Practice Areas

Best Lawyers works with leaders in the legal marketplace to keep our practice area lists current in order to ensure that clients and referring lawyers can more easily locate the precise expertise that they are seeking.

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  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Admiralty & Maritime Law
  • Advertising Law
  • Antitrust Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Arbitration
  • Aviation Law
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Biotechnology Law
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Civil Rights Law
  • CleanTech Law
  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • Collaborative Law: Civil
  • Collaborative Law: Family Law
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
  • Communications Law
  • Construction Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Derivatives and Futures Law
  • DUI/DWI Defense
  • Economic Development Law
  • Education Law
  • Elder Law
  • Electronic Discovery & Information Management Law
  • Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Energy Law
  • Energy Regulatory Law
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television
  • Entertainment Law - Music
  • Environmental Law
  • Equipment Finance Law
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
  • Family Law
  • Family Law Mediation
  • FDA Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • First Amendment Law
  • Food and Beverage Law
  • Franchise Law
  • Gaming Law
  • Government Relations Practice
  • Health Care Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Insurance Law
  • International Arbitration - Commercial
  • International Arbitration - Governmental
  • International Trade and Finance Law
  • IT Outsourcing Law
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Union
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Leisure and Hospitality Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Litigation & Controversy - Tax
  • Litigation - Antitrust
  • Litigation - Banking & Finance
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - ERISA
  • Litigation - First Amendment
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
  • Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Litigation - Municipal
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Litigation - Trusts & Estates
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
  • Media Law
  • Mediation
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Military Law
  • Mining Law
  • Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
  • Municipal Law
  • Mutual Funds Law
  • Native American Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Non-Profit / Charities Law
  • Oil & Gas Law
  • Patent Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Privacy and Data Security Law
  • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Project Finance Law
  • Public Finance Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation
  • Securitization and Structured Finance Law
  • Sports Law
  • Tax Law
  • Technology Law
  • Timber Law
  • Trademark Law
  • Transportation Law
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Utilities Law
  • Venture Capital Law
  • Water Law
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers