November 1, 2013, United States – U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” today named Reed Smith LLP its 2014 “National Law Firm of the Year” in Insurance Law.
“Only one law firm in each legal specialty is named the ‘National Law Firm of the Year,’ making this a particularly significant achievement for Reed Smith’s Insurance Law Practice,” said Phillip S. Greer, Chief Operation Officer of Best Lawyers.
Best Lawyers also awarded Reed Smith’s Insurance Law Practice and 13 other practices of the firm its top ranking as 2014 “National Tier 1” groups. In addition to Insurance Law, the firm’s practices achieving the prestigious publication’s highest rank for work nationwide are: Advertising Law; Appellate Practice; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Energy Law; Health Care Law; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Labor & Employment; Litigation – Real Estate; Patent Law; Real Estate Law; Trademark Law and Trusts & Estates Law.
“We are gratified that our lawyers’ outstanding work in Insurance Law garnered the national recognition from Best Lawyers it so richly deserves,” said Sandy Thomas, Reed Smith’s Global Managing Partner. “We congratulate the 85-plus members of the firm’s global policy holder insurance practice on their stellar achievement and also applaud the attorneys in all of our 2014 National Tier 1 practices who reached the pinnacle of Best Lawyers’ rankings this year.”
Reed Smith’s Insurance Law Group previously was ranked a “National Tier 1” practice in the 2013 rankings. Others of the firm’s 2014 top practices ranked as “National Tier 1” groups last year were: Advertising Law; Appellate Practice; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment; and Litigation – Real Estate.
In addition, 65 of Reed Smith’s practices in 10 U.S. locations were ranked by “Best Law Firms” as 2014 “Metropolitan Tier 1” groups, including 35 practices in Pittsburgh; 11 in Philadelphia; six in Washington, D.C.; three in San Francisco; two each in Houston, Los Angeles, New Jersey and Richmond; and one each in Chicago and New York.
In August 2013, Best Lawyers named nine Reed Smith partners as 2014 “Best Lawyers of the Year” and listed 122 of the firm’s attorneys among the 2014 “Best Lawyers in America.”
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