FordHarrison LLP, one of the country's largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that the Spartanburg office has received Tier 1 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 firm’s “Best Law Firms” Spartanburg office practice area rankings are listed below:
Tier 1
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment
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.
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