November 3, 2014, United States – U.S. News – Best Lawyers® today named Reed Smith LLP its 2015 national “Law Firm of the Year” in Insurance Law in the publications’ joint “Best Law Firms” edition, the second year in a row Reed Smith’s Insurance Law practice has been named best of the best nationwide.
“Just 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, President of Best Lawyers.
U.S. News – Best Lawyers also awarded Reed Smith’s Insurance Law practice and 14 other practices of the firm its top ranking as 2015 “National Tier 1” groups. The 14 other practices achieving the prestigious publications’ highest rank this year for their nationwide results are: Advertising Law, Appellate Practice, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law, Trademark Law, and Trusts & Estates Law.
“We could not be more proud that our U.S. Insurance Law group has again been named the best in the United States by U.S. News and Best Lawyers,” said Sandy Thomas, Reed Smith’s Global Managing Partner. “This group continues to achieve very high quality results that are valued by clients around the world. We are honored by the encore recognition, as well as the achievement of the several hundred lawyers in our 14 other National Tier 1 practices, all of whom have had another stellar year.”
Reed Smith’s Insurance Law group was ranked a “National Tier 1” practice in 2013 and 2014. Other practices of the firm earning a National Tier 1 three-peat in 2015 are Advertising Law, Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Labor & Employment, and Litigation – Real Estate.
Reed Smith’s 2015 top-ranked practices that also ranked as “National Tier 1” groups last year include Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Real Estate Law, Trademark Law, and Trusts & Estates Law.
In addition, 63 of Reed Smith’s practices in ten U.S. cities were ranked as 2015 “Metropolitan Tier 1” Best Law Firms, including 31 practices in Pittsburgh; 12 in Philadelphia; six in Washington, D.C., three each in San Francisco and Los Angeles; two each in Houston, New Jersey and Richmond; and one each in Chicago and New York City.
For the full list of Reed Smith’s 2015 national and metropolitan U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings, visit http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/profile/reed-smith-llp/rankings/31349.
About Reed Smith
Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with more than 1,800 lawyers in 25 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute resolution services in multi-jurisdictional and other high-stakes matters; deliver regulatory counsel; and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, technology and media, shipping, energy and natural resources, real estate, manufacturing, and education. For more information, visit reedsmith.com.
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