In the inaugural "Best Law Firms" List presented by U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers®, Adams and Reese had 100 practice areas across the firm's regional footprint ranked in metropolitan markets and also two practice areas ranked nationally, including Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Employment Law - Management.
Within each practice area, firms are ranked by tiers. In addition to two national rankings, Adams and Reese had 40 practice areas ranked in Tier 1, 34 practice areas in Tier 2, seven practice areas in Tier 3, and one in Tier 4.
The full rankings are available at www.usnews.com/bestlawfirms; the national first-tier rankings will be featured in the October print issue of U.S.News & World Report. A total of 9,514 clients – including every Fortune 100 company and 587 of the Fortune 1000 companies – provided 194,370 firm practice-area evaluations; 6,190 clients provided 11,181 comments about law firm practice areas and individual lawyers; and 8,842 lawyers provided 594,012 firm practice-area evaluations. These survey responses were combined with more than 3.1 million evaluations of individual lawyers in these firms in the most recent Best Lawyers survey of leading lawyers. Hard numbers were also used to develop the practice area rankings — data about numbers of lawyers and their previous experience, numbers of clients within different billing ranges, numbers of transactions and litigation matters at different dollar levels; pro-bono commitment, diversity, and other objective data.
Adams and Reese had the following practice areas ranked:
National Rankings
Tier 3
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Employment Law - Management
Metropolitan Rankings
Tier 1
Baton Rouge
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Government Relations Practice
Birmingham
Health Care Law
Jackson-MS
Education Law
Energy Law
Natural Resources Law
Oil & Gas Law
Timber Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Memphis
Media & First Amendment Law
Project Finance Law
Public Finance Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Mobile
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Tax Law
Timber Law
Nashville
Entertainment Law
Government Relations Practice
Information Technology Law
Intellectual Property Law
Trusts & Estates Law
New Orleans
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights /
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Derivatives and Futures Law
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Equipment Finance Law
Government Relations Practice
Intellectual Property Law
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Project Finance Law
Public Finance Law
Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Tampa
Construction Law
Tier 2
Baton Rouge
Gaming Law
Insurance Law
Birmingham
Banking and Finance Law
Labor Law - Management
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Jackson-MS
Banking and Finance Law
Corporate Law
Employment Law - Management
Environmental Law
Health Care Law
Insurance Law
Labor Law - Management
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Real Estate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Water Law
Memphis
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights /
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Mobile
Employment Law - Management
Nashville
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights /
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Insurance Law
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
New Orleans
Antitrust Law
Banking and Finance Law
Employment Law - Management
Environmental Law
Labor Law - Management
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Tier 3
Baton Rouge
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights /
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Birmingham
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights /
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Employment Law - Management
General Commercial Litigation
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Tax Law
Houston
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights /
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Environmental Law
Natural Resources Law
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Real Estate Law
Memphis
General Commercial Litigation
Health Care Law
Mobile
Labor Law - Management
Nashville
Corporate Law
Public Finance Law
New Orleans
Admiralty & Maritime Law
Corporate Law
General Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Tampa
Trusts & Estates Law
Tier 4
Memphis
Banking and Finance Law