Reed Smith LLP issued the following announcement on Nov. 4.
U.S. News – Best Lawyers named Reed Smith the 2022 "Law Firm of the Year" in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, the international law firm announced today. Only one firm per practice area receives this recognition. The firm’s litigation strength was reflected also in national practice rankings.
Reed Smith achieved “Best Law Firm” rankings in 154 practice areas, divided between 30 national and 124 metropolitan areas.
Overall, 99 Reed Smith practice specializations placed in Tier 1, of which 23 were at the national level, and 76 at the metropolitan level.
The 23 Tier 1 nationally-ranked areas are:
- Advertising Law
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Derivatives and Futures Law
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Litigation - Patent
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Oil & Gas Law
- Patent Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
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- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Health Care (new)
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar (new)
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Insurance (new)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Energy Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Patent Law
- Derivatives and Futures Law
- Health Care Law (new)
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Oil & Gas Law
- Patent Law (new)
- Appellate Practice (new)
- Corporate Law
- Insurance Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Arbitration
- Commercial Litigation
- International Arbitration - Commercial
- Litigation - Banking & Finance
- Litigation - Insurance
- Advertising Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation - Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (new)
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Litigation - Tax
- Oil & Gas Law (new)
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Appellate Practice
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Advertising Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Oil & Gas Law
- Austin Health Care Law
- Chicago Real Estate Law
- Dallas/Fort Worth Energy Law
- Dallas/Fort Worth Privacy and Data Security Law
- Houston Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Houston Oil & Gas Law
- Miami Litigation - Banking & Finance
- Miami Litigation - Insurance
- Philadelphia Real Estate Law
- Washington, D.C. Real Estate Law