Rooted in Experience, Focused on Clients

A message from David P. Rosenblatt, Managing Partner

Boston, MA - January 1, 2008

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Stability and client service are the hallmarks of any successful law firm and at Burns & Levinson as we begin the new year, we're proud to let everyone know that those issues top our docket. For starters, we recently signed a lease that will keep us at our current Boston headquarters through 2020. This commitment is important on several levels. From a purely physical standpoint, it means that we are updating and renovating office space, building a new conference center and creating more usable space for our attorneys and clients. The amenities will be first-rate and functional and will serve everyone well.

But perhaps just as important, we are deepening our foothold near South Station in Boston's Financial District. And that's no small feat. Consider that over the past decade our office building has been surrounded by ongoing construction due to the Big Dig and ancillary projects. Now, with the construction finally complete, the immediate area surrounding our Summer Street headquarters will have plenty of green space, parks and amenities that are brightening a once downtrodden area. The area has been reborn and it shows. Just as we have grown and developed, our surroundings have also been revitalized.

At the same time, we continue to provide top-notch legal counsel and client service at all of our New England locations, including an expansive office in Providence, R.I., and office sites in Massachusetts in Hingham and Waltham. As we deepen our roots in Boston and beyond, we have created a solid foundation from which to serve all of the various business interests of our clients nationally and internationally.

This means that client service – always a trademark of Burns & Levinson – will rise to a new level in the new year. We are pursuing many exciting initiatives in 2008 and our firm, our clients and our prospects will see those unfold over the course of the next several months.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2008.