For the fourteenth consecutive year, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP (HSE), a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, has received the most Best Law Firms® Tier 1 metropolitan rankings in Western New York (Buffalo and Rochester combined) in its recent annual rankings. The firm received a total of 66 metropolitan rankings (46 of which are Tier 1) and two national rankings.
HSE received national rankings in the areas of Corporate Law and Land Use & Zoning Law, as well as metropolitan practice group rankings in the following practice areas (Tier 1 rankings in italics):
| BUFFALO | |
| Appellate Practice | Labor Law – Management |
| Bet-the-Company Litigation | Litigation – Environmental |
| Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) | Litigation – Insurance |
| Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law | Litigation – Labor & Employment |
| Commercial Litigation | Litigation – Real Estate |
| Construction Law | Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
| Corporate Compliance Law | Nonprofit / Charities Law |
| Corporate Law | Patent Law |
| Education Law | Product Liability Litigation – Defendants |
| Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law | Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants |
| Employment Law – Management | Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers |
| Insurance Law | |
| ROCHESTER | |
| Appellate Practice | Litigation – Environmental |
| Arbitration | Litigation – Health Care |
| Bet-the-Company Litigation | Litigation – Insurance |
| Business Organizations (LLCs and Partnerships) | Litigation – Intellectual Property |
| Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law | Litigation – Labor & Employment |
| Commercial Litigation | Litigation – Land Use & Zoning |
| Construction Law | Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Copyright Law | Litigation – Municipal |
| Corporate Governance Law | Litigation – Patent |
| Corporate Law | Litigation – Real Estate |
| Elder Law | Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) |
| Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law | Litigation – Securities |
| Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law | Litigation – Trusts & Estates |
| Employment Law – Management | Mediation |
| Environmental Law | Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
| Health Care Law | Patent Law |
| Immigration Law | Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants |
| Labor Law – Management | Real Estate Law |
| Labor Law – Union | Tax Law |
| Land Use & Zoning Law | Trusts & Estates Law |
| Litigation – Construction | |
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.