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Kegler Brown has been recognized in the 2021 edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" rankings. In the newly released publication, the organization announced national honors for the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Land Use & Zoning practices, while also rating 30 firm practice areas as “Tier 1” in the Columbus metropolitan area, the highest ranking awarded by the service.

Kegler Brown’s full rankings are outlined below.

National Tier 3

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Land Use & Zoning Law

Columbus Metropolitan Tier 1

• Antitrust Law
• Appellate Practice
• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Corporate Compliance Law
• Corporate Law
• Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Energy Law
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Litigation - Antitrust
• Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Litigation - Construction
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
• Litigation - Securities
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Real Estate Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts & Estates Law
• Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Columbus Metropolitan Tier 2

• Environmental Law
• Litigation - Insurance
• Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants

Columbus Metropolitan Tier 3

• Government Relations Practice
• Litigation - Banking & Finance
• Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Trademark Law

Earlier this year, Best Lawyers recognized numerous Kegler Brown attorneys individually, including identifying several as “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practice areas in Columbus. The 2021 edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers utilized a mixture of client evaluations, peer reviews and firm submissions to form their rankings.

About U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms"

Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. Their lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.