Awards & Rankings
Awards & Rankings
Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Taina Rosa, Olivia Thomas
11.03.16
Pillsbury has been named as the 2017 U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Law Firm of the Year" for Construction Litigation, the second top ranking for this practice group. Each year, the publication recognizes only one law firm per practice area based on surveys of clients about the firm’s work, as well as feedback from peer practice-area attorneys at other firms and information provided to U.S. News – Best Lawyers as part of its annual law firm rankings survey. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers 2017 “Best Law Firms” survey also ranked Pillsbury’s Construction practice in Tier 1 at the national level, as well as at the metropolitan level in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, DC.
Overall, Pillsbury earned 172 total practice rankings, including 80 Tier 1 national and regional practice rankings. The top-tier rankings were achieved in the following practice areas:
Appellate
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Corporate Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Energy Law
Environmental Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - Construction
Litigation - Environmental
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
Litigation - Patent
Litigation - Securities
Litigation - Tax
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (new this year)
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Natural Resources Law
Patent Law
Real Estate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Tax Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Venture Capital Law
In addition to the practice rankings, 90 Pillsbury lawyers received individual rankings from Best Lawyers. That group is headlined by five partners who have been named among Best Lawyers’ 2016 Lawyers of the Year:
The other Pillsbury lawyers selected by their peers for inclusion on Best Lawyers’ annual list are:
William P. Atkins, Michael R. Barr, William E. Bonano, Carol Seabrook Boulanger, Allen E. Briskin, William L. Burke, Thomas A. Campbell, Norman F. Carlin, Nathaniel M. Cartmell, III, Edward A. Cavazos, Michael Chibib, Conor M. Civins, Howard L. Clemons, David T. Dekker, Jorge A. del Calvo, Jeffrey J. Delaney, Cecily A. Dumas, Aaron S. Dyer, Todd W. Eckland, Mark E. Elliott, Richard L. Epling, Sarah G. Flanagan, Ronald A. Fleming, Kevin M. Fong, Elizabeth H.W. Fry, David M. Furbush, Maria T. Galeno, Jeffrey R. Gans, Sarah A. Good, Peter K. Hahn, George P. Haley, John K. Hane, Kirke M. Hasson, John R. Heisse, II, Mark R. Hellerer, Robert C. Herr, Gerry Hinkley , Jerald A. Jacobs, Michael Evan Jaffe, Alan B. Kalin, Donald G. Kilpatrick, William C. F. Kurz, John B. McNeece, III, Christopher J. McNevin, Steven L. Meltzer, David L. Miller, E. Leo Milonas, M. David Minnick, Christopher R. Mirick, Deryck A. Palmer, Rodney R. Peck, Roxane A. Polidora, Kenneth P. Quinn, James M. Rishwain, Jr., Robert B. Robbins, Margaret N. Rosegay, John F. Scalia, Kim T. Schoknecht, James M. Seff, Richard M. Segal, Susan P. Serota, Jay E. Silberg, David R. Snyder, Lynn A. Soukup, Thomas E. Sparks, Jr., Robin Spear, Jane Wallison Stein, Andrew Strong, Samuel E. Stubbs, J. Anthony Terrell, Allison Leopold Tilley, Douglas R. Tribble, Andrew M. Troop, Cydney A. Tune, Jeffrey M. Vesely, Christopher R. Wall, William S. Waller, Philip S. Warden, William K. West, Jr., Blair W. White, Wayne M. Whitlock, Stanton D. Wong, Peter H. Wyckoff, Robert E. Zahler, Richard R. Zaragoza