Overview
Steptoe has received 21 national and 43 metropolitan rankings in the 2016 edition of US News – Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms.” Of those rankings, 39 are in the top tier. The rankings are based on an evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer reviews, and review of additional information provided by law firms. To be eligible for a ranking in a particular practice area and metro region, a law firm must have at least one lawyer who is included in Best Lawyers in that particular practice area and metro.
Steptoe received national rankings in the following practices:
- Appellate
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law – Tier 1
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law – Tier 1
- Insurance Law – Tier1
- International Arbitration – Governmental
- International Trade and Finance Law
- Litigation – ERISA – Tier 1
- Litigation – Intellectual Property – Tier 1
- Litigation – Patent – Tier 1
- Litigation – Tax – Tier 1
- Natural Resources Law – Tier 1
- Oil & Gas Law
- Patent Law
- Project Finance Law
- Railroad Law – Tier 1
- Tax Law – Tier 1
- Technology Law
- Transportation Law – Tier 1
Steptoe received metropolitan rankings in the following practices:
Chicago
- Commercial Litigation
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law – Tier 1
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation – Intellectual Property – Tier 1
- Patent Law
Los Angeles
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Phoenix
- Appellate Practice – Tier 1
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Employment Law – Management – Tier 1
- Insurance Law – Tier 1
- Labor Law – Management – Tier 1
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor & Employment – Tier 1
- Litigation – Tax – Tier 1
- Native American Law
- Tax Law – Tier 1
San Jose
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent – Tier 1
- Technology Law – Tier 1
Washington DC
- Antitrust Law
- Arbitration – Tier 1
- Commercial Litigation – Tier 1
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Tier 1
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law – Tier 1
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law – Tier 1
- Insurance Law – Tier 1
- International Arbitration – Governmental
- International Trade and Finance Law – Tier 1
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants – Tier 1
- Litigation – ERISA – Tier 1
- Litigation – Patent – Tier 1
- Litigation – Tax – Tier 1
- Mediation – Tier 1
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Natural Resources Law – Tier 1
- Oil & Gas Law – Tier 1
- Project Finance Law
- Railroad Law – Tier 1
- Tax Law – Tier 1
- Transportation Law – Tier 1
The rankings were published November 2 in US News.