7721 • sederlaw.com
14
9
3
• • • • • • • • • •
Robert Adler
1918
8
Flynn Law
2 Millbury Blvd., Oxford 01540
888-994-6350 • flynnlawtitle.com
12
3
4
•
Patrick Flynn
2008
9
Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting LLP
370 Main St., Suite 800, Worcester 01608
508-756-2423 • mountaindearborn.com
10
7
1
• • • • • • •
Katherine Bagdis
1887
10
Eden Rafferty
238 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604
508-795-1601 • edenrafferty.com
9
2
1
• • • •
Jane Eden
Richard Rafferty
1990
11
Bonville & Howard PC
154 Prichard St., Fitchburg 01420
978-345-4144 • bonvillelaw.com
7
2
1
• • • • • • • • •
Edwin H. Howard Sr.
1947
11
Gelinas & Ward LLP
106 Merriam Ave., Leominster 01453
978-537-2200 • gelinasandward.com
7
3
1
• • •
Justin P. Gelinas
1923
11
Peters, Mitrakas, & LaForce (3)
One Mercantile St., Suite 540, Worcester
01608
508-755-4300 • pmllawyers.com
7
3
2
• • •
R. Norman Peters
Dillon E. LaForce
Gregory G. Mitrakas
1965
11
Rudolf, Smith, Griffis & Ruggieri LLP
446 Main St., Suite 1503, Worcester 01608
508-570-3837 • rudolfsmith.com
7
5
1
• • •
• • • •
Benjamin Rudolf
2010
15
Christopher, Hays, Wojcik & Mavricos LLP
370 Main St., Suite 970, Worcester 01608
508-792-2800 • chwmlaw.com
6
5
2
• • • • • •
Donald C. Keavany Jr.
1989
16
Wickstrom Morse LLP
60 Church St., Whitinsville 01588
508-234-4551 • wickstrommorse.com
5
4
3
• • • • •
Timothy Wickstrom
2011
17
Bennett & Forts PC
1093 Main St., Holden 01520
508-829-6901 • bennettandforts.com
4
1
1
• • • • • • • • •
David L. Bennett
1972
17
Bourgeois White LLP
1 West Boylston St., Suite 307, Worcester
01605
508-753-7038 • bw.legal
4
2
1
• • • • • • • •
Robert White
2011
17
Higgins & Plante
446 Main St., 15th Floor, Worcester 01608
508-752-0112 • higginsplante.com
4
2
1
• •
Marisa Higgins
Nicholas Plante
2025
17
Law Office of David Rocheford
156 Hamilton St., Leominster 01453
978-728-5104 • thebestclosings.com
4
3
1
•
David Rocheford
2000
Source: Each firm via survey as of Q2 2026 and firm websites. Notes: Firms may practice other areas of law that are not specified here. N/A=not available.
(1) Merged with Southborough's Kenney & Sams on Jan. 1, 2026
(2) Worcester office opened in 2024.
(3) Marlborough's Mitrakas and LaForce merged with Worcester's Peters &
Sowyrda in May 2026.
-Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com
The Worcester County Bar
Association has elected attorney
Padraic Rafferty as its new
president-elect, a position he
will hold for one year before
becoming the organization's
president in September 2027.
Rafferty is the clerk-mag-
istrate at the Uxbridge District
Court. Previously, he served as
an assistant clerk-magistrate
in the Worcester District Court;
before that, he worked as a
prosecutor for District Attorney
Joseph Early Jr. and as a litiga-
tion attorney at the Worcester
law firm of Eden Rafferty.
When Rafferty steps into
the president-elect role, he
will replace attorney Kanchana
Fernando, who will become
president on Sept. 1, the bar
association announced June 11.
Fernando is an assistant clerk
magistrate in the Worcester
County Juvenile Court.
– Story by Monica Benevides
Worcester County
Bar Association
names new
leadership
P R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E S F O C U S
Padraic Rafferty
