Goodwin Procter Achieves 54 Rankings in National and Metropolitan Practice Areas
BOSTON, Sept. 15, 2010 – U.S. News and Best Lawyers announced that Goodwin Procter achieved 54 rankings in national and metropolitan practice areas in its inaugural “Best Law Firms” survey. The firm was honored with top tier rankings in six national and 22 metropolitan practice areas. Clients and leading lawyers were asked to rate the law firms they consider best in their practice area. Goodwin Procter’s complete list of rankings include:
National Rankings
Tier 1
Banking and Finance Law
Corporate Law
Intellectual Property Law
Mutual Funds Law
Private Equity Law
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Tier 2
Admiralty & Maritime Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Tax Law
Tier 3
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
General Commercial Litigation
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Metropolitan Rankings
Tier 1
Boston
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Biotechnology Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Environmental Law
Information Technology Law
Intellectual Property Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Mutual Funds Law
Private Equity Law
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Technology Law
Trusts & Estates Law
San Francisco
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Washington
Banking and Finance Law
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Tier 2
Boston
General Commercial Litigation
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Venture Capital Law
New York
Intellectual Property Law
San Francisco
Intellectual Property Law
Washington
Admiralty & Maritime Law
FDA Law
General Commercial Litigation
Intellectual Property Law
Mutual Funds Law
Tier 3
Boston
Employment Law - Management
Los Angeles
Public Finance Law
Real Estate Law
New York
Banking and Finance Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
San Francisco
Antitrust Law
Real Estate Law
Washington
Environmental Law
Tier 4
New York
Tax Law
These rankings will be published in U.S. News & World Report, a stand-alone “Best Law Firms” publication, which will be sent to 30,000 general counsel in the U.S. and to 55,000 leading lawyers globally, and a special section on the USNews.com website.
The U.S. News/Best Lawyers rankings covered 8,782 law firms and 81 practice areas. Rankings were determined with hard data compiled by U.S. News researchers and with reputational surveys collected by Best Lawyers staff. The hard data included numbers of lawyers and clients, numbers of transactions and litigation matters, pro bono commitment, diversity and other objective data.
Reputational input was received from 9,514 clients -- including every Fortune 100 company and 587 of the Fortune 1000 companies. These responses provided more than 194,000 firm practice area evaluations, while some 6,200 clients provided researchers more than 11,000 comments about law firm practice areas and individual lawyers. Also, about 9,000 lawyers completed nearly 595,000 practice area evaluations.
About Goodwin Procter
Goodwin Procter LLP is one of the nation’s leading law firms with offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. The firm’s core areas of practice are corporate, litigation and real estate, with specialized areas of focus that include financial services, private equity, technology, REITs and real estate capital markets, intellectual property, products liability and mass torts. Information may be found at www.goodwinprocter.com.