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Boston · Providence · Hartford
Halloway & Finch has advised closely held businesses, families and institutions across New England since 1968. We give you the honest assessment first — then we do the work.
What we do
Whether the matter is a shareholder dispute or a difficult custody arrangement, you are advised by a partner who knows the file — not handed down a chain of associates.
Formation, financing, governance and the sale of the business you spent a career building — handled by lawyers who have sat on both sides of the table.
We prepare every matter as though it will be tried. That is precisely why most of them settle on terms our clients are content to accept.
Acquisition, development, leasing and land use across three states, with the permitting experience to see a project through to occupancy.
Divorce, custody and support handled with discretion and steadiness — and with a clear eye on what your family looks like five years from now.
Counsel for employers who want to stay out of court, and for executives negotiating the terms on which they arrive or leave.
Protecting the marks, designs, software and know-how that make a business worth more than the sum of its assets.
Why clients stay
More than half of our work comes from clients we have acted for before, or from the lawyers and accountants who advise them. That is the only marketing metric we take seriously.
The lawyer who takes your first call is the lawyer who argues your motion. We staff deliberately small teams and we do not learn your business on your invoice.
You will be told what is likely, what is possible and what it will cost, in language you can forward to your board or your family without translation.
Fixed fees for defined work, capped estimates for the rest, and a call before any step that changes the number. No client of ours has been surprised by a bill.
We build the record early. Opponents settle on better terms with a firm that is visibly prepared to try the case, and our clients get the benefit of that posture.
The people
Thirty-four lawyers, twelve of them partners, admitted across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York.
Credentials & results
Illustrative outcomes shown for template purposes. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome in any future matter.
Recovered for a minority owner squeezed out of a family manufacturing business, following a fourteen-day bench trial and a successful appeal.
Defeated a preliminary injunction that would have kept our client out of her industry for two years, then obtained dismissal of all counts on summary judgment.
Advised the founding family from succession planning through a competitive auction and closing, including the escrow terms that later returned in full.
They told me the case I wanted to bring was the wrong one, and explained why for an hour without charging me. Four years later they closed the sale of my company.
Founder, Vance Instrument Co. · Illustrative client
Halloway & Finch handled a difficult separation with a decency my family did not expect from litigation. Nothing was ever escalated for the sake of it.
Family law client · IllustrativeOur board has used three firms in a decade. This is the only one whose advice arrived before we had to ask for it.
General Counsel, regional healthcare system · IllustrativeRecent thinking
Short, practical notes on the questions clients ask us most often.
Most disputes we litigate were decided years earlier, in a document nobody read closely. Here is what to check.
A practical read of where restrictive covenants stand for Massachusetts employers this year.
The zoning, environmental and title questions worth answering before you sign a purchase and sale.
Speak with counsel
Every enquiry is reviewed by a partner within one business day. Initial consultations are confidential and carry no obligation, whether or not we go on to act for you.