Barclay Damon to add 10 attorneys to its Boston office

Syracuse–based Barclay Damon LLP says its office in Boston, Massachusetts will add 10 attorneys, effective Oct. 7. The attorneys have all been working for the Boston law firm of Burns & Levinson, LLP. (Eric Reinhardt / CNYBJ)

Syracuse–based Barclay Damon LLP says it is adding 10 attorneys from another law firm to its Boston, Massachusetts office, effective Oct. 7. All of the lawyers involved have been working for Burns & Levinson, LLP (B&L), also of Boston, per the Barclay Damon announcement. The group consists of a six-attorney intellectual property (IP) team and […]

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Syracuse–based Barclay Damon LLP says it is adding 10 attorneys from another law firm to its Boston, Massachusetts office, effective Oct. 7. All of the lawyers involved have been working for Burns & Levinson, LLP (B&L), also of Boston, per the Barclay Damon announcement. The group consists of a six-attorney intellectual property (IP) team and four lawyers focused on real estate, finance, corporate, and labor and employment. The IP group is led by former B&L IP chair Deb Peckham and includes partners Kate Noll and Alex Smolenski, of counsel Jerry Cohen, and associates Dan McGrath and Kat Delos Reyes, along with several support staff. The additional four lawyers include B&L’s former managing partner, Paul Mastrocola, and partners Leslie Muldowney, Andy Henderson, and Tina Murray. The deal will bring Barclay Damon’s Boston office headcount to 23 lawyers. The firm also notes that its major-markets offices headcount has also grown from eight lawyers five years ago to just under 90 attorneys today in New York City; Boston; New Haven, Connecticut; and Washington D.C. “We continue building momentum in each of our markets with a proven reputation for finding talent, striking deals that are fair to lateral partners and the firm, and successfully integrating and retaining talent at a rate that far surpasses industry statistics,” Lizz Acee, management committee member and managing director of major markets at Barclay Damon, said in the firm’s announcement. The Burns & Levinson addition marks the third major IP group to join Barclay Damon in 2024, underscoring the firm’s continued strategic investment in its IP practice and expansion of services to tech-based clients. The firm’s expanded IP group now includes 32 lawyers, one patent agent, and eight paralegals and docket administrators supporting a practice that conducts work throughout the U.S. and abroad. The work focuses on areas that such as patent and trademark litigation and prosecution, which includes contested patent and trademark office proceedings; commercial licensing and transactional due diligence; and copyright litigation and procurement, Barclay Damon said.
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