Hill and Barlow

Hill and Barlow

Hill & Barlow was a law firm in Boston, Massachusetts that dissolved in 2002. Founded in 1895, the firm had been one of the city's oldest and most elite firms, [http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/May-June-2003/editorial_mayjun03.msp] and was also the 12th largest in Boston at the time of its dissolution, employing 145 lawyers.Fact|date=April 2007 The firm was originally founded by Arthur Hill, known for defending the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. Hill & Barlow officially dissolved when approximately one third of the firm, mostly the real estate group, left, eventually joining Piper Rudnick (now DLA Piper) in 2003. [http://www.massbar.org/for-attorneys/publications/lawyers-journal/2003/february/anatomy-of-a-breakuphill--barlow] (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. [http://www.massbar.org/for-attorneys/publications/lawyers-journal/2003/february/anatomy-of-a-breakuphill--barlow]

Notable former employees include:

* 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 and current Governor of Massachusetts and former U.S. assistant attorney general for Civil Rights under Bill Clinton;
* former Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios;
* Federal Judge Reginald C. Lindsay, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1993);
* Jane Schacter, currently a professor at Stanford Law School and former assistant attorney general, Massachusetts;
* Paul R. McDaniel, professor of law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law;
* James R. Repetti, professor of law at Boston College Law School;
* John A. E. Pottow, professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School.

External links

* [http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/May-June-2003/editorial_mayjun03.msp "Esq. RIP"]
* [http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2003/06/30/newscolumn2.html Boston Business Journal]
* [http://www.massbar.org/for-attorneys/publications/lawyers-journal/2003/february/anatomy-of-a-breakuphill--barlow Anatomy of a breakup Hill & Barlow employees analyze firm’s demise, impact]


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