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Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report, for the thirteenth consecutive year, collaboratively announced their “Best Law Firms” rankings.
Wilson Elser’s National Insurance Law Practice is again ranked Tier One, joined this year by Railroad Law. National Tier 2 rankings include Admiralty & Maritime Law and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; followed by National Tier 3 rankings in Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law. Seventeen of the firm’s offices received Metropolitan Tier 1, 2 and 3 rankings across a variety of practice areas.
Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® ranked 69 Wilson Elser attorneys representing 24 offices among the 2023 Best Lawyers in America, and named four attorneys “Lawyer of the Year.” Also named were 81 Wilson Elser attorneys included on the 2023 “Ones to Watch” list.
National Tier 1
- Insurance Law
- Railroad Law
National Tier 2
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
National Tier 3
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Metropolitan Tier 1
- Houston: Railroad Law
- Jackson, MS: Litigation – Tax
- Louisville: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- New Jersey*: Banking and Finance Law; Insurance Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Insurance; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- New Orleans: Admiralty & Maritime Law
- San Diego: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Washington, D.C.: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 2
- Baltimore: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Birmingham: Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law
- Boston: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Houston: Admiralty & Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Jackson-MS: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Los Angeles: Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Insurance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Louisville: Litigation – Health Care; Litigation – Insurance
- New Jersey*: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Trust & Estates Law
- San Francisco: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Stamford: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Washington, D.C.: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 3
- Albany: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Birmingham: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Boston: Insurance Law
- Chicago: Commercial Litigation
- Colorado: Litigation – Insurance
- Dallas/Fort Worth: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Houston: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Los Angeles: Commercial Litigation
- Louisville: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- New Jersey*: Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- New Orleans: Commercial Litigation
- New York City: Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Stamford: Insurance Law
* Included in a list called Super Lawyers® selected by independent research and peer nominations and evaluations, 2014–2023. No aspect of this selection is approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report, for the thirteenth consecutive year, collaboratively announced their “Best Law Firms” rankings.
Wilson Elser’s National Insurance Law Practice is again ranked Tier One, joined this year by Railroad Law. National Tier 2 rankings include Admiralty & Maritime Law and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; followed by National Tier 3 rankings in Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law. Seventeen of the firm’s offices received Metropolitan Tier 1, 2 and 3 rankings across a variety of practice areas.
Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® ranked 69 Wilson Elser attorneys representing 24 offices among the 2023 Best Lawyers in America, and named four attorneys “Lawyer of the Year.” Also named were 81 Wilson Elser attorneys included on the 2023 “Ones to Watch” list.
National Tier 1
- Insurance Law
- Railroad Law
National Tier 2
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
National Tier 3
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Metropolitan Tier 1
- Houston: Railroad Law
- Jackson, MS: Litigation – Tax
- Louisville: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- New Jersey*: Banking and Finance Law; Insurance Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Insurance; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- New Orleans: Admiralty & Maritime Law
- San Diego: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Washington, D.C.: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 2
- Baltimore: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Birmingham: Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law
- Boston: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Houston: Admiralty & Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Jackson-MS: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Los Angeles: Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Insurance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Louisville: Litigation – Health Care; Litigation – Insurance
- New Jersey*: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Trust & Estates Law
- San Francisco: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Stamford: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Washington, D.C.: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 3
- Albany: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Birmingham: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Boston: Insurance Law
- Chicago: Commercial Litigation
- Colorado: Litigation – Insurance
- Dallas/Fort Worth: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Houston: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Los Angeles: Commercial Litigation
- Louisville: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- New Jersey*: Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- New Orleans: Commercial Litigation
- New York City: Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Stamford: Insurance Law
* Included in a list called Super Lawyers® selected by independent research and peer nominations and evaluations, 2014–2023. No aspect of this selection is approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
It is always a pleasure to see Legalign Global™ being recognised as #bestinregion and congratulations are due to Wotton + Kearney which has been named Insurance Specialist Law Firm of the Year at the 2022 New Zealand Law Awards. The judges commented on “its impressive growth” and “strong specialist expertise and recognised as the market leader in insurance law”.
