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

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP ranked nationally in 10 practice areas in the 10th annual U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers® “2020 Best Law Firms” report, with four practice areas receiving the publication’s highest designation of “Tier 1.” For the third year in a row, the firm ranked nationally in Tier 1 for Criminal Defense – White Collar, Regulatory Enforcement, Commercial Litigation, and Real Estate.

The firm’s four offices – located in Washington, D.C., New York City, Baltimore, and Tampa – received Metropolitan 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 metropolitan ranking every year since the rankings began in 2010. In the 2020 report, the 10 practice areas in which Zuckerman Spaeder received national recognition include: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense–White Collar, Litigation–Real Estate, Litigation–Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation–Bankruptcy, Litigation – Securities, FDA Law, Litigation–ERISA, and Native American Law. The firm’s four offices collectively received 24 Metropolitan Tier 1 recognitions across 17 practice areas.

Overall, U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers® awards Zuckerman Spaeder with 40 rankings in 20 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 Appellate Practice
• Tier 2 in Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Tier 2 in Litigation - Securities
• Tier 2 in Native American Law
• 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 Litigation - ERISA
• Tier 1 in Litigation - Securities
• Tier 1 in Mediation
• Tier 3 in Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants 

New York City

• Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tampa

• Tier 1 in Bet-the-Company Litigation 
• Tier 1 in Commercial Litigation
• Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Tier 1 in Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
• Tier 1 in Litigation – Healthcare
• Tier 2 in Litigation - Securities