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FordHarrison Awarded 2017 "Best Law Firms" Tier 1 Ranking by U.S. News – Best Lawyers

Date   Nov 1, 2016

FordHarrison LLP, one of the country's largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that the firm has received Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 Rankings in the 2017 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers list of "Best Law Firms." Firms included in the 2017 "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 recognized at a national level in six practice areas, including Employment Law – Management (Tier 1), Labor Law – Management (Tier 1), Litigation – Labor & Employment (Tier 1), Immigration Law (Tier 2) Litigation – First Amendment (Tier 2) and Media Law (Tier 3). The firm also received 25 "Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings" for a variety of practice areas in ten U.S. cities and 15 "Metropolitan Second-Tier Rankings" in 11 U.S. cities. Earlier this year, Best Lawyers selected 42 FordHarrison attorneys for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

The U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" rankings, for the seventh consecutive year, includes rankings in 74 national practice areas and 122 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. A full listing of FordHarrison's office locations and practice areas that were included in the 2017 rankings is below.

Tier 1
Atlanta

Arbitration
Employment Law – Management
Immigration Law
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Mediation

Chicago
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Greenville/Spartanburg
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Jacksonville
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management

Memphis
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Miami
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Media Law

New York City
Employment Law – Management

Orlando
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Tampa
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Washington D.C.
Labor Law – Management

Tier 2
Dallas/Fort Worth
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Fort Myers
Commercial Litigation

Hartford
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Jacksonville
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Los Angeles
Labor Law – Management

Miami
Employment Law – Management
Litigation – First Amendment

Nashville
Litigation – Labor & Employment

New York City
Labor Law – Management

Tampa
Commercial Litigation

Washington D.C.
Employment Law - Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment

West Palm Beach
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Tier 3
Atlanta
Commercial Litigation


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