Balch & Bingham Again Named One of Nation's Top Law Firms by U.S. News & World Report Survey of Best Law Firms

Balch & Bingham LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has once again been honored as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report– Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms."

For the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, the most highly-respected peer review guide in the legal community, partnered to rank more than 10,000 law firms nationally or by metropolitan region. Firms were ranked nationally in one or more of 80 legal practice areas and by metro or state in 118 practice areas. The process involves a candid and rigorous peer review from the nation’s best lawyers; from this review, the top law firms in each practice area and metropolitan area are awarded elite First-Tier status to signify excellence in the practice of law.

Balch & Bingham received a prestigious National First-Tier Ranking in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, as well as 44 Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings across practices areas in Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala., Atlanta, Ga. and Gulfport and Jackson, Miss.

The full list of rankings for Balch & Bingham is below:

U.S. News - Best Lawyers, “Best Law Firms” Rankings by Market & Practice Areas, 2011-2012

National Rankings

Tier 1
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Tier 2
Corporate Law

Tier 3
Commercial Litigation
Energy Law
Environmental Law
Insurance Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law

Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings
Atlanta, GA
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Birmingham, AL
Antitrust Law
Appellate Practice
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law – Management
Energy Law
Environmental Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Government Relations Practice
Health Care Law
Insurance Law
Litigation – Banking & Finance
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Litigation – Eminent Domain & Condemnation
Litigation – Environmental
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Litigation – Real Estate
Litigation – Securities
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Public Finance Law
Real Estate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Tax Law
Water Law

Gulfport, MS
Banking and Finance Law
Gaming Law

Jackson, MS
Employment Law – Management
Environmental Law
Government Relations Practice
Labor Law – Management

Montgomery, AL
Appellate Practice
Commercial Litigation
Health Care Law
Insurance Law
Litigation – Eminent Domain & Condemnation
Litigation – Real Estate
Tax Law