Brown Rudnick is an international law firm with roots in post-war 1940s Boston and New York City. From the beginning, our lawyers and business professionals have demonstrated a remarkable blend of entrepreneurialism and collaboration. Rome, Brown, Rudnick & Freed was founded in Boston by four prominent lawyers – Charles Rome, Matthew Brown, Alford Rudnick and Hirsh Freed – who in 1948 had not been welcomed into the partnerships of other leading firms because they were Jewish. Two years earlier, Harris Berlack, Carlos Israels and James Liberman founded Berlack Israels & Liberman in New York City, facing similar promotion limitations common to the era. These two firms grew independently and steadily for more than 50 years before combining in 2002 as Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.
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