Kotin, Crabtree & Strong

What Kotin, Crabtree & Strong does

Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP is a privately held general practice law firm headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts (formerly Boston), with a founding lineage traced to 1981. The firm fields 20+ attorneys across nine practice areas: Civil Rights, Employment Law, Estate Planning & Administration, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Special Education & Disability Rights, and Tax Law. Its services are structured as traditional professional representation billed on hourly or fixed-fee arrangements, with no proprietary technology platform or software offering disclosed. The firm is structured as a Massachusetts limited liability partnership, owned and operated by its partner attorneys, and serves a horizontal mix of individual and business clients across Massachusetts and the broader New England region.

The firm's go-to-market relies on attorney reputation, peer referrals, and thought leadership rather than paid sales motion or marketing intermediaries. It invests in a long-running content infrastructure including quarterly Bureau of Special Education Appeals (BSEA) Commentaries published since 2009, a Special Education Today blog, and client-facing guides on estate planning and special education. Attorneys are frequent chairs and presenters at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) programs, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) Annual Conference, and Lehigh University's Special Education Law Symposium. The firm has no disclosed parent company, no external investment, and no subsidiaries.

Recognition signals include Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating, Best Lawyers Regional Tier 1 designation, multiple Best Lawyers in America selections (32nd edition), eight attorneys listed in the 2025 Massachusetts Super Lawyers, and Chambers USA Band 2 firm ranking plus Band 1 and Band 2 individual rankings in Labor and Employment–Mainly Plaintiffs Representation in Massachusetts for 2026. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-client via phone (617-227-7031), email ([email protected]), and the firm's website contact form at kcslegal.com. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Kotin, Crabtree & Strong

Legal name

Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP

Website

https://kcslegal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kotin, Crabtree & Strong is a Newton, Massachusetts-based general practice law firm founded in 1981, providing legal services across nine practice areas including employment, special education & disability rights, civil rights, litigation, and estate planning for individuals and businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE)

Keywords

• Legal services
• General practice law
• Special education law
• Plaintiff employment law
• Estate planning law

Headquarters

HQ city

Newton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: KCS generates revenue by charging clients for legal representation across its practice areas including civil rights, employment law, estate planning, intellectual property, litigation, personal injury, real estate, special education & disability rights, and tax law. Fees are likely billed on an hourly rate basis or fixed-fee arrangements depending on matter type.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP is a general practice law firm offering legal representation across nine practice areas: Civil Rights, Employment Law, Estate Planning & Administration, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Special Education & Disability Rights, and Tax Law. The firm serves both individuals and businesses across Massachusetts and the broader New England region, providing advocacy, transactional counsel, and litigation services.

Product overview

Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP is a general practice law firm offering comprehensive legal services across nine practice areas: Civil Rights, Employment Law, Estate Planning & Administration, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Special Education & Disability Rights, and Tax Law. The firm provides legal publications including BSEA Commentaries, practice guides, and a Special Education Today blog. As a law firm, the firm does not offer technology products or software platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Rights Legal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Secured a $1 million settlement in a civil rights case involving sexual abuse of a young woman with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Segments1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Foley Hoag: Boston-based mid-to-large law firm with overlapping employment, civil rights, and litigation practices. Comparable for its Boston-headquartered plaintiffs-side employment work that competes directly with KCS's Chambers-ranked practice.
• Burns & Levinson: Boston-based full-service law firm with practice areas including employment, real estate, IP, trusts and estates, and litigation. Comparable multi-disciplinary practice but with a substantially larger headcount and broader institutional client base than KCS.
• Brown Rudnick: Mid-sized Boston-based law firm with a broader commercial and litigation practice. Comparable as a Boston-headquartered general practice serving both business and individual clients, but with significantly greater scale and broader geographic reach than KCS.
• Nutter McClennen & Fish: Boston-based full-service law firm with overlapping practices in real estate, trusts and estates, IP, and litigation. Comparable multi-disciplinary Boston firm, though materially larger than KCS and more institutionally focused.
• Mintz Levin: Boston-headquartered Am Law firm with employment, IP, real estate, and litigation practices. Comparable Boston-based multi-practice competitor though at substantially greater scale, with the resources to compete for matters beyond KCS's reach.

Direct peers

• Todd & Weld: Boston-based litigation and plaintiffs-side employment firm. Comparable for its strong plaintiff employment practice and Chambers-recognized attorneys, directly competing with KCS in the labor and employment plaintiffs representation category.
• Posternak Blankstein & Lund: Newton, Massachusetts-based mid-sized general practice law firm serving businesses and individuals across employment, real estate, estate planning, and litigation. Directly comparable as a similarly sized suburban Boston firm with a comparable multi-disciplinary practice model.
• Sherin and Lodgen: Boston mid-sized law firm with overlapping practice areas including real estate, employment, trusts and estates, and litigation. Comparable in size and practice breadth to KCS, serving a similar Massachusetts-based individual and business client base.

Regional players

• Lander & Lander: Massachusetts special education and disability rights law firm serving families across the state. Comparable as a regional competitor in KCS's signature special education practice, with similar IEP advocacy and BSEA representation focus.
• Harmon Law Offices: Massachusetts-based special education and disability rights law firm. Comparable as a direct competitor in KCS's most differentiated niche (special education advocacy), with overlapping BSEA practice and similar plaintiff-side mission focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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