Stoel Rives Achieves High Marks in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2020 “Best Law Firms” Survey

PORTLAND, Ore. — Stoel Rives LLP is pleased to announce that it achieved strong results in the 2020 U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® “Best Law Firms” survey. Stoel Rives received National Tier 1 rankings in Construction Law, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Environmental, and Natural Resources Law. The firm also received 18 National Tier 2 and 10 National Tier 3 rankings.

Six of Stoel Rives’ eligible offices received a collective total of 89 Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings. The firm also received 22 Metropolitan Tier 2 and nine Metropolitan Tier 3 rankings.

A complete list of the Stoel Rives 2020 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings appears below.

 

National	Sacramento, Calif.
Alaska	Seattle, Wash.
Idaho	Utah
Minneapolis, Minn.	Washington, D.C.
Portland, Ore.

 

National Rankings

Tier 1

• Construction Law
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Environmental
• Natural Resources Law

Tier 2

• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Health Care Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Litigation – Patent
• Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Oil & Gas Law
• Patent Law
• Real Estate Law
• Timber Law
• Trademark Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

Tier 3

• Banking and Finance Law
• Communications Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mining Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulation
• Technology Law

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Alaska Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Mining Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil & Gas Law

Tier 2

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions

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Idaho Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

• Corporate Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Environmental Law
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Real Estate Law

Tier 2

• Water Law

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Minneapolis, Minn., Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 3

• Corporate Law

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Portland, Ore., Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

• Antitrust Law
• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Copyright Law
• Corporate Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Information Technology Law
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Litigation – Antitrust
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Litigation – Patent
• Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Litigation – Securities
• Litigation – Tax
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Mining Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Oil & Gas Law
• Patent Law
• Real Estate Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulation
• Tax Law
• Technology Law
• Trademark Law
• Trusts & Estates Law
• Water Law

Tier 2

• Litigation – Banking & Finance
• Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Timber Law
• Venture Capital Law

Tier 3

• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law

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Sacramento, Calif., Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

• Environmental Law

Tier 2

• Construction Law
• Corporate Law
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Litigation – Land Use & Zoning Law

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Seattle, Wash., Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

• Banking and Finance Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Communications Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Environmental Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Health Care Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Environmental
• Natural Resources Law
• Patent Law
• Real Estate Law

Tier 2

• Appellate Practice
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Litigation – Patent
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

Tier 3

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Litigation – ERISA
• Litigation – Health Care

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Utah Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Corporate Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Litigation – Securities
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Patent Law
• Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Real Estate Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulation
• Trademark Law
• Venture Capital Law

Tier 2

• Copyright Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Antitrust
• Litigation – Patent

Tier 3

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Information Technology Law

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Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Rankings

Tier 3

• Energy Law

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U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” survey ranks in tiers by practice area more than 13,000 law firms located in the nation’s leading metropolitan regions, using a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their fields, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.