Butler Snow LLP has been recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Law Firms®. The firm received 10 national rankings, 117 metropolitan Tier 1 rankings, 62 metropolitan Tier 2 rankings and 16 metropolitan Tier 3 rankings. For the 2027 edition, 2,220 firms received national rankings and 15,671 firms received metropolitan rankings.
The 2027 Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes client and professional reference evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys, interviews with industry leaders and a review of firmographic information submitted by law firms. The 2027 rankings incorporate 30 million evaluations of more than 134,000 leading lawyers from more than 25,136 firms. Quantitative and qualitative data are combined into an overall score, and firms are placed into tiers by comparing their scores with those of other firms within the same metropolitan area and at the national level.
Within Butler Snow’s 10 national rankings, the firm received Tier 1 rankings in Commercial Litigation and Public Finance Law, Tier 2 rankings in Corporate Law, Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Project Finance Law, and Tax Law, and Tier 3 rankings in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization 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:
2027 National Rankings
Tier 1
- Commercial Litigation
- Public Finance Law
Tier 2
- Corporate Law
- Insurance Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Project Finance Law
- Tax Law
Tier 3
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Real Estate Law
2027 Metropolitan Rankings
Albuquerque, NM
Tier 2:
- Labor Law – Management
Atlanta, GA
Tier 1:
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Austin, TX
Tier 1:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Energy Regulatory Law
- Utilities Law
Tier 2:
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Baton Rouge, LA
Tier 1:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Tier 2:
- Employment Law – Management
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
Tier 3:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Birmingham, AL
Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Insurance Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
Tier 2:
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Trusts and Estates
Tier 3:
- Public Finance Law
Charleston, SC
Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Real Estate Law
Tier 2:
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Tier 3:
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Real Estate
Colorado
Tier 1:
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Tax Law
Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Insurance
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Tier 3:
- Construction Law
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Tier 1:
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Gulfport, MS
Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Municipal Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Tier 2:
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Huntsville, AL
Tier 1:
- Construction Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Patent Law
- Real Estate Law
Tier 2:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
Tier 3:
- Litigation – Patent
Jackson, MS
Tier 1:
- Appellate Practice
- 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
- Economic Development Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Gaming Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Oil and Gas 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 and Estates
Tier 2:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Energy Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation – Municipal
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Trademark Law
Tier 3:
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Mediation
- Natural Resources Law
- Transportation Law
Jacksonville, FL
Tier 2:
- Commercial Finance Law
- Public Finance Law
Memphis, TN
Tier 1:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
Tier 2:
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Trusts and Estates
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
- Corporate Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Government Relations Practice
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – ERISA
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
Tier 2:
- Energy Law
- Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television
- Environmental Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Trademark Law
Tier 3:
- Economic Development Law
New Orleans, LA
Tier 1:
- Public Finance Law
Tier 2:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Tier 3:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
New York City
Tier 1:
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Tier 3:
- Public Finance Law
Richmond, VA
Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Project Finance Law
- Public Finance Law
Tier 3:
- Banking and Finance Law
Tupelo, MS
Tier 1:
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Tier 2:
- Municipal Law
Wilmington, NC
Tier 1:
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Tier 2:
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Tier 3:
- Commercial Litigation