Inclusion on the Best Law Firms list indicates a firm’s combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal services. Ranked firms, presented in tiers, are listed on a national and/or metropolitan scale.
Super Lawyers® recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice. No more than five percent of lawyers in each state are chosen for their high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Chambers rankings are based on lawyer and client interviews, among other criteria, and aspects such as technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness and astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities that clients consider relevant.
Best Lawyers® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
WILEF certification is a reflection of the leadership roles achieved by equity women partners in U.S. law firms. To qualify for certification, law firms with 200 or more practicing lawyers must show that women represent a meaningful percentage of not only the firm’s highest leadership positions, but also of its governance and compensation committees, and its most highly compensated partners.
BTI receives feedback from top legal decision makers at the world’s leading organizations, who this year ranked more than 500 law firms in 18 industries based on the strength of their client relationships. The BTI Industry Power Rankings is “the only law firm client relationship ranking based solely on direct, unprompted feedback from over 950 top legal decision makers.”