Smith Anderson Stands Out in 2025 Best Law Firms® with 41 Tier 1 Rankings and Dual National Honors

The 2025 edition of Best Law Firms® has once again recognized Smith Anderson as a top law firm.

This year, the firm achieved an impressive 48 practice area rankings, 41 Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings, and two prestigious National rankings for our Land Use & Zoning and Venture Capital practices.

The 2025 edition of Best Law Firms® includes rankings in 75 national practice areas and 127 metropolitan-based practice areas. The transparent, collaborative research process employs qualitative and quantitative data from peer and client reviews, supported by proprietary algorithmic technology, to produce a tiered system of industry-led rankings of the top 4% of the industry.

The full list of Smith Anderson’s Best Law Firms®-recognized practice areas is as follows:

1. Administrative / Regulatory Law
2. Banking and Finance Law
3. Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
4. Bet-the-Company Litigation
5. Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
6. Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
7. Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
8. Commercial Litigation
9. Construction Law
10. Copyright Law
11. Corporate Governance Law
12. Corporate Law
13. Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
14. Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
15. Employment Law - Management
16. Energy Law
17. Energy Regulatory Law
18. Environmental Law
19. Financial Services Regulation Law
20. Government Relations Practice
21. Health Care Law
22. Labor Law - Management
23. Land Use and Zoning Law
24. Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
25. Litigation - Construction
26. Litigation - Environmental
27. Litigation - Insurance
28. Litigation - Intellectual Property
29. Litigation - Labor and Employment
30. Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
31. Litigation - Patent
32. Litigation - Real Estate
33. Litigation - Securities
34. Litigation - Trusts and Estates
35. Litigation and Controversy - Tax
36. Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
37. Mergers and Acquisitions Law
38. Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
39. Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
40. Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
41. Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
42. Real Estate Law
43. Securities / Capital Markets Law
44. Securities Regulation
45. Tax Law
46. Trademark Law
47. Trusts and Estates
48. Venture Capital Law