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Law Office Moving in Boston and MetroWest

Files measured by the linear foot, active matters packed last and delivered first, and original wills and documents kept in your staff's hands.

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Planning a Law Office Move

Law firms count their paper by the linear foot, and that number drives the quote. Before anything else, we walk the file room, the secretarial stations, and each attorney's office and measure the shelving and file drawers, because a firm with more open matters than it realizes can double the carton count. Closed files that the firm must retain are often better sent to its records vendor than to the new office, and the records manager decides that.

Active matters come last. Litigation and transactional teams keep their current files at hand until the final afternoon, then pack them into cartons coded to their new office or war room, and those cartons come off the truck first. Original wills, signed deeds, and other originals the firm holds are carried by staff or moved as the firm's own procedures say, never mixed into the general load. Trial dates set the calendar: a team starting trial the week after the move should be moved last and set up first. Furniture, kitchens, and the rest of the suite fall under our office moving service.

Who usually signs off: Firm administrator or office manager, with practice leads confirming active-matter access and the trial calendar
Timing that works: A weekend picked around the trial and filing calendar, on request, with litigation teams that have hearings in the following week moved last and set up first.

What typically moves

Active matter files and trial boxes Packed last by each team, coded to its office or war room, and first off the truck at the new floor.
Central file room lateral and open-shelf files Measured by the linear foot, packed by shelf, and reshelved in sequence at the new file room.
Law library, reporters, and practice treatises Boxed in small cartons shelf by shelf; bound volumes are heavy, so boxes are kept light.
Attorney offices and secretarial stations Tagged by person and new office number, including the credenza, guest chairs, and framed diplomas.
Conference room tables and deposition room furniture Wrapped and moved early, because client meetings and depositions often start in the first week.
Mailroom and docketing area Set early so incoming mail and court notices reach the docketing clerk without a gap.

Access and scheduling

Downtown firms live in Financial District, Post Office Square, and Back Bay towers, close to the Suffolk County courthouses at Pemberton Square and the federal courthouse on Fan Pier in the Seaport. Those buildings book the freight elevator and dock by the hour, often keep moving out of business hours, and require a certificate of insurance before they confirm, which we send on request. A two-floor move in the same tower still needs elevator time.

Suburban firms in Dedham near the Norfolk County courthouse, in Framingham, and in downtown Worcester usually have simpler loading but older buildings with small elevators or a stair. For both, the crew can start after Friday's close or work Saturday, on request, and plan it so staff can pack active matters on Friday afternoon.

Protection and handling

Legal files fail at the bottom of an overfilled carton, and nothing is worse than a broken box of a live matter in a corridor. Staff pack below the rim, file drawers travel locked or emptied, and loaded dollies carry no more than a safe, low stack.

We do not open, sort, or re-box client files, and no carton leaves a room without a code. Originals held in a safe or will vault stay with the firm: staff carry them, or the firm's safe mover handles the safe itself. At the new floor, war rooms and active-matter offices are set first, and your office manager checks the carton count before the crew moves to the file room. Attorneys' laptops, docks, and screens are reconnected at their desks; the document management system and e-filing access belong to your IT provider.

Who does what

Some of this job belongs to other trades. The written plan names each one.

Closed files the firm must retain: Your records manager decides what goes to the firm's off-site records vendor and what moves to the new office.
Original wills, deeds, and documents held in safekeeping: Your staff carry them, or follow the firm's own procedure for originals.
Heavy fire safes and will vaults: A safe mover with the right equipment moves them.

Not part of our work

Opening, sorting, or re-boxing client files.
Carrying original wills or documents held in safekeeping.

Around Boston and MetroWest

Boston's law firms cluster in the Financial District and around Post Office Square, a short walk from the Suffolk County courthouses at Pemberton Square, with another group in the Seaport near the Moakley federal courthouse. Outside the city, firms gather near the courthouses in Dedham and Worcester and in the town centers of Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, and Franklin.

The crew that shows up

Two Eastside Movers crew members outside a client's red front door

Law Office Moving FAQs

Another question? Call (774) 421-9389.

How many linear feet of files does a mid-size law firm usually have?

There is no typical number, which is why we measure. We walk the file room, secretarial stations, and each office and count the shelving and drawers that are full. That tells us the carton count, the crew size, and whether sending closed files to your records vendor instead would shorten the move.

How do we move a litigation team that goes to trial the following week?

Move them last and set them up first. The team keeps its trial boxes and working files until Friday afternoon, packs them into cartons coded to their war room, and those cartons come off the truck first. We set the war room before any other office so the team can pick up on Saturday or Monday.

What happens to the original wills our firm holds for clients?

They stay under the firm's own procedures. Most firms have staff carry originals, or move a will safe with a safe mover. We keep them out of the general load entirely. If the safe is small enough for us to carry once it is emptied, we can move it after the originals are with your staff.

Can the docketing clerk and mailroom stay working during the move?

Mostly, yes. We set the mailroom and docketing area first at the new floor, so court notices and incoming mail have somewhere to go on the first business day. If the court calendar is heavy that week, the docketing clerk can work remotely for a day while we finish the rest of the floor.

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