What Dalton & Finegold, LLP does

Dalton & Finegold, LLP is a full-service civil law firm founded in 2000 in Andover, Massachusetts by Bill Dalton and Barry Finegold, initially focused on residential real estate representation for lenders, buyers, and sellers. The firm has since expanded across nine office locations in Massachusetts (Andover, Boston, Amesbury, Longmeadow, Wakefield, Hingham, Marblehead, Newton) and New Hampshire (Nashua), building a multi-practice platform spanning residential and commercial real estate, trusts and estates (including estate planning, elder law, MassHealth, special needs planning, and trust administration), commercial lending, dispute resolution (including landlord-tenant), hospitality and recreation, tort defense, litigation, corporate law, employment law, and tax planning. The firm has no proprietary technology platform and operates as a traditional professional services organization, generating revenue through negotiated legal fees charged on a per-matter or hourly basis.

The firm's clientele spans individual developers, institutional real estate funds, commercial landlords and tenants, corporations, family offices, privately-held companies, entrepreneurs, professionals, and closely-held and family-owned businesses. Named enterprise relationships include The Dolben Company (long-tenured real estate counsel), Compass (referral-driven residential real estate), Eastern Bank (commercial lending and title services), and Bob's Discount Furniture (lead real estate counsel since 1996). Distinguishing operational characteristics include after-hours attorney availability, a referral network anchored by real estate agents, financial advisors, and accountants, plus a multi-decade brand presence in the New England market.

The firm professionalized its management through dedicated CFO (Kim McCullom, ex-Zurich Scudder/CBG), COO (Anne Webster, ex-Coldwell Banker/Realogy), and Director of People (Betsy Kwon, ex-AmLaw 100 firm) hires, and accelerated inorganic growth by completing two mergers in 2025: Looney Cohen & Aisenberg in February 2025 and Tamkin Hochberg, LLP of Newton, Massachusetts in October 2025. These transactions added Boston commercial real estate expertise, an LL.M.-credentialed tax/corporate bench, and a Newton, MA office location, materially expanding the firm's scale and service-line breadth within the New England regional market.

Name

Dalton & Finegold, LLP

Legal name

Dalton & Finegold, LLP

Website

https://dfllp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dalton & Finegold, LLP is a full-service civil law firm serving individuals, businesses, and real estate industry clients across Massachusetts and New Hampshire from nine offices, with core practices in residential and commercial real estate, trusts and estates, commercial lending, litigation, corporate law, and tax planning.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI), Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Real estate law
• Estate planning
• Commercial lending law
• Business litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Dalton & Finegold generates revenue through professional legal service fees. As a full-service civil law firm, they charge clients for legal representation across their practice areas including residential and commercial real estate, trusts and estates, commercial lending, dispute resolution, hospitality and recreation, tort defense, litigation, corporate law, employment law, and tax planning. The firm serves individual clients, institutional funds, corporations, family offices, and closely-held businesses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dalton & Finegold, LLP is a full-service civil law firm that provides legal representation and counsel across residential and commercial real estate, trusts and estates, commercial lending, litigation, dispute resolution, hospitality and recreation, tort defense, corporate law, employment law, and tax planning. The firm delivers these services through a team of attorneys across nine office locations in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, serving individual clients, developers, institutional real estate funds, corporations, family offices, and closely-held businesses.

Product overview

Dalton & Finegold, LLP is a full-service civil law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services rather than a technology product. The firm's service offerings are organized around core practice areas: Real Estate Law (residential and commercial transactions, land use, and zoning), Trusts & Estates (estate planning, trust administration, elder law, and probate), Commercial Lending, Litigation, Corporate Law, Employment Law, Tax Planning, Tort Defense, and specialized practice groups for Hospitality & Recreation and Landlord-Tenant Dispute Resolution. The firm serves individual clients, developers, institutional real estate funds, commercial landlords and tenants, corporations, family offices, and closely-held businesses across New England.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tamkin Hochberg, LLPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Tamkin Hochberg, LLP of Newton, Massachusetts joined Dalton & Finegold in October 2025. This merger brought additional attorneys including Andrew S. Hochberg, Jonathan D. Tamkin, Robert P. Joyce Jr., and others to expand the firm's corporate law, tax planning, estate planning, and commercial real estate capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Goulston & Storrs: Boston-based full-service commercial real estate law firm with deep hospitality and recreation practice. Directly comparable to Dalton & Finegold's commercial real estate and hospitality focus; former Dalton & Finegold partner Kenneth MacKenzie previously co-led Goulston & Storrs' hospitality group.
• Burns & Levinson: Boston-based full-service law firm with strong real estate, business, and litigation practices serving closely held businesses and individuals in New England. Comparable mid-size regional competitor with overlapping practice areas.
• Tamkin Hochberg, LLP: Newton, MA boutique firm specializing in business, corporate, tax, estate planning, and commercial real estate. Now fully merged into Dalton & Finegold (October 2025); historically a direct competitor in same MA geographies.
• Healey, Deshaies, Gagliardi & Woelfel, PC: Former Amesbury, MA full-service law firm from which Dalton & Finegold partner Paul J. Gagliardi came; engaged in comparable real estate, estate planning, and business law work in the same North Shore MA geography.
• Looney Cohen & Aisenberg, LLP: Boston-based boutique focusing on commercial real estate and business law. Merged into Dalton & Finegold in February 2025; prior to merger was a direct competitor with overlapping CRE clientele.

Broad incumbents

• McDermott Will & Emery: Global law firm with strong tax, transactions, and litigation practices. Former Dalton & Finegold partner Steven Kasten was previously at McDermott Will & Emery; competes for high-end M&A, tax planning, and complex commercial work.
• Mintz Levin: Large Boston-headquartered full-service law firm covering real estate, corporate, litigation, employment, and tax. Competes for commercial real estate and middle-market corporate work across New England.
• Brown Rudnick LLP: Larger Boston-based law firm with broad corporate, real estate, litigation, and life sciences practices. Overlaps with Dalton & Finegold on commercial real estate and corporate matters while serving a wider portfolio.
• Holland & Knight: Major national/international firm with a sizable Boston office covering commercial real estate, corporate, litigation, and tax. A larger incumbent competing for the same mid-market and enterprise RE work Dalton & Finegold targets.
• Bingham Dana & Gould (now Morgan Lewis): Full-service firm (now part of Morgan Lewis) covering commercial litigation and corporate matters in Boston and nationally. Former Dalton & Finegold partner David Aisenberg previously practiced here.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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