welcome note

 John & Bill

 Bill Gelnaw & John Nadas
Managing Partners

Welcome to Choate.

Thanks for visiting our website and giving us a few minutes of your time.

One question that companies are asked, in all businesses, is what differentiates them from the competition – how are they different, how are they better, how do they add more value to their clients and customers?

Choate has been one of the leading law firms in Boston, and the country, for more than a century.  In some ways, we may look like a number of other highly successful firms.  In many important ways, though, Choate is very different from the firms with which we compete.  We have an increasingly unique strategy and model: 200 lawyers, all under one roof in Boston, and a focus on a select group of areas where we practice at the highest level.  In those areas, we represent clients across and, increasingly, outside the country.  Our specialized practices and our single-minded focus on adding value to our clients and helping them succeed allow us to provide an unusual level of service and efficiency.  Our single office fosters client teamwork and accountability.

Choate is a place of high energy and high standards.  Whether you are a client, a prospective client or someone who is thinking of joining our team, we invite you to explore our site and see what makes Choate so special. 

Thanks again, and all the best.

Bill Gelnaw and John Nadas

Charlotte Kim Elected President of AALAM

 Charlotte Kim, partner in the firm’s Finance & Restructuring group, has been elected president of the Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts. Ms. Kim plans to focus her efforts on promoting a greater unity of purpose and on advancing shared diversity goals in the legal profession.

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Lisa Gaulin Honored with Adams Pro Bono Award

Congratulations to Lisa Gaulin who was among this year's recipients of the Adams Pro Bono Publico Award. On June 4th the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court presented Lisa with this well deserved award.

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James Shea Joins Choate As Partner In Real Estate

Choate has announced that James Shea, formerly the Co-Chair of the Real Estate Department at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, has joined the firm as a Partner in its Real Estate Department.  Mr. Shea will continue to focus his high profile practice on representing a broad range of public and private developers, contractors, and lenders, with a particular emphasis on public/private partnerships.

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