Zuckerman Spaeder Receives 28 Top Tier National and Regional Rankings in U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP is ranked nationally in 10 practice areas in the 11th annual U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers “2021 Best Law Firms” report, with four practice areas receiving the publication’s highest designation of “Tier 1.” For the fourth year in a row, the firm ranked nationally in Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Commercial Litigation, and Real Estate. 

The firm’s four offices – located in Washington, D.C., New York City, Baltimore, and Tampa – received regional Tier 1 recognition in the category of Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and three of the four offices received Tier 1 designation in Commercial Litigation.

The firm has received top national or regional rankings every year since the rankings began in 2010. In the 2021 report, the 10 practice areas in which Zuckerman Spaeder received national recognition include: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, FDA Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Litigation - ERISA, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation - Securities, and Native American Law. The firm’s four offices collectively received 24 Metropolitan Tier 1 recognitions across 16 practice areas.

Overall, U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers awards Zuckerman Spaeder with 39 rankings in 19 different practice categories: 

National rankings:

Tier 1 in Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tier 1 in Litigation - Real Estate
Tier 1 in Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Tier 2 in Litigation - Bankruptcy
Tier 2 in Litigation - Securities
Tier 2 in Native American Law
Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
Tier 3 in FDA Law
Tier 3 in Litigation - ERISA

Regional rankings:

Baltimore

Tier 1 in Appellate Practice 
Tier 1 in Arbitration 
Tier 1 in Bet-the-Company Litigation 
Tier 1 in Commercial Litigation 
Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
Tier 1 in Health Care Law 
Tier 1 in Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants 
Tier 1 in Litigation - ERISA 
Tier 1 in Litigation - Securities 
Tier 1 in Mediation

New York City

Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tampa

Tier 1 in Commercial Litigation 
Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
Tier 1 in Litigation - Health Care 
Tier 2 in Bet-the-Company Litigation 
Tier 2 in Litigation - Securities

Washington, D.C.

Tier 1 in Bet-the-Company Litigation 
Tier 1 in Commercial Litigation 
Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
Tier 1 in Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law 
Tier 1 in FDA Law 
Tier 1 in Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants 
Tier 1 in Litigation - Bankruptcy 
Tier 1 in Litigation - Real Estate 
Tier 1 in Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) 
Tier 1 in Litigation - Securities 
Tier 2 in Litigation - Trusts & Estates 
Tier 2 in Native American Law 
Tier 3 in Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants