Tampa, Fla. – Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that the firm received national first-tier rankings in two practice areas in the 2011-2012 U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" guide. The firm also received high ranks in several key metropolitan areas.
U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" guide involved surveying thousands of law firms and clients. These rankings, which are presented in tiers, showcase 9,633 different law firms ranked nationally in one or more of 75 major legal practice areas and in metropolitan or state rankings in one or more of 119 major legal practice areas.
The national first-tier rankings will be featured in U.S. News & World Report’s Money issue, on newsstands November 15, 2011; the national and metropolitan first-tier rankings are featured in the “Best Law Firms” standalone publication.
The following highlights Carlton Fields’ First-Tier Rankings:
- Construction Law
- Land Use & Zoning
The firm also received national rankings in:
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Patent Law
Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings
Miami
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Governmental Investigations
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Litigation
- Franchise Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Eminent Domain & Condemnation
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Orlando
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Tallahassee
- Commercial Litigation
- Environment Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Insurance Law
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Tampa
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Government Investigations
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Litigation
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Health Care Law
- Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Eminent Domain & Condemnation
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Patent Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Tax Law
- Water Law
West Palm Beach
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
