Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report, for the thirteenth consecutive year, collaboratively announced their "Best Law Firms" rankings.

Wilson Elser’s National Insurance Law Practice is again ranked Tier One, joined this year by Railroad Law.  National Tier 2 rankings include Admiralty & Maritime Law and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; followed by National Tier 3 rankings in Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law. Seventeen of the firm’s offices received Metropolitan Tier 1, 2 and 3 rankings across a variety of practice areas.

Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® ranked 69 Wilson Elser attorneys representing 24 offices among the 2023 Best Lawyers in America, and named four attorneys “Lawyer of the Year.”  Also named were 81 Wilson Elser attorneys included on the 2023 “Ones to Watch” list. 

National Tier 1

• Insurance Law
• Railroad Law

National Tier 2

• Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

National Tier 3

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Metropolitan Tier 1

• Houston: Railroad Law
• Jackson, MS: Litigation – Tax
• Louisville: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• New Jersey*: Banking and Finance Law; Insurance Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Insurance; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• New Orleans: Admiralty & Maritime Law
• San Diego: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Washington, D.C.: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Metropolitan Tier 2

• Baltimore: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Birmingham: Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law
• Boston: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Houston: Admiralty & Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Jackson-MS: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Los Angeles: Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Insurance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Louisville: Litigation – Health Care; Litigation – Insurance
• New Jersey*: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Trust & Estates Law
• San Francisco: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Stamford: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Washington, D.C.: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

 Metropolitan Tier 3

• Albany: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Birmingham: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Boston: Insurance Law
• Chicago: Commercial Litigation
• Colorado: Litigation – Insurance
• Dallas/Fort Worth: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Houston: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Los Angeles: Commercial Litigation
• Louisville: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• New Jersey*: Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• New Orleans: Commercial Litigation
• New York City: Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Stamford: Insurance Law

* Included in a list called Super Lawyers® selected by independent research and peer nominations and evaluations, 2014–2023. No aspect of this selection is approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.