For the twelfth consecutive year, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, has received the most U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Tier 1 metropolitan rankings in Western New York (Buffalo and Rochester combined) in the annual rankings released yesterday. The firm received a total of 52 practice group rankings, as well as two national rankings and 38 Tier 1 Metropolitan practice group rankings across an array of practice areas.
Harter Secrest & Emery once again received national rankings in the areas of Corporate Law and Land Use & Zoning Law. The rankings are based on an extensive review process, which includes client evaluations as well as peer review from leading attorneys in their field. For this year’s rankings, U.S. News – Best Lawyers® incorporated 8.2 million evaluations of more than 115,000 individual leading lawyers, from more than 22,000 firms across the United States. In addition to the firm’s national rankings for Corporate Law and Land Use & Zoning Law, Harter Secrest & Emery’s Buffalo and Rochester offices received metropolitan practice group rankings in the following practice areas (Tier 1 rankings in italics):
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Buffalo |
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Appellate Practice |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Litigation – Real Estate |
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Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law |
Employment Law – Management |
Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
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Commercial Litigation |
Insurance Law |
Patent Law |
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Construction Law |
Labor Law – Management |
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants |
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Corporate Law |
Litigation – ERISA |
Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants |
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Education Law |
Litigation – Labor & Employment |
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Rochester |
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Arbitration |
Immigration Law |
Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) |
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Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law |
Labor Law – Management |
Litigation – Securities |
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Commercial Litigation |
Land Use & Zoning Law |
Mediation |
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Construction Law |
Litigation – Construction |
Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
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Copyright Law |
Litigation – Environmental |
Patent Law |
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Corporate Governance Law |
Litigation – Health Care |
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants |
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Corporate Law |
Litigation – Insurance |
Real Estate Law |
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Elder Law |
Litigation – Intellectual Property |
Securities/Capital Markets Law |
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Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Litigation – Labor & Employment |
Tax Law |
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Employment Law – Management |
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning |
Trademark Law |
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Environmental Law |
Litigation – Patent |
Trusts & Estates Law |
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Health Care Law |
Litigation – Real Estate |
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The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a ranking, a law firm must have at least one lawyer listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America® list for that particular location and specialty.