Harris Beach PLLC and its attorneys have been recognized regionally and nationally for professional excellence as part of the 2020 Best Law Firm Rankings from U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers.
Harris Beach again achieved two national rankings: Tier 1 in mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants and Tier 3 in corporate law.
Best Law Firm rankings are based on feedback from both clients and peers addressing expertise, responsiveness, civility, cost-effectiveness and understanding of the business.
Statewide, Harris Beach lawyers earned regional/metro rankings in 42 different areas of law, including 25 in the Tier 1 category. To be eligible for the Best Law Firms report, a firm must have at least one attorney included in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America rankings. Earlier this year, Harris Beach announced it had placed 66 lawyers on that list.
The Harris Beach practice areas recognized in the 2020 Best Law Firm Rankings:
National:
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Corporate Law
Regional:
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law.
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Education Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Health Care Law
- Immigration Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation – Municipal
- Litigation – Patent
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
About Harris Beach
Founded in 1856, Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide a full range of legal and professional services for clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms according to The National Law Journal and ranks as a BTI Elite law firm based on in-depth interviews of more than 600 corporate counsel at the world’s largest and most influential companies. Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately-held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations and individuals. Principal industries Harris Beach represents include education, energy, financial, food and beverage, health care, insurance, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, real estate developers, science and technology, veterinary medicine, and state and local governments and authorities. The firm’s more than 200 lawyers practice among offices throughout New York state in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Melville, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Uniondale and White Plains, as well as in New Haven, Connecticut and Newark, New Jersey. For more information, go to www.harrisbeach.com.