Hinshaw Receives Recognition in the 2025 "Best Law Firms" Directory
Press Release | 2 min read
Nov 7, 2024
The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that it has received national and metropolitan recognition in the 2025 edition of the Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" Directory, which was released this morning.
The firm received 12 national tier rankings in Appellate Practice (Tier 1), Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (Tier 1), Real Estate Law (Tier 1), Commercial Litigation (Tier 2), Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Tier 2), Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Tier 2), Health Care Law (Tier 2), Insurance Law (Tier 2), Litigation – Construction (Tier 2), Litigation – ERISA (Tier 2), Environmental Law (Tier 3), and Immigration Law (Tier 3).
The firm also received 59 metropolitan practice rankings in 13 locations, including 27 Tier 1 rankings, 21 Tier 2 rankings, and 11 Tier 3 rankings.
The Best Law Firms rankings are based on an evaluation process that includes the collection of lawyer evaluations, attorney peer reviews, and other materials provided by law firms. A firm must have at least one lawyer recognized in the current edition of Best Lawyers® in a Best Law Firms practice area and geographic jurisdiction to become eligible for a Best Law Firms award.
The complete list of Hinshaw's Best Law Firms rankings follows below.
National Tier I
- Appellate Practice
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
National Tier 2
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – ERISA
National Tier 3
- Environmental Law
- Immigration Law
Metropolitan Tier 1
- Chicago
- Appellate Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Health Care Law
- Immigration Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Dallas/Fort Worth
- Commercial Litigation
- Fort Lauderdale
- Commercial Litigation
- Miami
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Milwaukee
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Minneapolis
- Insurance Law
- Real Estate Law
- New Orleans
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- San Francisco
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- St. Louis
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Tampa
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Insurance
Metropolitan Tier 2
- Boston
- Insurance Law
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Chicago
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – ERISA
- Fort Lauderdale
- Real Estate Law
- Miami
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Trusts and Estates
- Milwaukee
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Minneapolis
- Commercial Finance Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- New Orleans
- Commercial Litigation
- Energy Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Oil and Gas Law
- Real Estate Law
- Phoenix
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Tampa
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 3
- Baton Rouge
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Chicago
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Dallas/Fort Worth
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Miami
- Commercial Litigation
- Milwaukee
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- New Orleans
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- San Francisco
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Tampa
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Related Capabilities
- Appellate
- Bad Faith, Market Conduct & Extra-Contractual Liability
- Complex Tort & General Casualty
- Construction
- Consumer & Class Action Defense
- Energy & Environment
- Financial Services
- Immigration
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation & Trial
- Mortgage Lending & Servicing Litigation
- Private Banking & Private Wealth Management
- Real Estate Transactions & Lending
- White Collar Defense, Investigations & Enforcement
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