K&L Gates Ties for Most National First-Tier Rankings in Latest U.S. News “Best Law Firms” Survey

Pittsburgh - Continuing its historically strong showing in the annual ranking, global law firm K&L Gates LLP is one of two firms to have earned 45 National first-tier rankings — the highest number of National first-tier rankings among more than 12,700 firms — in the 2016 edition of the U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” survey, released today.

In total, K&L Gates earned nearly 190 first-tier rankings, including top honors in one or more practices in 19 different state and metropolitan areas, placing K&L Gates among the top three law firms in overall first-tier rankings each year since the survey’s 2010 inception. K&L Gates also was honored for a third consecutive year as the “Law Firm of the Year” in the Securities Regulation category.

The full list of practices in which K&L Gates has been recognized with National first-tier rankings in the survey’s 2016 edition are:

 

Antitrust Law Banking and Finance Law Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor    Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization    Law Biotechnology Law Commercial Litigation Construction Law Copyright Law Corporate Law Derivatives and Futures Law Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Employment Law - Management Energy Law Environmental Law Financial Services Regulation Law Health Care Law Information Technology Law Insurance Law Labor Law - Management Land Use & Zoning Law Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Litigation - Antitrust Litigation - Bankruptcy

Litigation - Construction Litigation - Environmental Litigation - Intellectual Property Litigation - Labor & Employment Litigation - Patent Litigation - Securities Litigation - Tax Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions -   Defendants Mergers & Acquisitions Law Mutual Funds Law Native American Law Patent Law Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law Project Finance Law Public Finance Law Real Estate Law Securities/Capital Markets Law Securities Regulation Securitization and Structured Finance Law Tax Law Trademark Law Trusts & Estates Law Venture Capital Law

Based on surveys of more than 21,000 lawyers and clients throughout the United States, this latest “Best Law Firms” report ranks more than 12,700 law firms in 74 national and 122 state and metropolitan practice areas.