鶹ֱ Receives 27 National Tier 1 Practice Rankings by 2018 U.S. News – Best Lawyers
November 1, 2017
U.S. News – Best Lawyers
鶹ֱ announced today that it received 27 national Tier 1 rankings and 113 metropolitan Tier 1 rankings in the 2018 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.”
The 2018 practice-area rankings are calculated using client feedback, Best Lawyers peer-review, the Law Firm Survey and the Law Firm Leaders Survey, which utilizes more than seven million evaluations of more than 54,000 individual leading lawyers collected by Best Lawyers. For a practice area to be eligible, a firm must have a lawyer from that practice listed in Best Lawyers “The Best Lawyers in America” 2017, which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the U.S.
Practice areas are classified and ranked in national and metropolitan categories established by U.S. News – Best Lawyers. 鶹ֱ’s first-tier rankings include:
National Tier 1 Rankings
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Biotechnology Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Derivatives and Futures Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Franchise Law
- Health Care Law
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Patent
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation – Securities
- Patent Law
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities/Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Sports Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
Metropolitan Tier 1 Rankings
Boston
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Health Care Law
Chicago
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Derivatives and Futures Law
- Insurance Law
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Public Finance Law
- Securities Regulation
- Trusts & Estates Law
Detroit
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Securities/Capital Markets Law
Jacksonville
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Municipal Law
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Los Angeles
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Health Care Law
- Privacy and Data Security Law
Madison
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Biotechnology Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation – Patent
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Patent Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
Miami
- Franchise Law
Milwaukee
- Antitrust Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation – Securities
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Non-Profit/Charities Law
- Patent Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities/Capital Markets Law
- Sports Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
Orlando
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
- Real Estate Law
Sacramento
- Health Care Law
San Diego
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
San Francisco
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tallahassee
- Insurance Law
Tampa
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Leisure and Hospitality Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities/Capital Markets Law
- Tax Law
Washington, D.C.
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Biotechnology Law
- Litigation – Securities
- Patent Law
- Securities/Capital Markets Law
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