Burns White Attains Nine Rankings in the U.S. News "Best Law Firms" Survey
Summary
Those surveyed provided feedback on the individual practice group’s expertise, responsiveness, understanding of business needs, cost-effectiveness, civility, integrity and likelihood of referral.“These rankings reflect our firm’s continued efforts to maximize the return that our clients invest in us every day,” said Dave White, a founding Member of the firm.A complete listing of results is available online: http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com, while the national first-tier rankings will be published in the first edition of the “Best Law Firms” Legal Issue, and national and metropolitan first-tier rankings will be featured in the “Best Law Firms” General Counsel Publication, both to be distributed later this month For more information on Burns White and its 19 practice areas, including Banking and Financial Services, Business Practices, Estate Planning and Administration, Health Care and Long-Term Care, Medicare Compliance, Transportation, Litigation and White Collar and Government Enforcement, visit the firm’s website at www.burnswhite.com.Most notably, the firm received a national first-tier ranking in railroad law for the fourth year running and a national tier 2 ranking in mass tort litigation/class actions.Other results include the following metropolitan rankings for Pittsburgh:Tier 1: Labor & employment litigation, mass tort litigation/class actions defense, personal injury litigation defense and railroad lawTier 2: Media lawTier 3: Commercial litigation and medical malpractice defenseRankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes a collection of client and lawyer evaluations and peer review from leading attorneys in their fields nationwide.Those surveyed provided feedback on the individual practice group’s expertise, responsiveness, understanding of business needs, cost-effectiveness, civility, integrity and likelihood of referral.“These rankings reflect our firm’s continued efforts to maximize the return that our clients invest in us every day,” said Dave White, a founding Member of the firm.