Thompson Coburn earns eight national top-tier rankings in U.S. News ‘Best Law Firms’ survey

Thompson Coburn earned eight national first-tier rankings in the 2015 U.S. News “Best Law Firms” survey (by BL Rankings). The firm earned another 51 city-specific first-tier rankings for St. Louis, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.

The firm was ranked in the first tier nationally in the following areas:

• Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Copyright Law
• Corporate Law
• Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Railroad Law
• Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Technology Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

The rankings were compiled from an in-depth, extensive survey including thousands of law firm clients and law firm professionals. More than 17,000 attorneys participated in the survey, as well as clients from Fortune 100 company and Fortune 1000 companies. Firms participating in the survey were ranked on expertise, responsiveness, understanding clients’ businesses and needs, cost-effectiveness, civility, integrity, number of attorneys, diversity and a host of other factors.

“Firms included in the 2015 ‘Best Law Firms’ list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers,” according to a press release from the publication. “Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.”

Click here to view a full list of Thompson Coburn’s 2015 rankings.