Foley Receives 27 National Tier 1 Practice Rankings by 2016 U.S. News – Best Lawyers

Foley announced today that it received 27 national Tier 1 rankings and 120 metropolitan Tier 1 rankings in the 2016 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.”

The 2016 practice area rankings are calculated using client feedback, Best Lawyers peer-review, the Law Firm Survey and the Law Firm Leaders Survey, which utilizes almost 5 million evaluations of more than 50,000 individual leading lawyers collected by Best Lawyers. For a practice area to be eligible, a firm must have a lawyer from that practice listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016, which recognizes the top four percent of practicing attorneys in the U.S.

Practice areas are classified and ranked in national and metropolitan categories established by U.S. News – Best Lawyers. Foley’s first-tier rankings include:

National Tier 1 Rankings

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Biotechnology Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Derivatives and Futures Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Environmental Law
• Franchise Law
• Health Care Law
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Litigation – Patent
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Litigation – Securities
• Patent Law
• Public Finance Law
• Real Estate Law
• Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulation
• Sports Law
• Tax Law
• Trademark Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

Metropolitan Tier 1 Rankings

Boston

• Commercial Litigation
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Health Care Law

Chicago

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Corporate Law
• Derivatives and Futures Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Non-Profit/Charities Law
• Public Finance Law
• Securities Regulation
• Trusts & Estates Law

Detroit

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Government Relations Practice
• Health Care Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Securities/Capital Markets Law

Jacksonville

• Banking and Finance Law
• Corporate Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Banking & Finance
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Public Finance Law
• Real Estate Law
• Tax Law

Los Angeles

• Health Care Law

Madison

• Appellate Practice
• Banking and Finance Law
• Biotechnology Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Communications Law
• Corporate Law
• Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Immigration Law
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
• Litigation – Patent
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Patent Law
• Real Estate Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

Miami

• Franchise Law

Milwaukee

• Antitrust Law
• Banking and Finance Law
• Commercial Finance Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Governance Law
• Corporate Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Health Care Law
• Insurance Law
• International Trade and Finance Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Litigation – Antitrust
• Litigation – Banking & Finance
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Litigation – Patent
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Litigation – Securities
• Litigation – Trusts & Estates
• Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Non-Profit/Charities Law
• Patent Law
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Project Finance Law
• Real Estate Law
• Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulation
• Sports Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

New York City

• Litigation – Securities
• Trademark Law

Orlando

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Commercial Litigation
• Real Estate Law

San Diego

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Litigation – Intellectual Property

San Francisco

• Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tallahassee

• Insurance Law

Tampa

• Corporate Compliance Law
• Corporate Governance Law
• Corporate Law
• Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Real Estate Law
• Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Tax Law

Washington, D.C.

• Biotechnology Law
• Litigation – Patent
• Litigation – Securities
• Patent Law
• Securities/Capital Markets Law