Hill and Barlow

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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.^{[citation needed]} 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 comprised of 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.[3]

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.