FordHarrison LLP, one of the country's largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that the firm has received a Tier 1 Ranking in the 2016 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® list of "Best Law Firms" in Litigation – Labor & Employment. Firms included in the 2016 "Best Law Firms" list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
FordHarrison was also recognized at a national level in six practice areas, including Employment Law – Management (Tier 1), Immigration Law (Tier 1), Labor Law – Management (Tier 1), Litigation – Labor & Employment (Tier 1), Litigation – First Amendment (Tier 3) and Media Law (Tier 3). The firm received 25 "Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings" for a variety of practice areas in 10 U.S. cities and 15 "Metropolitan Second-Tier Rankings" in 10 U.S. cities. Earlier this year, Best Lawyers selected 45 FordHarrison attorneys for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
The U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" rankings, for the sixth consecutive year, includes rankings in 74 national practice areas and 120 metropolitan-based practice areas. The firms selected are determined by a rigorous evaluation process that asks clients and peers to evaluate firms based on responsiveness, understanding of a business and its needs, cost effectiveness, integrity and civility, as well as whether they would refer a matter to the firm and/or consider the firm a worthy competitor. Over 12,000 attorneys provided over 33,000 law firm assessments, and almost 7,000 clients provided close to 20,000 evaluations.
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