Firm Overview:

With 600 lawyers and eleven offices, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP has broad capabilities and the wherewithal to marshal effective legal resources to solve our clients’ problems. Our lawyers are top graduates of the nation’s leading law schools. But they are not “textbook lawyers.” We hire and train lawyers to provide clients with sound legal advice — to take traditional legal skills and craft contemporary, pragmatic solutions to client problems.

  • In 2008, EAPD was recognized for excellence in 11 areas of practice by Chambers USA and 9 areas by Chambers UK. These areas include: Aviation: Insurance and Litigation, Banking & Finance, Corporate/Commercial, Corporate/M&A, Defamation/Reputation Management, Insurance: Dispute Resolution, Insurance: General Claims, Insurance: Non-contentious, Insurance: Reinsurance, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory, Insurance Insolvency, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment, Public International Law, Real Estate and Restructuring/Insolvency.
  • Dow Jones, Private Equity Analyst ranked EAPD the 11th Most Active Law Firm with over 300 transactions closed in 2007.
  • Best Lawyers in America recognized 50 EAPD partners in its 2007 publication.
  • Reactions Magazine, a leading insurance publication, ranked EAPD first in the United States in the areas of Insolvency, Corporate Contracts, and Policy Drafting.
  • EAPD is ranked among the nation’s top bond counsel and underwriters counsel in Thomson Financial’s 2007 rankings.