Best Lawyers® has recognized Butler Snow LLP in the 2024 United States Best Law Firms® Rankings (14th Edition). The firm received an impressive eight national rankings, 94 metropolitan tier 1 rankings, 56 metropolitan tier 2 rankings and 21 metropolitan tier 3 rankings. Butler Snow is among 2,202 firms to be awarded national recognitions and 16,324 firms awarded Best Law Firms regional recognitions.
The 2024 rankings, which are distributed to more than 30,000 C-Suite and in-house counsel, were evaluated from the largest participation pool to date, which incorporates more than 97,000 client submissions, more than 2.8 million Best Law Firms votes on ballots and more than 13.7 million evaluations of more than 23,000 firms. The rankings highlight a unique combination of high-quality law practices and the full breadth of legal expertise that has always been differentiated by the credibility and transparent rankings process developed by Best Lawyers.
Within Butler Snow’s eight national rankings, the firm received a tier 1 ranking in Public Finance Law, a tier 2 ranking in Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Project Finance Law, Tax Law, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, and a tier 3 ranking in Insurance Law and Real Estate Law.
See below for the firm’s complete list of rankings, including metropolitan tiers as well as locations and practice areas:
2024 National Rankings
Tier 1
- Public Finance Law
Tier 2
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Project Finance Law
- Tax Law
Tier 3
- Insurance Law
- Real Estate Law
2024 Metropolitan Rankings
Albuquerque
Tier 2:
- Labor Law – Management
Atlanta, GA
Tier 1:
- Public Finance Law
Austin, TX
Tier 1
- Appellate Practice
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Government Relations Practice
Tier 2
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
Tier 3:
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Baton Rouge, LA
Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
Tier 2:
- Family Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Tier 3:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Real Estate Law
Birmingham, AL
Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
Tier 2:
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Tier 3:
- Insurance Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
Charleston, SC
Tier 1:
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
Tier 2:
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Colorado
Tier 1:
- Insurance Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
Tier 2:
- Construction Law
- Gaming Law
- Tax Law
Dallas/Fort Worth
Tier 1:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Gulfport, MS
Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Municipal Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Tier 2:
- Corporate Law
Tier 3:
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
Huntsville, AL
Tier 2:
- Construction Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Government Relations Practice
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Patent Law
- Real Estate Law
Jackson, MS
Tier 1:
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation – Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
Tier 2:
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Economic Development Law
- Energy Law
- Franchise Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Oil & Gas Law
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Trademark Law
- Transportation Law
Tier 3:
- Mediation
- Natural Resources Law
Macon
Tier 2:
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Memphis, TN
Tier 1:
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Tier 2:
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Trusts & Estates Law
Tier 3:
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Montgomery, AL
Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
Nashville, TN
Tier 1:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Communications Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – ERISA
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
Tier 2:
- Corporate Law
- Economic Development Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Tier 3:
- Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television
- Trademark Law
New Orleans, LA
Tier 2:
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Tier 3:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
New York City
Tier 1:
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
Philadelphia, PA
Tier 3:
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Richmond, VA
Tier 1:
- Insurance Law
Tier 2:
- Project Finance Law
Tier 3:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Tupelo, MS
Tier 1:
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Wilmington, NC
Tier 1:
- Litigation – Insurance
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants