Shook Earns Four National Tier 1 Rankings from Best Lawyers
Shook earned four National Tier 1 rankings by U.S. News-Best Lawyers in America® 2023, "Best Law Firms." This recognition highlights the firm's commitment to a diverse, trial-ready litigation defense for some of the world's largest companies.
In a three-tiered ranking, Shook earned four National Tier 1 rankings for the following areas:
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Patent
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Patent Law
The Best Lawyers rankings reflect the firm’s wide range of litigation defense practices and core strengths.
Additional national rankings included National Tier 2 rankings in Appellate Practice, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Labor & Employment. Shook has also earned a National Tier 3 ranking for Employment Law – Management.
Shook earned 27 Tier 1 Metropolitan rankings. For the first time, the firm’s Miami office received a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking for Privacy and Data Security Law. Shook’s Houston office also advanced to a Tier 1 ranking from a previous-year Tier 2 ranking in Litigation – Intellectual Property.
The Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings are as follows:
Atlanta
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Chicago
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
Houston
- Litigation – Intellectual Property*
- Litigation – Patent
Kansas City
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Patent Law*
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Miami
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Environmental
- Privacy and Data Security Law*
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Orange County
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Philadelphia
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
San Francisco
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Seattle
- Litigation – Patent*
- Patent Law
Tampa
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendant
Washington, D.C.
- Commercial Litigation
*New in 2023
Overall, Shook earned 44 Metropolitan rankings ranging from Appellate Practice and Arbitration to Patent Law.
Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about their colleagues in the same practice areas and geographic location in a rigorous evaluation process. The complete rankings appear in the U.S. News & World Report's Best Law Firms report.