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

Wilson Elser is again ranked Tier One for the firm’s National Insurance Law Practice and awarded National Tier 2 in Admiralty & Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation and Railroad Law, followed by National Tier 3 in Corporate Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law. Sixteen 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 44 Wilson Elser attorneys among the 2022 Best Lawyers in America, named one attorney “Lawyer of the Year”  and named 65 Wilson Elser attorneys to its 2022 “Ones to Watch” list. 

National Tier 1

• Insurance Law

National Tier 2

• Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Railroad Law

National Tier 3

• Corporate Law
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Metropolitan Tier 1

• Houston: Railroad Law
• Louisville: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• New Jersey: Banking and Finance Law; Insurance Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Insurance
• 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; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law
• Boston: Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Houston: Admiralty & Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation
• Jackson-MS: Litigation – Tax; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Los Angeles: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Insurance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Louisville: Litigation - Health Care; Litigation – Insurance
• New Jersey: Corporate Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Trusts & Estates Law
• New York City; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• San Francisco: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Stamford: Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Washington, D.C.: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

 Metropolitan Tier 3

• Birmingham: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Chicago: Commercial Litigation
• Colorado: Litigation – Insurance
• Houston: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Jackson-MS: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Los Angeles: Corporate Law
• Louisville: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• New Jersey: Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• New Orleans: Commercial Litigation
• New York City: Insurance Law
• San Diego: Labor Law - Management

Read the press release.