Our Firm
Firm History
1906
Partnership of Green, Hinckley & Allen formed and opens doors in the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building
1907
Founding partner, Theodore Francis Green, elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives
1917
United States enters World War I
1923
Firm name changes to Hinckley, Allen, Tillinghast, Phillips
1930
Firm name changes to Hinckley, Allen, Tillinghast, Phillips & Wheeler
1933
Founding partner Theodore Francis Green elected Governor of Rhode Island
1936
Theodore Francis Green elected to United States Senate
1938
Providence Airport renamed Theodore Francis Green State Airport
1941
Pearl Harbor is attacked and the US enters World War II
1943
Firm sends newsletters to staff fighting overseas during World War II
1947
Snyder, Tepper & Berlin founded
1957
John H. Chafee elected to the Rhode Island legislature and leaves firm to begin distinguished military and political career
1963
Martin Luther King delivers his “I Have a Dream" Speech
1973
Firm hires first female attorney, Doris Licht
1973
Snyder, Tepper & Comen client Bill Reynolds helps to conceive underground highway in Boston, which became known as the “Big Dig”
1984
Firm opens Boston office at 225 Franklin Street
1984
Firm merges with Tobin Silverstein to become Hinckley, Allen, Tobin & Silverstein
1987
Firm merges with Boston firm of Snyder, Tepper & Comen, becoming Hinckley, Allen, Snyder & Comen, and relocates to One Boston Place
1991
Groundbreaking on the Big Dig
1992
Firm name changes to Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
2001
Concord, New Hampshire office opens
2004
Partner Robert C. Corrente appointed U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island and leaves firm
2006
The firm is named as one of “Rhode Island's Best Places to Work”
2008
Hartford, Connecticut office opens
2011
Firm forms strategic alliance with Crumbie Law Group
2012
Albany, New York office opens