General Information
Overview
Pierce Atwood LLP is a highly-regarded full-service law firm with 150 attorneys providing legal and business counsel and advocacy services to its clients, which range from regional and local enterprises, utilities, financiers, middle-market companies, entrepreneurs, and individuals, to Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, and state and foreign governments.
With six East Coast offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island, and Washington, DC., Pierce Atwood is dedicated to providing efficient, top-quality service to meet its clients' legal and business needs in practices including Antitrust; Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning; Banking & Financial Services; Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights; Business; Commercial Real Estate, Cannabis; Class Action Defense; Construction; Education, Employment; Energy; Environmental; Immigration; Intellectual Property; Land Use; Litigation & Appellate; Maritime; Mergers & Acquisition; Renewable Energy; Patent; Privacy; Tax; Technology Transactions; Trademark; Trusts & Estates.
Pierce Atwood’s success is built on three core strengths: attracting and retaining superb legal talent, achieving superior client satisfaction, and delivering exceptional value. We understand that clients want creative and timely legal solutions from attorneys who understand their businesses, and we understand that clients want responsiveness and efficiency in the delivery of legal services. Our goal is to deliver all of these.
From discussing an initial scope of work to developing a mutually beneficial fee arrangement, Pierce Atwood prides itself on tailoring solutions to the particular needs of a client. There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to innovative pricing, and the best ideas are the result of a candid dialogue between Pierce Atwood and its clients.
Pierce Atwood is also committed to reaching out to the underserved members of the many communities in which we live and practice. That is why the firm expects each of its attorneys to provide 50 hours of pro bono service every year, and why so many of them continually meet and exceed that expectation.
Rankings
Pierce Atwood LLP is nationally ranked in 7 practice areas and metro ranked in 48 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
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Rankings
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Practice Areas
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Advertising Law
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Business Transactions
- Cannabis Law
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Energy Law
- Energy Regulatory Law
- Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
- Environmental Law
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Immigration Law
- Information Technology Law
- Insurance Law
- Internal Investigations
- IT Outsourcing Law
- Labor Law - Management
- Land Use and Zoning
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - Health Care
- Litigation - Insurance
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Municipal
- Litigation - Patent
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Mediation
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trade Secrets Law
- Trademark Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Utilities Law
- Water Rights
- Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
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Awards
- NLJ Midsize Hot List Recipient for 4 Consecutive Years
- 2022 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business: 37 attorneys firmwide have been recognized.