Best Lawyers - Best Law Firms
Best Lawyers awarded Shook five National Tier 1 rankings in the Best Lawyers in America 2025 report of “Best Law Firms.” In addition, Shook was awarded with multiple Tier 1 Metropolitan rankings, jumping to a total of 63 recognitions in all. (2025)
Best Lawyers - Practice Group of the Year
Best Lawyers ranked Shook the “2024 Practice Group of the Year” for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, with additional rankings of five National Tier 1 and 39 Metropolitan Tier 1 recognitions for national and regional excellence in multiple practice areas. (2024)
BTI Consulting - Litigation Powerhouse
BTI named Shook a “Product Liability Powerhouse,” for the sixth consecutive year, which places the practice in the top 1% of all law firms. (2025)
Chambers USA
Chambers USA recognized Shook for eight top spots and welcomed new services and faces in the latest rankings based on client feedback.(2024)
Chambers UK
Chambers UK once again recognized Shook’s global proficiency in the Product Liability Defense category, marking the 13th year for Shook’s London office to be Chambers-ranked. (2024)
The Legal 500 US
The Legal 500 United States has again recognized Shook as a top-tier litigation firm, with accolades for the firm’s E-Discovery, Product Liability, Cyber Law, and Labor Law practices and attorneys. (2023)
Legal 500 UK
The Legal 500 UK 2024 has ranked Shook’s London office in Tier 2 of the Product Liability – Defense category for a second consecutive year. (2024)
Best Lawyers in America
Pro Bono Beacon of Justice
Mansfield Rule Certification
For the second consecutive year, Shook has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus, after earning the original certification. The “Plus” designation indicates Shook has taken steps to increase inclusivity in leadership and tracked and measured progress. Only half of the certified firms achieved this honor. (2024)
Seramount Best Law Firms For Women and Diverse Attorneys
Seramount has once again selected Shook in the Hall of Fame among the company’s list of “Best Law Firms for Women and Diversity.” This is the 14th year for Shook to be recognized. (2024)
U.S. News and World Report - Best Companies to Work For
Human Rights Campaign
For the 15th consecutive year, Shook earned a 100% score on the Corporate Equality Index, the highest rating for LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace. (2024)
BTI Consulting - Top 30 Firm Client Service
For the third consecutive year, BTI Consulting Group recognized Shook as one of the Top 30 law firms in the country in its annual client service survey. (2023)
ALM - Litigation Department of the Year Finalist
ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media) honored Shook among four firms as a finalist for “Litigation Department of the Year: Product Liability.” (2023)
GlaxoSmithKline - Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Litigation attorneys at GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, selected Shook for two honors—Litigation Law Firm of the Year and the Inclusion and Diversity Award. (2023)
Law360 - Best Law Firms for Women Attorneys
The Law360 Pulse Women in Law Report has ranked Shook among the best places to work for women lawyers. (2023)
Managing IP – Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year
Managing IP recognized Shook with the U.S. Patent Prosecution Midwest Firm of the Year for remarkable achievement in patent prosecution. (2023)
Who’s Who Legal - Leader in Product Liability Defense Listings
Shook leads all law firms for the most listings in Who’s Who Legal Product Liability Defense (2023).
JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards
Shook partners were recognized for a fifth year for most-read food and beverage content in the 2023 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards for the firm’s Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update newsletter. (2023)
Super Lawyers
WILEF Gold Standard Certification
For the 13th consecutive year, The Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) granted Shook Gold Standard Certification in recognition of the number of women equity partners, the number of women in firm leadership positions, and the number of women among the ranks of the most highly compensated partners. (2023)
Benchmark Litigation - Top Tier Product Liability
Shook’s Product Liability practice is ranked in Tier 1 of firms nationwide. (2023)
BTI Consulting - Client Service All-Stars
Clients ranked 11 Shook attorneys in the BTI Client Service All-Stars 2022 report, making Shook one of only six law firms in the U.S. with 10 or more attorneys recognized as top performers in client service. (2022)
Patexia - Top 50 Firms for Patent Prosecution
Shook ranked in the Top 50 Firms for Best Performance in High-Tech Patent Prosecution according to research by Patexia, an intellectual property platform. (2022)
Managing Intellectual Property "IP Stars"
Managing Intellectual Property Magazine recognized five Shook attorneys as 2022 “IP Stars” for excellence in patent litigation, patent prosecution, patent office proceedings and patent strategy and counseling. (2022)
Law360 Practice Group of the Year
Law360 chose Shook’s Privacy and Data Security and Biometric Privacy teams as a Practice Group of the Year for 2021. Shook was recognized for landmark wins that have influenced cybersecurity and privacy legislation and litigation. (2021)
