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,^[1] and was also the 12th largest in Boston at the time of its dissolution, employing 145 lawyers. 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.^[2] (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.^[2]

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;
• Joseph D. Steinfield, Prince Lobel Tye LLP
• Gael, Mahony, Holland & Knight
• 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.
• Michael Weisman, adjunct professor of law at Yale Law School and attorney for Marie Evans in Evans v. Lorillard Tobacco which resulted in an $152 million jury verdict.
• Robert Bone, professor of law at The University of Texas School of Law.
• David A. Hoffman, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and founder of Boston Law Collaborative, LLC
• John C. P. Goldberg, professor of law at Harvard Law School
• Huyen Pham, professor of law at Texas A&M Law School
• Thomas Main, professor of law at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law

References

1. Caplan, Lincoln (June 2013). "Esq., RIP". Legal Affairs.
2. Feibelmann, Lynne (February 2003). "Anatomy of a breakup: Hill & Barlow employees analyze firm’s demise, impact". Massachusetts Bar Association.

External links

• Esq. RIP
• Boston Business Journal
• Anatomy of a breakup Hill & Barlow employees analyze firm’s demise, impact