Practice/Organization Description
Bowditch is a highly regarded law firm handling sophisticated transactions, challenging litigation and complex regulatory issues for businesses, families and institutions throughout Massachusetts, the region and beyond.
With more than 70 lawyers seamlessly connected in three strategic Massachusetts offices – Boston, Framingham and Worcester – Bowditch is deep in the areas of business and finance, real estate and environmental, litigation, employment, family law, and estate and tax planning, delivering outstanding client satisfaction and quality legal services.
Bowditch is listed in the BTI Client Service A-Team Rankings for 2023 and 2024, which asks over 17,000 buyers of professional services to evaluate 17 activities essential to delivering superior client service. In BTI Brand Elite: Client Perceptions of the Best-Branded Law Firms, Bowditch earned a place on BTI’s Honor Roll of Most Recommended Firms. Law firms are listed based on top-of-mind recognition by corporate counsel and other legal-hiring decision makers.
Bar Admissions
Our lawyers are licensed to practice in 12 jurisdictions: Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island as well as before several appellate courts
Bowditch’s litigation lawyers appear regularly in federal and state courts as well as before various administrative agencies in New England and elsewhere in the U.S.
Honors and Awards
- 2023 Empowering Women award from Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for a strong commitment to supporting and elevating women attorneys
- 29 practices earned a place in U.S. News and World Report: Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” in Boston, Worcester and nationally
- 27 attorneys listed in Best Lawyers in America and 13 attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America
-- David Felper, Lawyer of the Year in Employment Law – Management
-- Mark Powers, Lawyer of the Year in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
-- John Shoro, Lawyer of the Year in Trusts and Estates
- Samantha McDonald, Lynette Paczkowski, Rebecca MacGregor, Kristin Shirahama, Katherine Garrahan, Tracy Boland and Elizabeth Crowley named Top Women of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly; Emily Weber named Excellence in the Law Honoree, Up and Coming Lawyers by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly listed Kristin Shirahama (Trusts & Estates), Bob Young (Employment), George Tetler (Business), Paul Bauer (Commercial Real Estate), and John Shoro (Tax) among the Top 20 lawyers in their respective areas of practice
