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T
he Portland law fi rm of Wakelin,
Hallock and O'Donovan has
joined with Eaton Peabody,
creating what both fi rms say will be the
second largest employee benefi ts and
executive compensation practice group
in the state after Verrill Dana.
e new practice group, which
includes Eaton Peabody lawyer
Edward F. Feibel, will be based in
Eaton Peabody's Portland offi ce. e
consolidation took eff ect on Sept. 1
and includes moving Wakelin, Hallock
and O'Donovan's clients over to Eaton
Peabody's practice group.
"We thought it was best for us and
our clients to combine with a larger
fi rm that has more of a statewide pres-
ence," says David S. Wakelin, noting
that his fi rm has been practicing inde-
pendently in Portland for 30 years. "Ed
is a longtime friend of our offi ce. Over
the last fi ve years [since Feibel joined
Eaton Peabody] almost every day we're
talking with him or he's talking with
us. So it was a natural, when we were
P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY
Building a
benefits practice
Wakelin, Hallock and O'Donovan join
Eaton Peabody's Portland office
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Left to right: David S. Wakelin,
Edward F. Feibel, Leslie C.
Hallock, Anne E. O'Donovan,
who comprise Eaton Peabody's
employee benefi ts and executive
compensation practice group,
join David M. Austin, managing
partner of Eaton Peabody,
in the conference room at the
fi rm's Portland offi ce.