This is the sixth time Wotton +Kearney has won the award in the last seven years, reinforcing their reputation as one of New Zealand’s leading insurance and disputes firms. Congratulations to all of the NZ team !
DAC Beachcroft adds another awards to its collection – As well as being recognised for our legal expertise, Legalign Global™ firms are also being celebrated as being at the forefront of technology, creativity and innovation in terms in terms of offerings to our clients. Last week at the B2B Marketing Awards in London, DAC Beachcroft LLP won ‘Best Use of Technologies or Digital Techniques’ for the firm’s ´Noisy Innovation’ campaign – specifically for the What If experience launched this time last year.
A big shout out to the team involved Brooke Johnston Julia Felton Lucy Mitchell !
Wilson Elser’s Cannabis Law (Nationwide) and Insurance (Texas) practices were named to the prestigious Chambers USA 2022 Guide. Six attorneys were individually ranked.
Chambers USA is the leading legal directory, ranking the top lawyers and law firms across the United States. The legal rankings are based on in-depth market analysis and independent research, all conducted by a Chambers dedicated team of researchers.
This year, the firm expanded its Chambers presence to include an attorney ranking for Price Collins, co-chair of the Insurance & Reinsurance Coverage Practice and regional managing partner of the firm’s Dallas, Texas, office, and a practice ranking for Insurance – Texas.
The Chambers USA 2022 rankings for Wilson Elser
Two firm practice rankings:
Firm – Texas – Insurance
Firm – Nationwide – Cannabis Law
Six individual attorney rankings:
Price Collins – Texas – Insurance
Thomas Quinn – New Jersey – Insurance
Dean Rocco – Nationwide – Cannabis Law
Antonio Rodriguez – Nationwide – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime Litigation (Outside New York)
Ian Stewart – Nationwide – Cannabis Law
Thomas Tobin – Nationwide – Transportation: NTSB Specialists
Learn how Chambers conducts its research:
Research Methodology | Chambers and Partners
Our congratulations go to DAC Beachcroft’s Hans Allnutt who has been nominated as Cyber Risk Person of the Year (London category) in the prestigious 2022 Advisen Cyber Risk Awards. Also nominated is Wotton + Kearney’s Kieran Doyle (Cyber Risk Person of the Year – rest of world) and our Legalign Global colleagues at Wilson Elser (Cyber Law Firm of the Year).
The Advisen Cyber Risk Awards are determined by industry peer nomination and online votes. People at the same firm as the nominated individual are not allowed to vote for them under the award rules. However, we encourage others to vote for Hans, Kieran and Wilson Elser here. Voting remains open until 27 May.
Eleanor Ludlam of DAC Beachcroft and Anjali Das of Wilson Elser were among the 21 women selected for the IT Security Guru’s Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards 2021. The awards show, hosted by IT Security Guru and sponsored by KPMG and Beazley, was held in Canary Wharf, London, on November 30, 2021, to honour women who break the stereotype of cyber as a male-dominated industry and serve as role models to other women in the field.
Read the full press release below.
Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP has had an impressive showing in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Overall, twelve Alexander Holburn professionals were recognized as leading practitioners and lawyers to watch across ten practice areas in the 2021 edition of the directory.
Congratulations to the full list of recognized lawyers, and in particular to Ingrid Tsui who has been newly recognized this year as well as Ryan Howe who has been listed as a “Lawyer to Watch“.
The full listing of Alexander Holburn professionals listed in the 2021 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is below. Congratulations to you all.
Recognized Lawyers – Canada
Aviation Law
Construction Law
Corporate Commercial
- Ryan Howe (*Lawyers to Watch)
Estate & Tax Planning
- Mary Hamilton, Q.C.
