At Burns & Levinson, personal career and family matters are an integral part of our service. Our experienced, compassionate lawyers provide top-of-the-line family and divorce representation, trust and estate planning, and probate and trust litigation assistance.

In addition, we are unmatched in representing top business executives in compensation, advocacy, white collar and other career-related matters as well as guiding scientists and entrepreneurs in commercializing their visions.  Our lawyers have seen virtually every variant of the difficult issues at the crossroads of business and personal, and we represent you with discretion, consummate skill, creativity and compassion.

Many of our partners are veterans of major regional and national firms who are equipped to handle your most challenging transactions, resolve sensitive disputes and go toe-to-toe with anyone.

We offer the skills of a much larger firm, but with a lower fee structure and more streamlined communication between you and the partner in charge.  We understand that your issues are often not confined to business hours, so we’re available 24/7 to work on matters that are important to you.

Our business lawyers serve as your strategic partners, devising creative, results-focused solutions that take your business to the next level.  Apart from legal review, analysis and recommendations, our collective decades of transactional experience and deep industry involvement allow us to provide practical assistance, introducing you to others in our network who can find business partners to raise capital, source deals, provide research and development services, perform clinical studies, and more.

We understand that you are in business to thrive. You need advisors with the requisite business acumen and experience, and the creativity to tell you how to do things, not why you shouldn’t. At Burns & Levinson, we cultivate a can-do approach that meshes perfectly with our clients’ entrepreneurial sensibilities. As deal closers, we do the work and make the necessary connections to get to “yes.”

Successful relationships are built on how well people understand one another’s objectives and concerns, and work collaboratively to address them.  Too often, legal services are driven by the billable hour, not the client’s overall best interests. Burns & Levinson is different.

Combining deep industry knowledge in the markets we serve with experienced legal judgment, we offer legal advice based on the big picture. Our mission is first to understand the many facets of your business and your life, and then to become strategic partners in your long-term business and personal success.

While growth in the legal industry has become commonplace, we remain by design an authentic mid-sized firm: large enough to offer the services you need, and small enough to provide the personal attention you deserve. We are proud to serve as legal counsel for dynamic, growth-oriented enterprises, including privately and publicly held companies, start-ups, emerging growth enterprises and family businesses, along with their management teams and financing sources; colleges, universities and other public institutions; as well as entrepreneurs, scientists and individuals facing career and personal challenges.

Featuring a partner-to-associate ratio of less than 1:1, our service model provides our clients with consistent, cost-effective access to entrepreneurial, results-driven partners.

You’ll work directly with advisors who have a sincere interest in adding value to your life and the life of your business, and do so using a solid command of your market, the players and the law. Whatever your legal issue—we’ll provide a practical answer in real time with the discretion to tackle your most sensitive and pressing matters.