TAMPA, FL – Carlton Fields earned national first-tier rankings for six of its practices in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®. In addition, the firm achieved 64 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 - Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings:
Atlanta
- Real Estate Law
Hartford
- Litigation – ERISA
- Real Estate Law
Los Angeles
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Miami
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Environmental Law
- Family Law
- Insurance Law
- International Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- 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
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Health Care Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers and 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
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
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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