Liskow & Lewis has been ranked in the 2017 "Best Law Firms" list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, Woodward White, Inc.
The firm received National Tier 1 rankings in the areas of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants and Oil & Gas Law, National Tier 2 rankings in the areas of Admiralty & Maritime Law, Banking and Finance Law, Natural Resources Law and Real Estate Law, and a National Tier 3 ranking in the area of Commercial Litigation.
Liskow & Lewis also received the following Metropolitan Tier rankings:
METROPOLITAN TIER 1
Houston
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Oil & Gas Law
- Real Estate Law
Lafayette
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Corporate Law
- Energy Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil & Gas Law
New Orleans
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation – Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil & Gas Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
METROPOLITAN TIER 2
Houston
- Banking and Finance Law
- Natural Resources Law
Lafayette
- Litigation – Environmental
- New Orleans
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
METROPOLITAN TIER 3
Houston
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Trademark Law
New Orleans
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Gaming Law
- Non-Profit/Charities Law
Firms included in the 2017 "Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal experience.
The U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. Clients and peers were asked to evaluate firms based on the following criteria: responsiveness, understanding of a business and its needs, cost-effectiveness, integrity and civility, as well as whether they would refer a matter to the firm and/or consider the firm a worthy competitor.