TAMPA, FL – Carlton Fields earned national first-tier rankings for seven of its practices in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms®. In addition, the firm achieved 63 metropolitan first-tier rankings across nine of its offices.
According to Best Lawyers, achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
Carlton Fields’ first-tier rankings include:
National First-Tier Rankings:
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings:
Atlanta
- Real Estate Law
Hartford
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Real Estate Law
Los Angeles
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Miami
- Appellate Practice
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Environmental Law
- Family Law
- Insurance Law
- International Mergers & Acquisitions
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
Orlando
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
Tallahassee
- Appellate Practice
- Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Litigation – Environmental
- Real Estate Law
Tampa
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation – Tax
- Litigation – Trust & Estates
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Nonprofit/Charities Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Securities Regulation
- Tax Law
Washington, D.C.
- Commercial Litigation
West Palm Beach
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
The Best Law Firms rankings are based on client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.
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