More than a dozen members of the Farmington law firm of Levy & Droney are leaving to join the Hartford office of Hinckley Allen & Snyder, a move that will apparently mean the dissolution of the 38-year-old Farmington firm.

Although Levy & Droney principals have not publicly commented about joining Providence-based Hinkley Allen, several longtime members of the Connecticut legal community said about 15 members of Levy & Droney will join the Rhode Island firm on Jan. 1. The move will boost the size of Hinkley Allen’s Hartford office to about 35 lawyers. Hinckley Allen, which will have about 155 attorneys once the hirings take place, also has offices in Boston, Concord, N.H., and Albany, N.Y.