Harris Beach PLLC has placed 50 practice areas on the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list — including four that are ranked for professional excellence at a national level.
For the second straight year, the four nationally ranked practice areas at Harris Beach are attorneys in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Public Finance Law; Corporate Law; and Land Use & Zoning.
This is the 13th annual edition of the “Best Law Firms” list. Firms are rated based on input from clients and peers on their expertise, responsiveness, civility, cost effectiveness and understanding of the client’s underlying business.
The 2023 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” includes rankings in 75 national practice areas and 127 metropolitan – based practice areas. Ranked firms are listed on a national and/or regional scale.
Harris Beach received the following rankings in the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”:
Best Law Firms – National
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (Tier 1)
Public Finance Law (Tier 2)
Corporate Law (Tier 3)
Land Use & Zoning Law (Tier 3)
Best Law Firms – Regional
Albany
- Energy Law (Tier 1)
- Energy Regulatory Law (Tier 1)
- Appellate Practice (Tier 2)
- Environmental Law (Tier 3)
Binghamton
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
Buffalo
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
- Immigration Law (Tier 1)
- Municipal Law (Tier 1)
- Real Estate Law (Tier 1)
- Employment Law – Management (Tier 2)
- Environmental Law (Tier 2)
- Labor Law – Management (Tier 2)
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (Tier 3)
- Trusts & Estates Law (Tier 3)
Long Island
- Litigation – Health Care (Tier 2)
- Trusts & Estates Law (Tier 3)
New York City
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (Tier 1)
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (Tier 2)
- Public Finance Law (Tier 2)
- Immigration Law (Tier 3)
Rochester
Tier 1
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Economic Development Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Health Care Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Health Care
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Patent Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
Tier 2
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Construction Law
- Copyright Law
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Corporate Governance Law
- Education Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Municipal
- Litigation – Patent
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Tier 3
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Syracuse
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 1)
- Appellate Practice (Tier 2)
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 2)
- Litigation – Bankruptcy (Tier 2)
- Litigation – Patent (Tier 2)
About Harris Beach
Founded in 1856, Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide legal and professional services to clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms as ranked by 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 cannabis, 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. Our more than 210 lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout New York state in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Long Island, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, and White Plains, as well as from offices in New Haven, Connecticut, Newark, New Jersey, and Washington, DC. For more information, go to www.harrisbeach.com.