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Corporate
Formation, financing, mergers, and the disputes that follow them. Strategic counsel from the term sheet to the trial that should never come.
Boston · New York · Established 1984
№ 1984
Forty Years at the BarCounsel for matters that cannot afford to be wrong.
For four decades, those facing their most consequential decisions have sought one firm. We do not advertise our victories — we are simply known.
Request an AudienceOur Philosophy
We measure a practice not by the cases it takes, but by the calm it returns. Discretion is the work. Everything else is merely procedure.
The Practice
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Private Client
Divorce, custody, and high-net-worth dissolution conducted with the discretion such matters demand — and the resolve they sometimes require.
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Defense
State and federal defense — from white-collar investigations to the most serious charges. Reputations protected as fiercely as liberty.
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Property
Acquisition, development, zoning, and title. Counsel for landmark transactions where the ground itself is contested.
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Legacy
Wealth transfer, trust administration, and succession — preserving across generations what took a lifetime to build.
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Corporate
Formation, financing, mergers, and the disputes that follow. Counsel from term sheet to verdict.
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Private Client
Divorce, custody, and high-net-worth dissolution conducted with discretion and resolve.
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Defense
State and federal defense, from white-collar investigations to the most serious charges.
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Property
Acquisition, development, zoning, and title for landmark, contested transactions.
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Legacy
Wealth transfer, trust administration, and succession across generations.
Selected outcomes, redacted as required.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. They reflect the standard to which we hold ourselves.
$48.6M
Jury verdict for a manufacturing client in a breach-of-contract and trade-secret action against a former distribution partner.
Corporate · 2024Dismissed
Federal fraud charges dismissed in full following a suppression motion that excluded the government's central evidence.
Defense · 2023Sealed
A confidential settlement protecting a closely held family enterprise and preserving custody — resolved entirely out of court.
Private Client · 2024$22.4M
A mixed-use development acquisition closed through contested zoning appeals and a disputed title claim within six months.
Property · 2025
In Confidence
"They told me the truth when it was difficult, fought when it counted, and never once let me feel alone in it. I would entrust no one else with my family's future."
A private client · matter resolved 2024
The Partners
Counsel led by those who try the case.
Forty years before the bar. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and lead counsel on the firm's most consequential matters.
Counsel to founders and boards through financings and exits. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney with a regulator's eye for risk.
A trusted advisor to families through their most personal decisions, balancing rigorous advocacy with genuine compassion.
Before We Speak
A few matters of course.
Anything further, we will address in confidence.
You will meet directly with the attorney who handles your kind of matter. We listen, review the facts in confidence, and offer a candid assessment of your position and your options. There is no fee for this first meeting.
It depends entirely on the matter. We work on hourly, fixed-fee, and contingency arrangements, and we discuss the structure openly before any engagement begins. You will never be surprised by an invoice.
From the moment you contact us, every communication is protected by privilege. Discretion is not a courtesy here — it is the foundation of the practice, and it is never the subject of conversation.
For urgent matters — an arrest, an injunction, a time-sensitive transaction — we are reachable at any hour. For all other enquiries, an attorney will respond within one business day.
Our attorneys are admitted in Massachusetts, New York, and several federal districts, and we associate with trusted local counsel nationwide for matters that cross state lines.
Begin a Conversation
Tell us what is at stake.
Share what you are comfortable sharing. The appropriate attorney will reach you personally — in confidence, without obligation.
Chambers
114 State Street, Suite 2200
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
By Telephone
(617) 555·0184By Correspondence
intake@halloran-crane.com