The National Law Journal Verdicts Hall of Fame
Shook was inducted into The National Law Journal’s Verdicts Hall of Fame for obtaining the largest-ever patent verdict in Kansas. (2021)
Association of Corporate Counsel Value Champion
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) recognized Shook for the fifth time in nine years for exemplary collaboration with a client. ACC named Compass Group and Shook as the 2021 “Value Champions.” Shook also won the award for its work with client TC Energy in 2020, The Heico Companies in 2015, for 13 defendants in multidistrict fuel litigation in 2013, and for its work with client Tyco International in 2012. (2021)
Juristat - Top Patent Firm
Juristat recognized Shook as one of the “Top Patent Firms” at the United States Patent & Trademark Office. (2021)
IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals
Shook was named to the IAM Patent 1000 for individual and firm excellence in patent prosecution and transactions; two partners also received individual rankings on the list. (2021)
Law360 Diversity Snapshot Diversity Champion
Law360 released its 2020 Diversity Snapshot which examines the current state of minority representation in the legal industry, which is often underrepresented. Shook ranked in the Top 30 for the number of minority attorneys and seventh in minority partner promotions among law firms with 251-600 lawyers. The firm scored 16th overall for its minority equity partners in that same grouping. (2020)
National Law Journal “500 Women In Law” Scorecard - Top 25 Firm
In the article “The NLJ 500: Where Are Women Winning?” The National Law Journal reported that Shook ranked 23rd on the publication’s scorecard for women partners, up from 34th in 2019, an 11 point positive change within one year that placed Shook in the Top 25 Law Firms of the Women’s Scorecard 2020. In the U.S. Female Minority Partners Among the Top 25, Shook had a total of 12 female minority partners, with 5.20% of the firm’s U.S. partners being minority women. (2020)
2020 Diversity & Inclusion Honoree (Missouri Lawyers Media)
Missouri Lawyers Media recognized Shook and Shook Associate Mary Olson in its 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Awards for their work supporting and advancing diversity and inclusion initiatives. Shook is the only law firm being honored on its own for its overall firm diversity and inclusion efforts. (2020)
Vault “Best Law Firms”
Vault has again recognized Shook as one of the top 25 law firms in the nation for Diversity + Inclusion; the rankings are based on surveys from past summer associates. (2020)
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity honored Shook with its 2019 Compass Award, given to law firms that demonstrate commitment to building diverse organizations. (2019)
LMG Life Sciences
LMG rated Shook's Product Liability Practice "highly recommended," describing the firm as "without a doubt, the best team of life sciences product liability attorneys in the United States for the last several years." Four partners earned individual recognition for Non-IP Litigation and Enforcement. (2019)
Martindale-Hubbell
Dozens of Shook attorneys hold peer review ratings from Martindale-Hubbell, including 61 who are rated as AV Preeminent®. (2019)
Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Corporate Counsel In-House Innovator Award
Corporate INTL Magazine Global Award, Public Policy Liability Law Firm of the Year
The firm’s Public Policy group, in Shook Washington, D.C., was the Editors’ Choice Winner of the award. (2018)
Association of Fundraising Professionals “Business Philanthropist of the Year”
The AFP’s Mid-America Chapter selected Shook after Legal Aid of Western Missouri nominated the firm for its mission of providing legal counsel in need. (2017)
The American Lawyer Summer Associate, Mid-Level Associate Ratings
Nationwide, Shook was ranked in the top 40 best places to work nationwide by summer and mid-level associates. (2015)
Law360 Largest Product Liability Practice
Shook’s Product Liability practice was ranked first among law firms with the most product liability partners worldwide. (2015)
ISO 27001 Certification
The Legal 500 United States
The Legal 500 ranks Shook among the top firms in the U.S. in the areas of Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action litigation, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices, Automotive/Transport and Toxic Tort. Three attorneys–in consumer products and toxic tort categories–were honored as “Leading Lawyers.” (2018)
The Legal 500 United States
The Legal 500 ranks Shook among the top firms in the U.S. in the areas of Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action litigation, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices, Automotive/Transport and Toxic Tort. Three attorneys–in consumer products and toxic tort categories–were honored as “Leading Lawyers.” (2018)
The Legal 500 United States
The Legal 500 ranks Shook among the top firms in the U.S. in the areas of Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action litigation, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices, Automotive/Transport and Toxic Tort. Three attorneys–in consumer products and toxic tort categories–were honored as “Leading Lawyers.” (2018)