PITTSBURGH – Global law firm Reed Smith today earned numerous top rankings among an overall 32 national and 142 metropolitan practice areas, in the 2024 Best Lawyers’ U.S. Best Law Firms rankings. In addition, it earned a “Law Firm of the Year” award for Insurance Law, a newer designation that identifies the law firm with the highest overall performance in a given national practice area.
Tier 1 practice areas
This year, Best Lawyers recognized Reed Smith with 22 national Tier 1 rankings, the same number as last year. This year’s Tier 1 nationally ranked areas are:
- Advertising Law
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- International Arbitration – Commercial
- International Arbitration – Governmental
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Oil & Gas Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Best Lawyers allows users to search in specific locations for law firm rankings. Reed Smith’s Tier 1 ranked metropolitan practice areas are:
Austin
- Litigation – Health Care
Chicago
- Advertising Law
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Trusts and Estates
Dallas/Fort Worth
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
Delaware
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Patent
- Patent Law
Houston
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Derivatives and Futures Law
- Energy Law
- Insurance Law
- International Arbitration – Commercial
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Oil and Gas Law
- Patent Law
Los Angeles
- Appellate Practice
- Corporate Law
- Insurance Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Miami
- Arbitration
- Commercial Litigation
- International Arbitration – Commercial
- International Arbitration – Governmental
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Insurance
New York City
- Advertising Law
- International Arbitration – Governmental
- Real Estate Law
Philadelphia
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
Pittsburgh
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Labor and Employmen
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
Richmond
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
San Francisco
- Appellate Practice
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Trademark Law
Washington, D.C.
- Advertising Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates