Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn

What Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn does

Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn, LLP is a boutique regional law firm organized as a Massachusetts Limited Liability Partnership and headquartered in Wellesley Hills. Founded approximately in the 1980s and operating for over 40 years, the firm delivers legal services across eight practice areas: estate and trust planning; advanced estate planning and tax strategies (including family limited partnerships, qualified personal residence trusts, and irrevocable life insurance trusts); business formation and succession planning; estate settlement and probate; elder law and special needs planning; employment law and mediation; business, employment, and probate litigation; and commercial and residential real estate.

The firm serves affluent individuals and families, family-owned and closely held businesses, non-profit organizations, and elderly and special needs individuals primarily across the New England region. The attorney team includes Managing Partner Anthony J. Barsamian, Partners Howard M. Mandelcorn (MIT Sloan lecturer) and Lisa A. Sedrakian (former Arthur Andersen international tax), Of Counsel Theodore M. Hess-Mahan (former Ropes & Gray litigator), attorneys Karen L. Argetsinger and Robert Feigin, incoming attorney Sara Palombo (current paralegal since 2017, anticipated J.D. 2027), and Legal Assistant/Office Manager Barbara Vecchione (25+ years tenure).

The firm operates on a fee-for-service professional services revenue model with billable hours across practice areas, beginning each engagement with a free initial consultation. The firm is the sole New England member of the World Link for Law international attorney network, providing referral connectivity for multi-jurisdictional matters. Marketing is content-driven through website, blog, educational videos, FAQs, and professional association affiliations. The firm has no disclosed funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity, operating as an independently owned private partnership.

Name

Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn

Legal name

Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn, LLP

Website

https://hutchingsbarsamian.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Boutique law firm in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts delivering estate planning, advanced tax, business succession, elder law, employment, and litigation services to affluent individuals, families, and closely held businesses across New England.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wellesley Hills

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 Billing: The firm generates revenue through billable legal services across multiple practice areas including estate planning, business law, real estate, employment law, and litigation. Services are provided to individuals, families, and businesses on a fee-for-service basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn, LLP is a Massachusetts-based law firm delivering legal counsel across eight practice areas: estate and trust planning, advanced estate planning and tax, business formation and succession, estate settlement and probate, elder law and special needs planning, employment law and mediation, business/employment/probate litigation, and commercial/residential real estate. Services are delivered through direct client consultations at the firm's Wellesley Hills office, with international referral support via the World Link for Law network.

Product overview

Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn, LLP is a law firm offering legal services rather than a technology product. The firm provides eight distinct legal service practice areas: Estate and Trust Planning, Advanced Estate Planning and Tax, Business Formation and Business Succession Planning, Estate Settlement and Probate, Elder Law and Special Needs Planning, Employment Law and Mediation, Business/Employment/Probate Litigation, and Commercial/Residential Real Estate. These services work together to address client needs from estate planning and business formation through dispute resolution and real estate transactions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Estate and Trust Planning

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.

• World Link for LawcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn, LLP is the sole law firm in New England represented in World Link for Law, a worldwide network of attorneys. This membership provides the firm with international referral connections for legal matters requiring multi-jurisdictional expertise and positions them as a regional gateway for international legal referrals.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Burns & Levinson LLP: Boston mid-sized firm with significant estate planning, business, real estate, and litigation practices. Comparable regional footprint and target client base of family-owned businesses and affluent individuals.
• Sherin and Lodgen LLP: Boston-based mid-sized law firm with strong trusts & estates, real estate, and business law practices serving closely held businesses and high-net-worth individuals — directly overlapping HBM's target segments and practice areas.
• Mirick O'Connell: Central Massachusetts mid-sized law firm with comparable practice mix including estate planning, business law, real estate, and litigation. Comparable scale (~50 attorneys) and similar regional mid-market positioning to HBM.
• Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, PC: Wellesley, MA-headquartered mid-sized firm serving closely held businesses and families with business law, employment, and estate planning services — overlapping HBM's geographic base and core client segments.

Broad incumbents

• Day Pitney LLP: Larger New England-based firm with a flagship trusts and estates practice serving high-net-worth families. Overlaps HBM's estate planning and tax practice but at significantly greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• Foley & Lardner LLP: National firm with trusts & estates and closely held business practices. Overlaps with HBM's estate planning and family business succession offerings, particularly for clients with multi-state needs.
• K&L Gates LLP: Global law firm with a robust private clients, trusts and estates practice serving high-net-worth families. Overlaps HBM in advanced estate and tax planning but operates at vastly greater scale and scope.
• Goodwin Procter LLP: Major Boston-based Am Law firm with private client and estate planning capabilities alongside its core technology, life sciences, and real estate practices. Competes for some of HBM's estate planning and family business clients but at the upper end of the market.

Regional players

• McLane Middleton, P.A. New Hampshire-based regional firm with a sophisticated trusts and estates practice and similar cross-practice model. Comparable in scale and service philosophy but operates primarily in NH rather than MA.
• Verrill Dana, LLP: New England regional firm with established trusts & estates, business, and real estate practices serving family-owned businesses and individuals — comparable service mix to HBM across the broader New England geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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