4-Partner Private Client Practice Group Leaps From WilmerHale to Choate

Boston-based Choate Hall & Stewart has raided Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, announcing Tuesday that the BigLaw firm's entire private client practice group, headed by four partners, will be joining the wealth management group at its midsize competitor.

Associates and staff from WilmerHale are also expected to join Choate, according to the Boston Business Journal and the Boston Herald.

A Choate press release provides additional details.