Foley regularly receives accolades from industry experts and — most important — from our clients for our legal services, client-focused technology, and client service.
We also are recognized for the opportunities, benefits, and positive work environment we provide to our attorneys and staff. Highlights of recent distinctions awarded to our firm, practices, and attorneys include:
- Recognized as one of the elite BTI Client Service 30 for nine of the past 10 years (BTI Client Service A-Team survey, The BTI Consulting Group, Wellesley, MA)
- Named among the top 25 law firm brands in the United States in the Acritas US Law Firm 2013 Brand Index, an annual ranking of leading U.S. law firms that general counsel consider most frequently for high-level legal work
- Identified as a firm general counsel most often recommend in "The BTI Brand Elite: Client Perceptions of the Best-Branded Law Firms" (2013)
- Named to the InformationWeek 500 list for innovative, client-focused technology (2012)
- CIO magazine’s CIO-100 list for creating technological innovation to enhance business value (2011)
- Nationally ranked franchising, government contracts, health care, intellectual property: trademark, copyright, and trade secrets, privacy and data security, and sports law practices by Chambers USA (2013)
- Recognized for excellence by Chambers USA regionally in 29 practice areas (2013)
- Twenty practices and 73 attorneys recognized in The Legal 500 guide for the United States, including four attorneys ranked on the elite “Leading Lawyers” list (2012)
- Received 20 national first-tier rankings on the 2013 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list in the areas of antitrust litigation, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization, bankruptcy litigation, biotechnology, commercial litigation, construction litigation, corporate law, derivatives and futures, environmental, health care, IP litigation, mining, patents and trademarks, product liability litigation — defendants, public finance, real estate litigation, securities and capital markets, sports, and tax litigation
- Named "Law Firm of the Year — Health Care Law" for second consecutive year and received 134 metropolitan first-tier rankings on the 2013 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list
- Ranked No. 20 among America's Best Corporate Law Firms in a survey by Corporate Board Member magazine (2013)
- Ranked among the “Top 20 Law Firms for Private Technology Company M&A Acquisitions” by PrivCo (2013)
- Named one of the “Litigation Kings” by Corporate Counsel magazine, based on the number of Fortune 100 companies represented in litigation matters (2012)
- Top 15 Law Practice for Intellectual Property (Vault’s 2012 Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms)
- Ranked number two among the "Kings of IP" in the Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies survey by Corporate Counsel magazine (2012)
- Ranked a Securities Litigation Standout and an IP litigation go-to firm in the BTI Litigation Outlook 2011 survey of general counsel
- Vault Top 100 Law Firm (Vault’s 2012 Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms)
- BTI “rising star” — a top-10 national firm poised for future growth — recognized for our commitment to client service and innovation (2008)
- 215 attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013, including 21 attorneys recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, South Carolina)
- BTI Client Service All-Star Team (2013)
- Selected attorneys named Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers (2010)
- Scored 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2013 Corporate Equality Index
- Top 100 Law Firm for Diversity (MultiCultural Law magazine, 2005, 2007 − 2012)