Faegre Baker Daniels Recognized in 2013 Edition of U.S. News & World Report "Best Law Firms" Survey

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP received six first-tier national rankings in the 2012-13 U.S. News & World Report "Best Law Firms" survey released this week. The six practice areas receiving this highest distinction are commercial litigation, construction law, corporate law, litigation – construction, mergers and acquisitions law, and product liability litigation – defendants.

In the first tier of metropolitan area ratings (defined by assessing the population of eligible law firms geographically to guarantee enough comparative data to produce accurate results), the firm was ranked in six practice areas in Fort Wayne, 32 in Indianapolis, 42 in Minneapolis, four in South Bend and 17 in Colorado. (Colorado is one of the seven states that had a high percentage of eligible law firms located in one large metropolitan area. Because there were also eligible law firms outside of those metropolitan areas, but not enough to create accurate results for separate metropolitan rankings, results were produced for the entire state.)

The rankings are based on an 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. Of the 15,674 firms that were eligible to submit information for the ranking process, 11,073 firms received rankings and 6,993 of those firms received first tier national and/or metropolitan rankings.

Clients voted on expertise, responsiveness, understanding of a business and its needs, cost-effectiveness, civility, and whether they would refer another client to a firm. Lawyers voted on expertise, responsiveness, integrity, cost-effectiveness, whether they would refer a matter to a firm, and whether they consider a firm a worthy competitor. In addition to information from these surveys, the rankings incorporate the 4.4 million evaluations of 68,934 individual leading lawyers collected by Best Lawyers® in its most recent annual survey.

A complete list of Faegre Baker Daniels' first-tier rankings, both national and metropolitan, is below:

National Rankings

Tier 1

Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Corporate Law
Litigation - Construction
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
 

Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings

Colorado

Antitrust Law 
Construction Law
Corporate Law
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Environmental Law
Franchise Law
Insurance Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Eminent Domain and Condemnation
Litigation – Environmental
Litigation – Real Estate
Litigation – Securities
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Real Estate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Sports Law
Venture Capital Law

Fort Wayne

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Corporate Law
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Real Estate Law
Trademark Law

Indianapolis

Administrative/Regulatory Law
Appellate Practice
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Biotechnology Law
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Law
Education Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law – Management
Family Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Government Relations Practice
Insurance Law
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Antitrust
Litigation – Banking & Finance
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Litigation – Eminent Domain & Condemnation
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent
Litigation – Tax
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Non-Profit/Charities Law
Patent Law
Private Equity Law
Public Finance Law
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Venture Capital Law
 
Minneapolis

Appellate Practice
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law - Management
Environmental Law 
Gaming Law
Government Relations Practice
Health Care Law
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Antitrust
Litigation – Banking & Finance
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Eminent Domain & Condemnation
Litigation – Environmental
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Litigation – Patent
Litigation – Real Estate
Litigation – Securities
Litigation – Tax
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Native American Law 
Patent Law
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Private Equity Law
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Real Estate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation
Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Tax Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Venture Capital Law

South Bend

Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Eminent Domain & Condemnation
Litigation – Labor and Employment