(Memphis, TN/November 1, 2012) Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, has garnered 151 first-tier metropolitan rankings in the 2013 U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" list, the third edition of an annual analysis that includes more than 10,000 U.S. law firms. These Tier 1 rankings across 13 metropolitan markets in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and Washington, D.C. earned Baker Donelson a spot among the top 20 firms nationally with the most first-tier metropolitan rankings.
In addition to its outstanding metropolitan rankings, Baker Donelson ranked nationally in 30 practice areas including earning a Tier 1 national ranking in five practice areas: Litigation – Construction; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Railroad Law. The Firm also has the outstanding honor of being named the 2013 U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Law Firm of the Year" in Education Law. Only one law firm in each of the nationally-ranked legal practice areas received recognition as a "Law Firm of the Year," making this award a particularly significant achievement.
The 2013 "Best Law Firms" rankings, produced by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers, are presented in tiers both nationally and by metropolitan area or by state. These rankings showcase more than 10,000 different law firms ranked nationally in one or more of 80 legal practice areas, and in metropolitan or state rankings in one or more of 118 major legal practice areas, providing a comprehensive view of the U.S. legal profession that is unprecedented both in the range of firms represented and in the range of qualitative and quantitative data used to develop the rankings.
To determine the "Best Law Firms" rankings, U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers conducted national surveys in which major clients and leading lawyers were asked to rate the law firms they consider best in their practice area. These reputational survey responses were combined with more than 4.3 million evaluations of individual lawyers in these firms in the most recent Best Lawyers survey of leading lawyers.
More information about the methodology and the full list of rankings are available online at http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/. The national first-tier rankings will be featured in the November print issue of U.S. News & World Report, which will go on sale November 20.
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