Lori Yarvis

Lori Yarvis is a shareholder at Archstone Law Group and a corporate lawyer with more than thirty years of experience advising businesses and professional practices. Her work includes mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock purchases and sales, buy-sell agreements, commercial leases, shareholder and operating agreements, vendor and supplier contracts, master service agreements, distributor arrangements, and outside general counsel services. She advises clients in health care, food and hospitality, professional services, and other business sectors.

Lori earned an A.B. from Dartmouth College, graduating magna cum laude, and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. Her education provided a strong foundation for corporate law, negotiation, governance, and commercial contracting. She has practiced in Massachusetts and New York and developed her business law experience through work at several firms, including Winston & Strawn in New York and Schlesinger Buchbinder LLP before joining Archstone in 2011.

Lori advises clients on business transitions, including acquisitions, sales, ownership buy-ins and buy-outs, and other changes in control. She also helps businesses negotiate commercial agreements, structure relationships with vendors and suppliers, address asset protection and risk management, and meet regulatory and governance requirements. Her clients include medical, dental, and veterinary practices as well as companies in food, hospitality, and professional services. She also works with nonprofit organizations on business and governance matters.

Lori Yarvis combines transactional experience with ongoing business counseling for owners and organizations navigating growth, contracting, and change. Her work helps clients understand deal structures, allocate risk, document commercial relationships, and prepare for ownership transitions. By serving as outside general counsel and transaction counsel, she provides practical support across recurring operational questions and major business events, keeping legal planning connected to the client’s commercial goals and organizational priorities.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Archstone Law Group, P.C.
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Member, Boston Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association
• Pro Bono Legal Work, Conservation Law Foundation Legal Services Food Hub
• Board Member, English for New Bostonians
• Commissioner, City of Newton Farm Commission (Angino Farm)
• Member, The Boston Club
• Member, USA 500 New England

Licensed State

• Massachusetts
• New York
• New Jersey

Education

• Fordham University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Dartmouth College
  A.B.

Awards & Badges