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Date ArticleType
11/5/2019 Member News

U.S. News Awards Top-Tier Rankings to 42 Whiteford Practices, Including a Record 20 Nationally and 10 Newly Ranked in Richmond

NEWS RELEASE – For immediate release

Contact: Mindee Mosher, 410.659.6437

mmosher@wtplaw.com

November 5, 2019 – Baltimore – Whiteford, Taylor and Preston is pleased to announce that U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms” has awarded the firm exemplary rankings for 2020.  Twenty of the firm’s practices are ranked at the national level, including two bankruptcy practices with national Tier 1 rankings.  At the state level, an additional forty-two practices have been ranked in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and VA.

The U.S. News - Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” evaluation process includes, among other things, collection of client and lawyer evaluations and peer review from leading attorneys.  Direct quotes from clients and others can be read here.

The specific areas of law and the cities in which Whiteford was ranked are summarized below (*new recognition in 2019).

National

Tier 1

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy

Tier 2

  • Corporate Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Litigation – Real Estate
  • Technology Law
  • Trademark Law

Tier 3

  • Commercial Litigation*
  • Information Technology Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance*
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Patent
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Trusts and Estate Law
  • Venture Capital Law

Baltimore, MD

Tier 1

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Employment Law – Management
  • Health Care Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation – Patent
  • Patent Law
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law
  • Technology Law
  • Trademark Law
  • Trusts and Estates Law
  • Venture Capital Law

Tier 2

  • Construction Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Education Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Real Estate
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Public Finance Law

Tier 3

  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Non-Profit/Charities Law

Richmond, VA

Tier 1

  • Commercial Litigation*
  • Corporate Law*
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance*
  • Tax Law*

 

Tier 2

  • Litigation – Bankruptcy*
  • Litigation – Tax*
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law*

Tier 3

  • Litigation – Construction*
  • Litigation – Municipal*
  • Real Estate Law*

 

Roanoke, VA

Tier 1

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy

Washington, DC

Tier 1

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy

Tier 2

  • Education Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Non-Profit/Charities Law

Tier 3

  • Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Litigation – Real Estate
  • Trusts and Estates Law

About Whiteford, Taylor and Preston LLP: With over 175 attorneys, Whiteford, Taylor and Preston provides a comprehensive range of sophisticated, cost-effective business law and litigation services to clients ranging from innovative start-ups to middle market companies to global enterprises.  Our growing Mid-Atlantic footprint includes sixteen offices in Delaware, D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

 

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