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Benesch Ranks in Top Tiers of Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Survey
September 15, 2010
Benesch is pleased to announce that the firm has been ranked by U.S. News – Best Lawyers as a “Best Law Firm” in several practice areas.
For the U.S. News – Best Lawyers survey, major clients and leading lawyers were asked to rate the law firms they consider best in their practice area. In the end, 9,514 clients – including every Fortune 100 company and 587 of the Fortune 1000 companies – provided 194,370 firm practice-area evaluations; 6,190 clients provided 11,181 comments about law firm practice areas and individual lawyers; and 8,842 lawyers provided 594,012 firm practice-area evaluations.
These survey responses were combined with more than 3.1 million evaluations of individual lawyers in these firms in the most recent Best Lawyers survey of leading lawyers. Hard numbers were also used to develop the practice area rankings — data about numbers of lawyers and their previous experience, numbers of clients within different billing ranges, numbers of transactions and litigation matters at different dollar levels; pro-bono commitment, diversity, and other objective data.
Benesch’s rankings are as follows:
National Rankings – Tier 3
Securities/Capital Markets Law
Metropolitan Rankings – Tier 1
Cleveland, OH – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Real Estate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
Columbus, OH – Health Care Law; Non-Profit/Charities Law
Indianapolis, IN – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Real Estate Law
Metropolitan Rankings – Tier 2
Cleveland, OH – Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Construction Law; Environmental Law; Government Relations Practice; Intellectual Property Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Trusts & Estates Law
Columbus, OH – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Public Finance Law; Transportation Law
Indianapolis, IN – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Metropolitan Rankings – Tier 3
Cleveland, OH – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Delaware – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
About Benesch
Benesch is an eight-time winner of the NorthCoast 99 Award – Best Places to Work, and was recognized in 2010 by The Plain Dealer as being one of Northeast Ohio’s Top 75 Places to Work. With offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Shanghai, White Plains and Wilmington, Benesch’s practice and industry groups include Business Reorganization, the China Group, Compensation & Benefits, Construction, Commercial Finance & Banking, Corporate & Securities, Litigation, Energy, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Polymer Industry, Private Equity, Public Finance, Public Law, Real Estate & Environmental, Tax, Transportation & Logistics, and Estate Planning & Probate. For more information, visit www.beneschlaw.com.
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