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Top Private Client & Estate Planning firms in Boston

The firms combining the deepest private client & estate planning footprint with a presence in Boston, ranked by the Sartori Firm Index.

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Private Client & Estate Planning firms in Boston

These law firms pair a strong public Private Client & Estate Planning footprint with a recorded presence in Boston, ranked by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 measure of scale, reach and hiring built from public data. The ranking reflects public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's private client & estate planning work in Boston.

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1McDermott Will & Schulte62.6Global1,500–2,500New York, Chicago, Washington…
2Saul Ewing49National500–1,000Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore…
3McCarter & English47.8National250–500Newark, Boston, New York…
4Duane Morris46.2Global500–1,000Philadelphia, New York, Chicago…
5Harris Beach Murtha46.1National250–500New York, Rochester, Boston…
6Nixon Peabody45.7International500–1,000Boston, Washington, New York City…
7Lathrop GPM45.6National250–500Kansas City, Minneapolis, San Francisco…
8Bond Schoeneck & King45National250–500Syracuse, New York, Rochester…
9ArentFox Schiff42.6National500–1,000Washington, New York, Chicago…
10FisherBroyles42.5International100–250Washington, Atlanta, New York…
11Barclay Damon41.8National250–500Syracuse, Buffalo, Albany…
12Day Pitney40.3National250–500New York, Hartford, Boston…
13Choate Hall & Stewart39.6National250–500Boston, New York
14Arnall Golden Gregory39.2National100–250Atlanta, Washington, Boston
15Sullivan38.3International100–250Boston, New York, London…
16Verrill38.3National100–250Portland, Boston, Westport…
17Hinckley Allen & Snyder36.5National100–250Boston, Providence, Hartford…
18Goulston & Storrs36.4National250–500Boston, New York, Washington
19Manning Gross + Massenburg36.3National250–500Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles…
20Pierce Atwood36National100–250Portland, Boston, Providence…
21Shipman & Goodwin35.8National100–250Hartford, New York, Boston…
22Wiggin and Dana35.8National100–250New York, New Haven, Hartford…
23McLane Middleton34.7International100–250Manchester, Boston, Portsmouth…
24Robins Kaplan34.6National100–250Minneapolis, Boston, Los Angeles…
25Nutter McClennen & Fish34.2National100–250Boston, San Francisco, New York…
26Kiernan Trebach33.4National100–250Washington, New York, Boston…
27McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter31.4National100–250New York, Philadelphia, Hartford…
28Prince Lobel Tye30.6National100–250Boston, Worcester, Austin
29Shulman Rogers30.6National100–250Washington, Baltimore, Annapolis…
30Riemer & Braunstein27.2National100–250Boston, New York, Los Angeles…

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