- Ingrid Tsui (*newly recognized)
Franchise Law (Franchisor)
Litigation – Commercial Insurance
Medical Negligence (Represents Defendants)
Personal Injury Law (Represents Defendants)
Shipping & Maritime Law
Transportation Law
Alexander Holburn is a Lexpert-Ranked Firm in the following practice areas:
- Litigation – Commercial Insurance
- Professional Liability
- Shipping & Maritime Law
For the full details on our rankings please visit the 2021 online edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory which can be found here.
Alexander Holburn was ranked in Nationwide – Canada Band 4 for Insurance: Dispute Resolution in the 2021 Chambers Canada Guide.
Chambers notes, Alexander Holburn is a “notable full-service firm based in Vancouver with a recognized and broad insurance offering. Wins particular recognition for its work on construction disputes, as well as experience handling claims in the aviation and healthcare sectors.”
For more information about Chambers Canada, please click here.
Alexander Holburn is pleased to have 22 lawyers featured in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada®, with close to one-third of the firm’s lawyers recognized by their peers as outstanding professionals in their practice areas. Recognition in Best Lawyers is based on peer review and feedback from leading lawyers on the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same legal practice and location.
Our full listing is below. Congratulations to you all.
Recognized Lawyers – Canada
Aviation
Construction
Corporate + Commercial Litigation
Corporate Law
Family Law
Health Care Law
- F. Stuart Lang
Insurance Law
- Hollis Bromley
- Jo Ann Carmichael, QC
- Todd Davies
- Bruno De Vita, QC
- James Dowler, QC
- Laura Hanson
- David McKnight
- Robert McLennan
- Susan Sangha
Maritime Law
Medical Negligence, Personal Injury Litigation
Transportation Law
Trusts + Estates
Five Wilson Elser attorneys were named to the prestigious Chambers USA 2021 Guide. Law firms that have a national presence also are ranked in the Nationwide tables, which focus on those firms that are the country’s best in their respective areas of practice.
Cannabis Law: Western United States and Nationwide
Dean Rocco (Partner-Los Angeles, CA) and Ian Stewart (Partner-Los Angeles, CA). This section encompasses the full spectrum of work involving companies in the cannabis industry. Ranked firms and lawyers will show strong ties to the sector. Types of work may include, but are not restricted to M&A and financings; intellectual property for cannabis-based products and medicines; and regulatory compliance and litigation, on either a statewide or federal basis. This is the first year Cannabis Law has been represented in the regional categories.
Insurance, New Jersey
Thomas Quinn (Partner-Florham Park, NJ). The Chambers Insurance category includes both contentious and non-contentious insurance and reinsurance matters. On the contentious side, are coverage claims litigation, brokers` negligence and both facultative and treaty reinsurance disputes. There is also an element of professional negligence issues arising from insurance disputes. On the non-contentious side are all forms of M&A, capital raisings, demutualization and other regulatory issues. Chambers also recognized Tom Quinn in its 2020 Guide.
Transportation: NTSB Specialists – Nationwide
Thomas Tobin (Partner-White Plains, NY | New York, NY). Transportation is a broad industry category that covers a number of discrete areas. Attorneys highlighted in this practice area are those offering significant capabilities in transactional, regulatory and contentious issues affecting road carriage and logistics operations. Chambers added NTSB Specialists – Nationwide to the Transportation category in 2021. Tom is the only attorney ranked in this category. Chambers recognizes Tom’s skills in managing “business-critical investigations on behalf of pipeline companies following damaging and fatal explosions” and acknowledges his years of experience in representing rail and road sector companies in National Transportation Safety Board proceedings. Tom also assists aviation operators with NTSB investigations.
Transportation: Shipping/Maritime Litigation (outside New York) Nationwide
Antonio J. Rodriguez (Partner-New Orleans, LA). This section encompasses shipping and maritime litigation involving breach of charter-party disputes, cargo and bills of lading claims, the arrest of vessels and cargoes, marine insurance claims, collision, salvage and environmental liabilities. On the noncontentious side, law firms advise on contractual arrangements for construction, financing and registration of vessels, customs and licensing, and documentation relating to charter-parties and bills of lading. Chambers also recognized Antonio Rodriguez in its 2020 guide.
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