Spruce Law to Purchase the Royal Law Firm, Forming Royal Parker Spruce

SPRINGFIELD — Amy Royal, founder and CEO of the Royal Law Firm, announced that she is selling the firm to Patrick Parker, owner and managing partner of Spruce Law. Going forward, the combined firm will be known as Royal Parker Spruce.

“In 2008, when Amy made the decision to leave the security of a well-established boutique management-side labor and employment law firm to form Royal, she did so with this specific objective: to promote diversity and inclusion in the legal profession,” the Royal Law Firm explained in a statement. “Amy firmly believed that with a team comprised of diverse backgrounds, to provide greater, more comprehensive, and well-rounded counsel for our corporate clients. Over the last 17 years, we have continually upheld that mission, which is proved by the composite of our workforce.”

Spruce Law is an Andover-based employment law firm. Parker is licensed in Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut. He has extensive legal experience, having clerked for both state appellate and federal courts, practiced at the global law firm Clifford Chance, and served in-house at Merrill Lynch and UBS. He has a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

“With Patrick’s combination of legal expertise and business perspective, he is uniquely positioned to carry the firm forward. He will be taking the helm and leading us into the future. The Royal Law Firm will now combine with Spruce Law, creating a stronger platform to serve our clients,” the Royal Law Firm stated. “Together, we will offer expanded resources, deeper bench strength, and a continued focus on delivering practical, business-oriented labor and employment law counsel our clients can rely on.”