Reed Smith honored across practice areas by Best Lawyers’ 2025 Best Law Firms

 Reed Smith is pleased to announce that its practices were listed in 172 national and metropolitan categories in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms, a peer-review directory published by Best Lawyers. The recognition highlights the firm’s excellence for clients in the areas of litigation, health care law, insurance law, tax, trust and estates, patent/trademark, and employment law, among others.

NATIONAL RECOGNITIONS

The firm’s practices were recognized in 34 categories at the national level, including 19 tier-1 recognitions. 

• Advertising Law (Tier 1) 
• Appellate Practice (Tier 1)
• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 1)
• Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
• Corporate Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Derivatives and Futures Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Energy Law (Tier 1)
• Health Care Law (Tier 1)
• Insurance Law (Tier 1)
• International Arbitration - Commercial (Tier 1)
• International Arbitration - Governmental (Tier 1)
• Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Litigation - Banking and Finance (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Bankruptcy (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Intellectual Property (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Labor and Employment (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Patent
• Litigation - Real Estate
• Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Litigation and Controversy - Tax (Tier 1)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants (Tier 1)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Oil and Gas Law (Tier 1)
• Patent Law
• Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
• Real Estate Law (Tier 1)
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Tax Law (Tier 1)
• Trademark Law
• Trusts and Estates (Tier 1)

METROPOLITAN RECOGNITIONS

At the metropolitan level, the firm's practices were recognized in 138 categories, including 82 tier-1 recognitions.  Austin

• Health Care Law
• Litigation - Health Care (Tier 1)

Chicago

• Advertising Law (Tier 1)
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law (Tier 1)
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Health Care Law (Tier 1)
• Insurance Law (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Insurance
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Tier 1)
• Privacy and Data Security Law (Tier 1)
• Trusts and Estates (Tier 1)

Dallas/Fort Worth

• Banking and Finance Law (Tier 1)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 1)
• Copyright Law
• Health Care Law
• Litigation - Banking and Finance (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Bankruptcy (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Litigation - Securities
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Real Estate Law

Delaware

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 1)
• Commercial Litigation

Houston

• Appellate Practice
• Arbitration (Tier 1)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 1)
• Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
• Corporate Law
• Derivatives and Futures Law (Tier 1)
• Energy Law (Tier 1)
• Insurance Law (Tier 1)
• International Arbitration - Commercial (Tier 1)
• Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Litigation - Intellectual Property (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Patent
• Oil and Gas Law (Tier 1)
• Patent Law (Tier 1)
• Tax Law (Tier 1)

Los Angeles

• Appellate Practice
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
• Entertainment Law - Music
• Health Care Law (Tier 1)
• Insurance Law (Tier 1)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Miami

• Appellate Practice
• Arbitration (Tier 1)
• Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
• Corporate Law
• Insurance Law (Tier 1)
• International Arbitration - Commercial (Tier 1)
• International Arbitration - Governmental (Tier 1)
• International Mergers and Acquisitions
• Litigation - Banking and Finance (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Insurance (Tier 1)

New Jersey

• Banking and Finance Law
• Health Care Law

New York City

• Commercial Litigation
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Energy Law
• International Arbitration - Commercial
• International Arbitration - Governmental (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Real Estate Law (Tier 1)
• Trusts and Estates

Philadelphia

• Banking and Finance Law (Tier 1)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 1)
• Corporate Compliance Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Health Care Law (Tier 1)
• Insurance Law (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) (Tier 1)
• Litigation and Controversy - Tax (Tier 1)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants (Tier 1)
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (Tier 1)
• Real Estate Law (Tier 1)
• Tax Law (Tier 1)

Pittsburgh

• Antitrust Law (Tier 1)
• Appellate Practice (Tier 1)
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 1)
• Bet-the-Company Litigation (Tier 1)
• Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
• Construction Law (Tier 1)
• Corporate Law (Tier 1)
• Employment Law - Management (Tier 1)
• Energy Law (Tier 1)
• Financial Services Regulation Law (Tier 1)
• Insurance Law (Tier 1)
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Antitrust (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Bankruptcy (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Labor and Employment (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Real Estate (Tier 1)
• Litigation and Controversy - Tax (Tier 1)
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Tier 1)
• Oil and Gas Law (Tier 1)
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Real Estate Law (Tier 1)
• Tax Law (Tier 1)

Richmond

• Corporate Law (Tier 1)
• Employment Law - Management
• Government Relations Practice
• Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Labor and Employment (Tier 1)
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law (Tier 1)
• Venture Capital Law

San Francisco

• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law - Management (Tier 1)
• Environmental Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Intellectual Property (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Patent
• Real Estate Law
• Trademark Law (Tier 1)

San Jose

• Litigation - Intellectual Property

Washington, D.C.

• Advertising Law (Tier 1)
• Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
• Corporate Law (Tier 1)
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Health Care Law (Tier 1)
• Insurance Law (Tier 1)
• Litigation - Health Care
• Litigation - Trusts and Estates (Tier 1)
• Privacy and Data Security Law
• Real Estate Law (Tier 1)
• Tax Law (Tier 1)
• Trusts and Estates (Tier 1)

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