Hale & Dorr law firm is established.

[7/1] Founded by Richard Hale and Dudley Dorr, it is the outgrowth of a firm opened by Josiah Parsons Cooke in the Old State House in the early 18th century [1784-DD]. The present-day firm begins when Richard Hale expands his father’s practice to include Dudley Dorr, then Frank Grinnell, Roger Swaim, and John Maguire Subsequently Boston’s largest law firm, it merges with another to become Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, then Wilmer Hale in May 2004. It is currently located at 60 State Street.