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: all lawyers 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

by any measure

 Of the 200 most successful US firms, Choate ranks:
22nd Value/Lawyer
37th Revenue/Lawyer


Over half of practice group leaders named Best in America


Ranked #1 for Reinsurance in the US

Lawyers recognized for excellence in majority of practice areas 

 
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