| Contents | Page |
| National rankings | 5-74 |
| Alabama | 75-78 |
| Alaska | 79-81 |
| Arizona | 82-84 |
| Arkansas | 85-89 |
| California | 90-95 |
| Colorado | 96-99 |
| Connecticut | 100-101 |
| Delaware | 102-107 |
| DC | 108-115 |
| Florida | 116-123 |
| Georgia | 124-127 |
| Hawaii | 128-132 |
| Idaho | 133-134 |
| Illinois | 135-138 |
| Indiana | 139-142 |
| Iowa | 143-145 |
| Kansas | 146-147 |
| Kentucky | 148-149 |
| Louisiana | 150-152 |
| Maine | 153-156 |
| Maryland | 157-161 |
| Massachusetts | 162-166 |
| Michigan | 167-170 |
| Minnesota | 171-174 |
| Mississippi | 175-177 |
| Missouri | 178-184 |
| Montana | 185-188 |
| Nebraska | 189-193 |
| Nevada | 194-198 |
| New Hampshire | 199-202 |
| New Jersey | 203-212 |
| New Mexico | 213-215 |
| New York | 216-231 |
| North Carolina | 232-235 |
| North Dakota | 236-238 |
| Ohio | 239-244 |
| Oklahoma | 245-248 |
| Oregon | 249-252 |
| Pennsylvania | 253-257 |
| Rhode Island | 258-260 |
| South Carolina | 261-265 |
| South Dakota | 266-268 |
| Tennessee | 269-273 |
| Texas | 274-280 |
| Utah | 281-282 |
| Vermont | 283-286 |
| Virginia | 287-291 |
| Washington | 292-297 |
| West Virginia | 298-301 |
| Wisconsin | 302-307 |
| Wyoming | 308-309 |
| Index | 310-312 |
Methodology
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Welcome to the debut edition of Benchmark: Litigation, the definitive guide to America's leading business litigation firms and attorneys.
Benchmark focuses exclusively on the US litigation market, with a research team based in the US conducting extensive face-to-face interviews around the country over a 12-month period. It is also the only guide that does not force litigation attorneys into strict practice area categorizations, instead pinpointing the best all-around "bet-the-company" trial attorneys at both the local and national levels.
In an effort to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the US litigation market, we have taken a two-fold approach to our research. In the national section of the guide, we have attempted to provide an accurate overview of those firms and attorneys most capable of handling complex cases anywhere in the country. To this end, we first highlighted the most consistently recommended "bet-the-company" firms and professionals in eight key business litigation practice areas. Drawing upon Legal Media Group's extensive database of contacts, we polled leading legal professionals, in-house counsel and business owners in each of these eight areas, in order to determine the nation's top firms and professionals in each category.
Next, we sought to highlight the absolute top firms in the country across all practice areas. We asked sources to name the best firms in the nation for any type of complex matter, and ultimately our research team was left with the 30 firms showcased in this section. These firms truly are capable of handling any case effectively, and are authoritatively renowned within the US business and legal communities for the quality of their trial work and their litigation professionals.
Regional and local expertise is also a crucial factor in high-stakes litigation, and in the second section of the guide we identify the leading litigation firms and attorneys in each of the 50 US states and the District of Columbia. We did not zero in on practice area specialists in each state, instead focusing on litigation expertise in general.
Each state chapter includes:
- Rankings of the top local litigation firms in the state:
- We broke each local market down into "highly recommended" and "recommended" categories. All listed firms were consistently mentioned by peers and clients, but the "highly recommended" firms received the most mentions, and were held up as being definitively dominant in their particular jurisdiction.
- Rankings of the top "local litigation stars" in the state:
- The list of "Local litigation stars" for each state reflects only those individuals who were recommended consistently as incontrovertible stars by clients and peers. The editorial content may also include reference to leading practitioners who did not make the list, but who are still well-respected as top practitioners.
- Editorials on each of the ranked firms:
- We have made every effort to offer in-depth coverage of as many of the recommended firms as possible. In some cases, however, we were not able to provide editorial content for every ranked firm, usually because a particular firm did not participate in the questionnaire and interview process, and we were therefore unable to obtain up-to-date and accurate information about their litigation practice.
Recommendations were made on the basis of extensive face-to-face and telephone interviews with the nation's leading private practice lawyers and in-house counsel. These interviews were conducted between October 2006 and May 2007.
Firms cannot pay to be recommended. Instead, firms have been independently offered the opportunity to take a professional listing regardless of editorial content.
Thank you to all those in-house counsel and firms that provided advice and opinions for this inaugural edition. Thank you also to those recommended firms and individuals who took the time to submit questionnaires and participate in the interview process.
As this is the premiere edition of the guide, we welcome your comments, suggestions or criticism so that we may continue to improve upon our methodology and content in years to come.
All information was believed to be correct at the time of going to press.
| Kyle Siskey Editor Benchmark: Litigation Legal Media Group part of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC Tel: +1 212 224 3925 Email: ksiskey@euromoneyny.com |
Jonathan McReynolds Project Manager Legal Media Group part of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC Tel: +1 212 224 3337 Fax: +1 212 224 3101 Email: jmcreynolds@iinvestor.net |
October 2007
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