Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

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#12 Boston

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Headquarters: Boston, MA
2 offices
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Firm history

Founded in 1879 by future Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and his Harvard Law School classmate Samuel D. Warren, the firm now known as Nutter, McClennen & Fish maintains two offices: its Boston headquarters and a six-attorney Hyannis outpost. Combined, the two offices employ just enough attorneys to crack the National Law Journal's rankings of the nation's largest firms, on which it recently polled at 246th. Nutter McClennen also ranked No.10, up one spot from the previous year, in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's 2006 survey of Boston's 100 largest law firms. A general business firm, Nutter McClennen's specialties include intellectual property, litigation and trusts and estates. The firm lists among its representative clients Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Lucent Technologies, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Shaw's Supermarkets.

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Firm culture

"Open," "friendly," "collegial" and "easygoing" are some of the ways insiders describe the vibe at Nutter. "People are generally happy here, and the mentality is not to [get] out and split in two years," says a corporate lawyer. Many attorneys note that all offices are exactly the same size, which, in the words of one lawyer, "means there can be no ego attached to having the biggest office."

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While "academic achievement is a prerequisite," according to one insider, Nutter McClennen is also looking for candidates who "have good interpersonal skills, are outgoing, take responsibility and show initiative." "Academic superstars with no personality need not apply," says one Nutter McClennen attorney. "The firm seems very committed to bringing in more associates from top law schools, and more top candidates are applying here given our excellent AmLaw rankings for associate happiness," according to a litigator at the firm. In 2006, Nutter ranked first in Boston fourth in the country in The American Lawyer's annual mid-level associates survey.
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